Bayou Lafourche Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

Explore the Gateway to Cajun Country & the Gulf of Mexico.The Bayou Lafourche area is located 40 miles SW of New Orleans. Explore Laurel Valley Village Plantation, the oldest surviving 19th & 20th century sugarcane plantation complex in the United States featuring over 50 original structures; the E.D. White Historic Site (White Plantation); Donner-Peltier Distillers, Thibodaux's first craft distillery producing rum, whiskey and vodka from all Louisiana products; the Jean Lafitte Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center; exciting swamp and bayou tours; cultural museums; the USDA Plant Material Center and Port Fourchon - Louisiana's Energy Port. There is so much to explore "Down on the Bayou"!