Your trip into the swamps of the Atchafalaya Basin will begin in the little community of Bayou Sorrel. The meeting point we use is Dale’s Trading Post: 33115 Highway 75 Plaquemine, LA 70764. The GPS may take you 1/2 a mile south of Dale’s Trading Post. *We are not affiliated with Dales Trading Post. *
WE RECOMMEND USING GOOGLE MAPS OR iPHONE GPS. A COMMERCIAL GPS WILL TAKE YOU TO THE WRONG PLACE.
WARNING!! ALL GPS HAVE GLITCHES. PLEASE BE SURE TO HAVE OUR DIRECTIONS ON HAND DURING YOUR JOURNEY.
PLEASE DO NOT USE AN UBER OR TAXI TO GET TO OUR LOCATION AS YOU WILL NOT HAVE FIND A DRIVER FOR YOUR JOURNEY BACK. THE BEST FORM OF TRANSPORTATION OUTSIDE OF YOUR OWN VEHICLE IS RENTING A VEHICLE FOR THE DAY!
If you’re coming from New Orleans, Beyond the Bayou Tours offer all day tours with our swamp tour and personal driver included, contingent on availability.
Please see below for directions from several common starting points in Louisiana
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If you are coming from Lafayette, take I-10 East and take the exit 153 for Hwy 1 South, go south on Hwy 1 to Plaquemine. In 12 miles turn right on Hwy 75 at the red light between McDonald’s and Burger King. Follow Hwy 75 for 6.5 miles until it comes to a ‘T’ (you will see a red flashing light and a stop sign), turn left at the ‘T’ (you will still be on Hwy 75). Follow this road for 5 miles and you will be in Bayou Sorrel. The meeting point is Dale’s Trading Post, the first gas station on the left.
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If you are coming Baton Rouge, take I-10 west and stay in the right lane to take exit 153 onto Hwy 1, go south on Hwy 1. In 12 miles, turn right on Hwy 75 at the red light between McDonald’s and Burger King. Follow Hwy 75 for 6.5 miles until it comes to a ‘T’ (you will see a red flashing light and a stop sign), turn left at the ‘T’ (you will still be on Hwy 75). Follow this road for 5 miles and you will be in Bayou Sorrel. The meeting point is Dale’s Trading Post, the first gas station on the left.
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Use the right lane to take the I-10 W ramp to Baton Rouge. Merge onto US-90 BUS E. Merge onto I-10 W. In 14 miles use the right 2 lanes to take exit 220 for I-310 S toward Boutte/Houma. Continue onto I-310 S for 10 miles. Take exit 10 for LA-3127 N toward Donaldsonville. Continue onto LA-3127 N for 41 miles. Turn right onto LA-70 E. Continue straight for .8 miles. Continue straight onto LA-3089 W for 2.6 miles. Continue onto LA-1 N/W 10th St. In 11 miles turn left onto LA-993. In 4 miles turn right onto LA-404. In 6.2 miles turn right onto LA-75. The meeting point will be the second gas station on the right, Dales Trading Post.
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Go south toward White Castle on Hwy 1 for one mile and turn right on Hwy 993. You’ll be crossing through cane fields; this land is the natural ridge that before the construction of the levees, separated the Mississippi River from the Atchafalaya Basin. After four miles turn right on Hwy 404. As you go on Hwy 404 the land will get lower and the fields will be replaced by hardwood forest and then by swampland. All this forest and swamps were part of the eastern edge of the historical Atchafalaya Basin, before the levees were built. After six miles Hwy 404 will end and you’ll need to turn right onto Hwy 75, if you follow this road for four miles, you’ll be in Bayou Sorrel. The meeting point is Dale’s Trading Post, the second gas station on the right.