The Atchafalaya Basin (pronounced "Chaff-Uh-Lie-Uh ... and some even offer guided boat tours of the swamp. The latter is a great option for visitors to this Cajun paradise who aren't comfortable ...

The swamp airboat skimmed across the beer-bottle waters of the Atchafalaya Basin ... or swamp tours, but had always assumed that the gators generally stayed on the outside of the boat: not so.