Can you tell me where I went tubing in Louisiana?

June 23, 2009 11:33 AM

Where do you recommend going tubing near New Orleans?

I'm heading down home to Baton Rouge for the 4th of July and I'd like to relive my youth and go tubing down a bayou with a cooler by my side. But. Neither I nor my family remember where we went that fabulous summer day and now I need some help finding a spot for a few hours of tubing and maybe a sandbar lunch.

What I remember is that we rented tubes from some outfit and went down the Bogachitto (Bogue Chitto?) after we were warned that dilly dallying too long would land us in Lake Ponchartrain.

Anybody got any suggestions? If you do and you're in Baton Rouge over the 4th, I'd be happy to buy you a drink...

posted by oreonax to sports, hobbies, & recreation (5 comments total)

Native Baton Rougeian here. We always went tubing on the Bogue Chitto, usually in Bogalusa. I *think* that this is the place we went a few summers back.

I would not recommend Tiki Tubing on the Amite. I've heard horrible things about it, and the Amite is not a terribly pretty river.
posted by tryniti at 12:26 PM on June 23

When you said "Bog...", I immediately thought of Bogalusa, Louisiana.

This might be what you're thinking of:

Boguchitto Canoeing & Tubing Center.
10237 Choctaw Road
Bogalusa, Louisiana
[phone] or
[phone]

Maybe they dropped you off in Bayou Bonfouca. That bayou will get you to Lake Pontchartrain in no time.
posted by foooooogasm at 12:32 PM on June 23

wayne's world.

other options here.
posted by msconduct at 1:08 PM on June 23

A wonder, you lot are.

Thanks - you're all totally helpful so you all get a handy gray box around your answers.
posted by oreonax at 3:51 PM on June 23

I've done tiki tubing on the Amite - it's alright - but def. not a pretty river with the mud and the tree stumps just underneath (I got a bone bruise to prove they were there!).
posted by quodlibet at 9:04 PM on June 23