Lake Martin

Cajun Country


This lake – a mossy green dollop surrounded by thin trees and cypress trunks – serves as a wonderful, easily accessible introduction to bayou landscapes. A few walking paths, as well as a boardwalk, take visitors over the mirror-reflection sheen of the swamp, while overhead thousands of great and cattle egrets and blue herons perch in haughty indifference.

It's about 5 miles south of Breaux Bridge.


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Nearby Cajun Country attractions

1. Acadian Cultural Center

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2. Vermilionville

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3. Children's Museum of Acadiana

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4. Acadian Village

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5. Shadows on the Teche

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6. McIlhenny Tabasco Factory

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7. Jungle Gardens

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8. Opelousas Museum & Interpretive Center

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