Angelle's Whiskey River Tours

Aboard the Gumbo there are many sites and sounds to be seen and heard in the Atchafalaya Basin area. This tour is given by guides who are bilingual (English and French).  The tour lasts approximately 1 1/2 hour and travels into the second largest swamp in the United States.  This swamp is home to thousands of species of fish, foul, reptiles and mammals.
 

Although you may not see the Louisiana Black Bear, it has been listed since 1992 as an Endangered Species.  Restoration efforts have been made both at the state and federal levels of government.

The nutria is a non-native species that was brought into Louisiana from South America.  Now it is so overpopulated and destructive to natural environment.  It eats the vegetation necessary to help control erosion on banks.  Also, it competes with native species such as the beaver and muskrat.
 

An evening in the swamp is a beautiful site to behold.  Here we can see cypress trees and cypress knees  growing in the swamp. Henderson Swamp was drained three years ago due to two non-native species called Water Hyacinth and Hydrilla, these water plants had taken over to the point where it was almost impassable for boats.
 

A beautiful sunset in the Atchafalaya Basin.