New Orleans: Maurepas Swamp Zipline & Suspension Bridges

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Duration1h 15m

GroupUp to 220

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

What's it like to zip through a Louisiana swamp at treetop height?

You arrive 30 minutes early for gear and instruction, then spend 1.5 hours zipping across five lines and two suspension bridges through the Maurepas Swamp, spotting alligators and cypress groves from treetop height. The course includes a spiral tree staircase and views of Lake Ponchartrain and the New Orleans skyline. All safety equipment, instruction, and the guided tour are included; you just need closed-toe shoes and moderate fitness to handle the height and movement.

1h 15m

Step-by-step itinerary

Zipline through Maurepas Swamp

Arrive 30 minutes early
Start at 60-foot platform
Zipline across 5 lines
Cross 2 suspension bridges
Climb spiral cypress staircase
View swamp wildlife from treetops
Enjoy views of Lake Ponchartrain and New Orleans

The Experience

You start 60 feet up on a platform overlooking the Maurepas Swamp, and from there the whole thing opens up—Lake Ponchartrain to one side, the New Orleans skyline in the distance, and below you nothing but moss-covered cypress trees stretching out in every direction. The Maurepas Swamp zipline tour in Frenier is the only fully aquatic swamp zipline in the world, which sounds like marketing until you're actually suspended above water with alligators visible below. Five separate ziplines and two suspension bridges make up the half-mile course, and you move through it at your own pace with a guide who points out what's actually down there—turtles, egrets, herons, the occasional whitetail deer picking its way through the shallows.

The whole thing takes about an hour and a half from start to finish, and yeah, you need to show up 30 minutes early for safety instruction and gear fitting. They give you a helmet, harness, and lanyards, and the staff walks you through how the system works before you clip in. There's also a spiral staircase built right into a cypress tree that you walk down as part of the course—it's one of those details that sounds small until you're actually doing it and realizing how much thought went into making this work in a swamp ecosystem. The facility itself has a gift shop, restrooms, locker storage, and a big elevated seating area if anyone in your group wants to watch from dry ground instead of zipping.

What you're actually looking at the whole time is the swamp itself—the way the water sits still between the trees, how the moss hangs so thick it looks almost unreal, the sound of it all. Alligators are common enough that you'll likely see at least one, and the guide knows where to look. Snakes, raccoons, armadillos, wild boar—they're all part of the ecosystem you're moving through. It's not a thrill ride pretending to be nature; it's nature that happens to have ziplines strung through it, and that changes how it feels.

What’s included

Your experience includes safety instruction and all protective equipment (helmet, harness, lanyards), a 1 to 1.5 hour guided tour across five ziplines and two suspension bridges through the Maurepas Swamp, and access to the facility's restrooms, locker storage, and gift shop. All fees and taxes are covered in the price.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelWheelchair accessibleStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by Zip NOLA

Is this one for you?Pick this if you want to see the Louisiana swamp from a perspective most people never get—suspended above the water instead of looking at it from a boat—and you're comfortable with heights and physical activity. The guide and the fixed route mean you don't have to plan the wildlife spotting or worry about navigating the swamp yourself.