Family Vacations Directory - Louisiana

LPLAFamily vacation spots: Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Alexandria, Lafayette, and Shreveport. Best places for fun: Dixie Landin’, Louisiana Art & Science Museum Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, Audubon Zoo, Acadian centers in Thibodaux, Lafayette, and Eunice, plus the main office in the French Quarter, Jazzland, The Planetarium at the Louisiana Nature Center in New Orleans, and north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. What’s to do? Spot gators and enjoy Zydeco; visit a plantation and hear tales of Brer Rabbit. Enjoy living history Cajun style. Go sailing, fishing, picnicking, beach swimming, house boating, and jet skiing.
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USA: Southeast, Secret Family Vacation Places – North Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Alabama.

We have identified a few terrific family vacation spots yet to be discovered by the masses. Enjoy the beach along North Carolina’s Crystal Coast; tap your feet to Cajun tunes in Louisiana; navigate secret caverns in Alabama; sing-a-long at a cowboy bonfire in Tennessee; walk across a swinging at Grand Father Mountain in North Carolina. [Read More]

Louisiana: Baton Rouge, Family Vacation Ideas – Bayou Adventures, Zulu Patrol, and Meeting a Baby Giraffe.

Imagine a family vacation spot with sunshine and Southern hospitality, Zydeco, Blues and Cajun music plus cafe au lait, and etouffe. A spot where having fun is easy and days include spotting alligators, counting turtles, living history, water rides and sky watching; nights include music, theatre, delicious menus and maybe a fais do do. [Read More]

USA: National Wildlife Refuges - Checkout Historic Homes in the Wild.

Everyone knows that in the U.S. national wildlife refuges provide safe haven to more than 700 species of birds, 200 species of mammals. But did you know many refuges also reflect America’s history by protecting historic homes found amid wilderness. The cool stuff includes an antebellum plantation house, a cabin where a former first lady basked in friendship and fresh air, a Native American plankhouse like the ones encountered by Lewis and Clark in 1806, and some remaining humble abodes of pioneering prospectors, hunters and ranchers. [Read More]

Advice: Boomerang - Audio Fun and Trip Distractions for Roadtrips, Plane Trips, or Downtime.

Basically if you don’t have Boomerang! – the audio magazine - in your life, you need to get. Boomerang! is one of the fun parts of parenting. Tune in to great dialog about relevant topics presented in a pure kid style with quirky anecdotes, humor, plain facts that matter. [Read More]

USA: Southeast, Tracking Dinosaurs on Vacation.

Dino fanatics of all ages found their interest in the magnificent prehistoric reptiles rekindled with the ABC Mega Series of Dinotopia, based one of my favorite childhood books. Luckily nearly everyone in North America is within a short drive of ancient “lizards” and mammals. [Read More]


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FAMILY VACATION IDEAS
Prairieville, Louisiana: Alligator Bayou Cajun Cottage

We invite you to stay with us - Louisiana style in a Cajun Cottage perfect for the whole family. [Read More]

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Baton Rouge Family Vacation Ideas

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Plan Your Road Trip to Baton Rouge

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