Tours and Trips in New Orleans

This New Orleans voodoo and mystery tour takes you into the Big Easy's history of vampirism, occult activity, paranormal occurrences and even piracy. Hear tales of haunted buildings, lost treasure and documented sightings of ghosts and vampires as you explore. Use of pro ghost-hunting equipment is also included.

Capture the spirit of New Orleans and the city's voodoo culture on this 1.5-hour walking tour. Learn about the African-based spiritual folkways as you make your way to through New Orleans. Visit real voodoo altars, and hear stories about the voodoo practices that started over 100 years ago. Enter a mysterious world of spells and rituals, and gain a better understanding for the people who practiced them.

Discover one of Louisiana's last preserved wetlands on a 2"hour Honey Island Swamp boat tour! After making a short drive to Slidell, you'll travel deep into the secluded swamp across Lake Pontchartrain to view native wildlife and witness a remote Cajun village only accessible by boat. Enjoy guided commentary on Cajun culture and the lush swamps as you spot alligators, wild boar, snakes, and native birds. This tour does not include transportation.

See the best of New Orleans by land and water on this combo city tour and steamboat cruise on the mighty Mississippi! Enjoy a 2"hour guided coach trip through the French Quarter, Louis Armstrong Park and Jackson Square, where you'll witness the city's cultural history and diverse colonial heritage. Then board the famous Steamboat Natchez for a 2"hour iconic New Orleans river cruise.

See New Orleans in a whole new way on an exhilarating sightseeing flight! Choose a 30-, 45- or 60-minute flight time, and delight in lovely aerial views as you glide by small plane over urban New Orleans and the surrounded wetlands. You'll hear colorful tales of the city from your experienced pilot and glimpse famous sights including the French Quarter, the Mississippi River and sleepy Louisiana bayous.

Take a break from the city to explore the history and natural landscape of Southern Louisiana. Going with a guide eliminates the hassle of navigating on your own, as well as ensures you learn little-known facts and stories about two infamous plantations and Cajun swamp life. Included in this tour is a full brunch of regional specialties, including crawfish and Cajun smoked sausage.

See New Orleans beyond just the French Quarter on a bike tour that gets you out into less-touristy neighborhoods like Faubourg Trem e and Storyville. Learn about the city's multicultural origins and follow the evolution of jazz, stopping to hear local lore and snap photos at landmarks like Congo Square and the famous St. Louis Cemetery No. 2. The flexibility of both a small group size and two-wheeled tour is a great way to expand your view of the Big Easy.

Experience New Orleans from a perspective rare to visitors on a horse-drawn carriage ride through the French Quarter. In addition to navigating for you, your guide tells anecdotes about the historic landmarks from Jackson Square to Bourbon Street. Booking a private tour ensures the itinerary is customized to your own interests, whether it be a food-themed tour or a quiet, romantic ride.

Escape the city on a full-day tour that combines a swamp tour with stops at historic plantations. After a convenient pickup at your New Orleans hotel, your driver-guide takes you on a journey through the Old South. Visit antebellum mansions, sip mint juleps, eat lunch at a Cajun restaurant, and learn about the region's rich and troubled history. Cap off your day trip with a tour through the Louisiana swamplands.

Steep yourself in American history on this 6-hour tour of Oak Alley and Laura plantations that comes with convenient hotel transport from New Orleans. Both 19th-century plantations offer fantastic views of the Mississippi River. Snap shots of the famous canopied path of southern oaks that give Oak Alley its name, and gain insight into the women-run Laura plantation, where slave cabins still stand.

According to subscribers of such theory, New Orleans is a hotbed of paranormal activity. This 2-hour ghost tour is your opportunity to visit locations associated with all-things-supernatural: ghosts and vampires, unsolved mysteries and other unusual activity. A fun experience for adults and children alike, the tour offers the chance to use high-tec ghost-hunting equipment to detect representatives of other worlds.

Connect with your creative side in New Orleans during a pottery workshop at the historic French Market. Take a rest from sightseeing and the heat of the day in a shaded outdoor studio at the edge of the French Quarter, where you'll learn basic hand-building techniques in a casual environment. Remember your visit to New Orleans with a handmade, one-of-a-kind souvenir, which will be fired, glazed, and shipped home to you after the class.

Step through time to plantation-era Louisiana on a small-group tour to Oak Alley and Laura Plantation from New Orleans. Board a private luxury van and take 6-hour journey thorough the Mississippi Valley, spying historic plantations as you travel first to Laura Plantation, where you'll tour the vibrant Creole manor, outbuildings and gardens, then continue to prestigious Oak Alley to view stunning Greek Revival architecture and oak-lined esplanades.

Feel the spirit of the Old South on a 5-hour private Oak Alley Plantation tour from New Orleans. Stroll along a postcard-perfect canopy of knotty oak trees and tour the 'Big House,' a restored example of antebellum elegance. Learn about the Greek Revival-style estate and its former inhabitants from guides donning period costumes, tour the home's opulent rooms, then continue on your own to wander the enchanting grounds before returning to the city.

Spend three hours getting an insider's look at this historic city. Rout the famous cemeteries, iconic plantation homes and Hurricane Katrina landmarks with you professional guide. Learn about Creole history and tradition as you explore the city during this tour that's perfect for first-time visitors, families and history lovers.

Experience the grandeur of New Orleans' rich and conflicted past on this post"cruise plantation shore excursion. Take a 6"hour journey through Oak Alley Plantation and Laura Plantation, each frozen in time. View stunning architecture, oak"lined esplanades, and enduring sugar cane fields while learning about the plantations' fascinating - and often somber - histories from expert guides.

Get a taste of 18th-century New Orleans while exploring its most notorious haunts aboard a mule-drawn carriage. Join a small group of no more than eight people for an intimate evening tour through the French Quarter, where rollicking nightlife conceals a past filled with dark deeds, natural disasters, and supernatural sightings. Hear the city's most salacious history from a guide as you clip-clop your way past iron-laced balconies, darkened alleys, and southern mansions steeped in legend.

Tour duration is 8.5 hours, and it combines both Destrehan and Houmas House Plantation Tour. You will travel in a luxury SUV with up to 5 guests, and stop for lunch at The Cajun Village Restaurant.

Discover the historic crypts and monuments at New Orleans' Saint Louis Cemetery #1 on a 1-hour walking tour with a local guide. Enjoy a relaxed pace as you trace a mile-long route through the burial ground, and hear stories about the city's most colorful characters and luminaries. Pay your respects to Marie Laveau, known as New Orleans' 'Voodoo Queen,' see the tombs of the city's greatest families and visit sections devoted to Louisiana's different Christian denominations. Learn about New Orleans' history and culture as you explore the city's oldest cemetery.

While docked at the Port of New Orleans, enjoy a guided, half-day airboat ride and historic plantation tour. Travel to a remote Louisiana swamp deep in the heart of Cajun Country for a thrilling, high-speed ride on board a small airboat, gliding over and through secluded bayous and marshes. Look for alligators, giant catfish and other wildlife. Then visit Destrehan Plantation, an antebellum mansion with guides in period costumes who will share the stories of generations who lived and worked on this land. Port of hotel pickup and drop-off included.