7 Awesome Things to Do in Lake Charles, Louisiana

Looking for cool things to do in Lake Charles, Louisiana? Here’s a list of the best of the Lake Charles attractions to help you plan your trip.

If you’re looking for Lake Charles events, the best restaurants in Lake Charles, or even the best crawfish in Lake Charles, then read on…

Do y’all know anywhere in the world where you can go from drive-thru daiquiris to a crawfish boil to spotting 27 crocodiles in 30 minutes, and then onto gambling away $15 of your life savings at a huge casino?

Well, that’s Lake Charles.

Things to do in Lake Charles, Louisiana

This industrial city in between Houston and New Orleans is the perfect stop off on a Deep South road trip. And I haven’t even mentioned the Bayou Rum Distillery yet. It only started up in 2011 and it’s already won too many awards to mention since, worldwide, just to emphasise how great their blends are.

I know, I tasted them all on my tour.

‘Satsuma’ is a particular favourite – a tangy powerful flavour that would be a good digestif, or delicious served over ice cream.

So that can come in as number one on our list of the best things to do in Lake Charles…

1. Visit the Bayou Rum Distillery

The Bayou Rum Distillery has won the Louey Award for the tourism attraction of the year from the Louisiana Travel Promotion Association. So yeah, it’s good!

I went along to see some of the rum in production, from Louisiana sugar cane and molasses into the tasty rum that’s now