Admission: One dollar ($1.00) toll to enter onto Island
TABASCO® Pepper Sauce Factory Tour Information
Hours: Monday–Sunday, 9am–4pm
Closed major holidays
Hours: Monday–Sunday, 9am–5pm
Open every day of the year, including holidays
Admission fees charged
Refreshments available
Lagniappe
Free recipes, samples and tastings
Rest rooms available
From the unique feel of the South
Louisiana marshes and bayous to the nature preserve
inhabited by indigenous plants and animals, Avery
Island, Louisiana is a beautiful place to visit.
Touring the visitor center and the
pepper sauce factory is just one part of the Avery
Island experience. In addition to seeing how we age
TABASCO® Sauce in white oak barrels and ship it all
over the world, you can visit Avery Island's 250-acre
Jungle Gardens and see, in season, a variety of azaleas,
camellias and bamboo. You might even spy some
alligators, deer, and raccoons that live in the hills
and marshes around the gardens. And then there are
thousands of snowy egrets who nest on the island each
spring on specially-built, pier-like structures in a
pond nicknamed “Bird City”. You can stroll
the gardens along a path covered by gnarled oaks laced
with Spanish moss, and stand at the shrine that houses a
centuries-old Buddha - a gift to E.A. McIlhenny in 1936.
When you’re ready to see how
TABASCO® Sauce is made, you can take the factory
tour. There's a short film on TABASCO® history and a
guided tour of our bottling and packaging operations.
You can also spend time in the TABASCO Country
Store®, and check out a wide array of products and
souvenirs for sale.
We sure hope to see you soon!
