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City
Tours
Friends of
the Cabildo French Quarter Walking Tour
Enjoy a memorable two-hour walking tour through the
historic Vieux Carre, one of the oldest communities in the
US. This tour, conducted by highly qualified and licensed
non-profit volunteer guides, emphasizes the history,
architecture and folklore of this fascinating city. Tour
includes admission to Historic Museum Homes.
Haunted History Ghost Tour True street theater!
An offbeat, theatrical, fun-filled adventure that
explores the grim and ghastly deeds of the old French
Quarter where Ghosts and Vampires, Phantoms and Spirits
abound. This seductive, magical and mysterious city
possesses a vast reservoir of ghost tales and these tour
guides know them all!
Haunted French Quarter Walk
Venture into the realm of the unknown by touring "America's
most haunted city." Experience the French Quarter after
dark through the enthralling storytelling of the city's most
informed raconteurs. Based in fact, all tales are accurately
conveyed, providing superb history lessons which transition
into some of the most chilling narratives ever told. As
frightening as it is enticing, this tour visits the sites of
some of the city's most legendary hauntings. |
Vampire
Tours
Enter the dark
and mysterious world of the undead. Walk through history and
experience the legends of famous New Orleans vampires, real
and fictional. Visit sights and locations associated with
these creatures of the night, including a visit to a noted
vampire tavern. Are vampires lurking in the French Quarter?
follow these guides into the dark realm and find out!
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Carriage
Tours
Take a tour with
the country's oldest continuously operating carriage company
and immerse yourself in the incredible gumbo of history,
legend and wonder. Select from one of these three fully
narrated tours:
French Quarter, circa 1722
Wind your way through the streets of the Vieux Carre
on an entertaining and informative discovery of Creole
courtyards, iron-laced balconies, French and Spanish
architecture, and more. Historic landmarks include Ursulines
Convent, St Louis Cathedral, Jackson Square, Pontable
Apartments, Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, and the French
Market. Approx 30 minutes
Faubourg Marigny, circa 1806
Once part of the Marigny Plantation, the Faubourg
Marigny is New Orleans' second oldest neighborhood. This
area, directly adjacent to the French Quarter, was New
Orleans first real suburb and many Creoles settled there.
Approx 30 minutes
Garden District, circa 1840
Tour this unique area of New Orleans wealthy American
businessmen who arrived here after the Louisiana Purchase of
1803. Hundreds of mansions which housed old Southern
Aristocracy are nestled among stately 160-year-old live oak
trees and semi-tropical plants and flowers. With it's
magnificent architecture and foliage, the Garden District is
unlike any other neighborhood. Approx. 1-1/2 hours |
Combination
Tours
Old River
Road Plantation and Swamp Tours
This magical narrated journey given by four
professional tour guides includes two Plantations,
complimentary Cajun lunch, a two-hour Swamp tour and round
trip transportation. Choose from one of the following: Start
your tour of Old River Road with the surreal sight of the
ghostly Evergreen Plantation rising from fog and morning
mists against the green of century old oaks and sugarcane.
Next, experience a treasure of the old south with a late
morning tour of the Oak Alley antebellum mansion .
OR
Enjoy a journey through scenic swamp and wetlands and
a morning tour of the Oak Alley antebellum mansion. After a
mint julep or a photo session under historic oaks you will
cross the mighty Mississippi and follow the path of the
largest slave revolt in American history to romantic San
Francisco plantation. Enjoy an hours tour of the colorfully
decorated creole mansion by plantation tour guides.
OR
Begin with an early morning tour of romantic Laura
Plantation by plantation tour guides. Next, experience a
treasure of the old south with a late morning tour of the
Oak Alley antebellum mansion. |
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Plantation
Tours
Old River
Road Plantation Adventure Tours
Join an award winning plantation tour as you are
transported from your New Orleans accommodations on a safe,
entertaining and knowledgeable journey through scenic
cypress swamps and wetlands to the Old River Road
Plantations. Choose from one of the three tours featuring
antiques, architecture and the plantation slave quarters of
Oak Alley Plantation and that of either Laura Plantation,
San Francisco Plantation or Evergreen Plantation. The
driving tour centers on slavery in New Orleans and in
particular the 1811 Slave Revolt. Also featured on this
journey are The Slave Market, the Code Noire, and the Voodoo
and Quadroon Balls of Olde New Orleans.
Reservations required. Approx. 5 1/2 hours door to
door. Prices include tax and transportation. |
Swamp
Tours
Voyager Swamp
Tour
Experience the truly pristine and natural areas of the
New Orleans Honey Island Swamp. What makes this ECO tour so
unique is the 8 person man powered French/Canadian
Fur-trading vessels that allow you to venture into habitats
not accessible by motorized crafts. Voyager's narrated
2-hour tour detailing the unique flora, culture and history
of the Honey Island Swamp is the most intimate tour on this
swamp. Moonlight cruises, overnight camping and custom trips
are available for parties of 6 or more. Reservations
required.
Cajun Pride Manchac Swamp Tour Daytime Swamp Tour
This two hour narrated boat adventure of a privately
owned wildlife refuge in legendary Manchac Swamp is known
for its gators. Lake warmed water keeps the alligators
visible during periods when the other swamps' alligators
hibernate, but not in cold weather when they retire to
underground dens. The section you will visit includes a
trapper's cabin, the infamous blood red hanging tree and the
surreal site of the cemetery of Frenier rising from the
swamp that had reclaimed it. Your guides narration centers
on the Cajuns, their origins and lifestyles, and the
creatures of the swamp. Reservations required.
Nighttime Swamp Adventure
Take a scenic journey over swamplands en route to a
Cajun camp carved out of Manchac, the legendary haunted
swamp. Feast on Cajun style cuisine served under ancient
cypress trees and southern skies or you can opt for an
authentic Cajun restaurant for your group. It's your party,
its your choice. As night approaches, sail into the darkness
of Manchac Swamp on a bayou lit only by torches as the
creatures of the night sing their bewitching songs. Hear
chilling tales of swamp pirates, swamp witches, the curse of
the rou-ga-rou, haunting stories of restless spirits and a
voodoo curse that destroyed three towns in 1915 and gave
Haunted Swamp her name. Watch as the red eyes of alligators
float above the dark waters and follow your boat into the
depths of Manchac. Reservations required. Available for
groups of 20 or more. |
Specialty
and Custom Tours
Tyler
Productions and Big Easy Drinking Tours Experience the
New Orleans night life like only Colin Tyler can show you.
With over 20 years of entertaining people and operating
restaurants and night clubs Tyler's is one of this city's
most noted host. Learn about the history and legends of the
best clubs and bars this city has to offer. "Big Easy
Drinking Tours" include four night clubs and local
French Quarter bars, a cocktail or house specialty drink at
each stop, the personal history of each location and a
chance to win great prizes. See the best jazz, dixieland,
zydeco and brass band music, meet and mingle with the
locals, get to know New Orleans' best bar tenders and have
an overall night to remember. Custom and private tours
available. Advance reservations required.
Bicycle Tour
Try the road less traveled with a Laid Back Tours
bicycle tour. Pedal through historic neighborhoods and enjoy
the panorama of a beautiful city. Choose from a number of
guided tours such as City Park/Bayou St. John, the Garden
District, the Seafood Boil Ride, the Mississippi River or a
Nature ride. Small groups and self guided tours. Advance
reservations required. Not available during the month of
July
Kayak Tour
Try another Laid Back Tour and kayak on the only bayou
that runs through the city of New Orleans. Paddle in boats
similar to those used by Native Americans who showed
Bienville this passage to the spot that was to become the
French Quarter. Enjoy the feeling of being in a natural
wilderness while still in the middle of the city. Advance
reservations required. Not available during the month of
July
Gay Heritage Tour
Robert Batson, New Orleans' history laureate, leads an
entertaining 2 1/2 hour French Quarter walking tour that
illuminates this city's vibrant lesbian and gay culture.
Known for his humor and historical insight, this
spellbinding storyteller will lead you on "an
irreverent, comic stroll that brings history, gossip,
polemics and culture together." Reservations
recommended |
Voodoo
& Cemetery Tours
Haunted
History Tours
An extremely popular daytime adventure into the
legendary St Louis Cemetery #1, New Orleans' oldest city of
the dead. Explore the cemetery and visit the tomb of Voodoo
Queen Marie Laveau where you will learn about this
misunderstood and secretive religion. Approx. 2 hours
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Garden
District Tours
**Five*Star**
Walking Tour
Don't leave New Orleans without visiting the elegant,
lavish and historic Garden District. Known as the "American"
section of town, it was built in the 1800's to rival the
architecture and beauty of the French Quarter. Tours meet
twice daily in front of the historic Pontchartrain Hotel on
St. Charles Avenue. This is more than a tour, it's an event!
Approx. 2 hours |
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