Lafayette KOA

Avery Island - Tabasco Factory and Jungle Gardens

The home of world-famous TABASCO® Sauce, Avery Island lies about 140 miles west of New Orleans. It's one of five salt dome islands rising above the flat Louisiana Gulf coast. Geologists believe these mysterious elevations were created when a saltwater ocean covering what is now Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi evaporated—leaving behind a vast sheet of salt.

Acadian Village

The Acadian Village serves as a monument to the proud culture of the Acadian people. As a folk life museum, it offers an authentic vision of Acadian society in south Louisiana during the 19th century. Period homes of Acadian architecture have been restored to their 19th century appearances and furnished with native Louisiana antiques. A replica of a village store and chapel enhance the atmosphere of a quaint village setting that is surrounded by ten acres of gardens and woodland. Located at Acadian Village, the Mississippi Valley Museum is open to Village visitors without additional charge. A log building resembling a frontier mission of the Mississippi River region, the museum presents a unique combination of Native American artifacts and scenes illustrating missionary experiences among the tribes of the vast territory drained by the Mississippi and its tributaries.

Swamp Tours

Explore our beautiful swamps with one of several boat companies in the area. They offer anything from pontoon boats for larger groups to flat bottom boats for smaller groups to even air boats. We can help you reserve a spot that works right for you.

Rip Van Winkle Gardens and Historic Joe Jefferson Plantation Home

Rip Van Winkle Gardens is a semi-tropical garden and nature preserve, with historic homes, in a unique setting. The Gardens cover over 20 secluded, rolling acres adjacent to Lake Peigneur. The stately live oak trees throughout provide a majestic umbrella for the floral tapestry beneath them. Literally thousands of blossoms can be seen any day of the year. The centerpiece of Rip Van Winkle Gardens is the historic Joe Jefferson House. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the house was built in 1870 by the actor Joe Jefferson, who acquired international fame for his portrayal of the legendary Rip Van Winkle. The rooms are filled with various heirlooms and period pieces, giving visitors the feeling that they have stepped back in time to the Victorian age of elegance and grandeur. The Gallery of the Gardens, Acadiana’s very own art museum, is part of Rip Van Winkle Gardens and features exhibitions from national as well as local collections.

Vermilionville

Vermilionville is a Cajun and Creole living history museum and folklife village. It celebrates the cultures of these people who settled in the southern part of the state more than 200 years ago.

Shadows-On-The-Teche

It has everything a southern plantation house should. Big white pillars, beautiful furnishings, live oaks dripping Spanish moss. Yet there’s something special here, something more important. The magic lies in forty old trunks, discovered upstairs in the attic. An amazing collection of 17,000 family letters, photographs, and receipts documenting four generations of one family which provides Shadows-On-The-Teche with one of the best documented tour experiences in the country. This is a National Trust Historic Site.

KONRIKO company store

The KONRIKO company store is located on the grounds of America’s oldest rice mill and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Start your tour in the KONRIKO Company Store where you will see an historically correct presentation on the Cajun culture, how it began and how it developed. Then we will guide you through our old rice mill where you can watch us package rice and make rice cakes. The mill creaks and groans, but still produces the finest quality rice in America.

Large, shady, level, concrete sites

Super tent sites

"Cajun Style" Mardi Gras

Experience the Old Mardi Gras like it was done years ago in the countryside. Courirs ride horseback from house to house dancing for ingredients to add to the big Gumbo cooking back in town. That night everyone gathers for a taste of that wonderful Gumbo and dance the night away. This event is fun for the whole family.

Festivals International

Held in April. Celebrates French-speaking cultures world-wide. A major event with international participants.

Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival

Held the first weekend in May.

Delcambre Shrimp Festival

Held in August.

Rayne Frog Festival

Held in September.

"A Cajun Christmas"

Begins in November and goes through December. Holiday festival of lights, parades, tours of homes, and neighborhood decor.

Halloween

Trick-or-Treating and Decor Contest