See the cajuns of the bayou living and surviving in harmony with the swamps here the waterways are their highways from the relaxed comfort of our covered new orleans swamp tour boats you will drift slowly past a 2000 year old indian burial mound a cajun cemetery and fishing village you may see the wildlife that made the barataria swamps the crown jewel of the louisiana purchase here birds snakes turtles fur animals and gators are the king of the swamp and easily spotted in spring su