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New Orleans: Swamp Zipline Tour
Travel to the banks of Lake Ponchartrain, in the quaint historic town of Frenier, to see the Maurepas swamp from a unique perspective. Suspended above it on this zipline tour, admire the animals of the swamp and the panoramic views. Start the day with a transfer from your hotel in New Orleans, if the option is selected. Upon arrival, meet your host who will provide safety equipment and instructions for the day’s activities. Use the lockers provided to store loose items. Begin the adventure from atop a 60-foot start platform. Marvel at the views of the magnificent Maurepas Swamp and Lake Ponchartrain. View the historic town of Frenier and the New Orleans skyline. As you traverse the course, take on five separate zip lines, two suspension bridges, and a one-of-a-kind spiral cypress tree staircase. The swamp zipline course is roughly a half-mile long, and it takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete. Become immersed in nature. As you soar through the course, you may see alligators, turtles, snakes, whitetail deer, wild boar, raccoons, opossums, armadillos, egrets, herons, and much more from the comfort and safety of the treetops.
From $81.00
New Orleans: The Premier Food Tour — Your Must-Do Activity
Come along with us on our French Quarter walking tour and enjoy delicious food, meet new people, learn our history and local culture, marvel at our historic architecture, and have FUN! You will visit four top-rated restaurants on your French Quarter food tour, where you will enjoy such Creole and Cajun dishes as perfectly spiced Jambalaya, Cajun Duck and Andouille sausage Gumbo, Crawfish Etoufee, and the Muffaletta sandwich. (Items may vary.) Then you will top off your tour with an authentic Creole pecan praline - YUM! On this nola food tour, your local and knowledgeable tour guide will tell you about the varied ethnic influences that contribute to today's local cuisine, starting from 1718. We are proud local owners, and care that our top-rated tour provides the very best New Orleans Food Tour experience. Your experienced and licensed tour guide will make sure that everyone has fun! As you know, one of the great joys of traveling is exploring local culture with the benefit of local insight. Come join us! Tour starts at Creole Cookery, 510 Toulouse.
From $38.00
New Orleans: Cajun and Creole Cooking Class
Discover the basics of Louisiana cooking with a morning or afternoon cooking class where you will prepare New Orleans specialties such as gumbo, jambalaya, and pralines. Find out more about cajun and creole culinary traditions and folklore, followed by a meal after the class. Enjoy the class which takes place in a renovated molasses warehouse built in the early 1800s in the heart of the French Quarter. Visit the store and see some of the best locally sourced products, which is also the home of the famous Joe's Stuff Creole Seasoning, beloved by local chefs and visitors. Learn about the fascinating history of New Orleans, and how culture and cuisine are interwoven. Follow along and learn how to make mouth-watering creole and cajun dishes and dig in after the class. Taste some local beer, and tasty iced tea and lemonade. At the end of the class, you will receive a coupon to use in the general store. Take home copies of the recipes so you can recreate the dishes for friends and family. Program of Menus: 10:00 AM Class · Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday: Gumbo, Jambalaya, Bread Pudding and Pralines · Monday: Gumbo, Red Beans and Rice, Pecan Pie and Pralines · Tuesday: Gumbo, Jambalaya, Bananas Foster and Pralines · Thursday: Corn & Crab Bisque, Shrimp Creole, Bananas Foster & Pralines · Friday: Crawfish Etouffee, Shrimp and Artichoke Soup, Bread Pudding, Pralines 2:00 PM Class · Saturday: Crawfish Etouffee, Shrimp and Artichoke Soup and Pralines · Sunday, Tuesday: Corn & Crab Bisque, Chicken Etouffee and Pralines · Monday, Thursday, Friday: Gumbo, Jambalaya and Pralines · Wednesday: Gumbo, Chicken Creole, Pralines
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New Orleans: Swamp Tour on Covered Pontoon Boat
Embark on a voyage through the uncharted beauty of Louisiana's pristine backcountry on a boat tour with seasoned wildlife guides in New Orleans. Discover 20,000 acres of tidewater cypress swamp while encountering bayou creatures of every size, shape, and species. Get onboard a pontoon boat that offers unparalleled flexibility, accommodating both intimate gatherings and large groups. Explore the bayou, a slow-moving swamp waterway gracing the Louisiana landscape with its abundance and charm. Along the way, encounter a diverse array of bayou inhabitants, including alligators, snakes, turtles, egrets, herons, and ibis. If you're lucky, you might even spot majestic hawks, owls, and the iconic bald eagles.
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New Orleans: Dead of Night Ghosts and Cemetery Bus Tour
Climb aboard the tour bus and be taken on a night-time ride to the most haunted locations in New Orleans. Escape into the darkness with your knowledgeable guide. Over the two-hour tour, you will cross one of the most notorious streets in America, once referred to as 'the port of missing men' and listen to the stories of murder, betrayal and strange urban legends. Learn why New Orleans really is the most haunted place in America! You will be transported around the city on a comfortable, air-conditioned bus.
From $65.00
New Orleans: High Speed 16 Passenger Airboat Ride
Embark on a high-speed adventure through the swamps and marshes just 35 minutes from New Orleans and experience the amazing scenery by airboat. Slow down or stop to take pictures and get a personal tour from your local captain. Avail of airboats with stadium-style seating so that the person in front does not obstruct your view. Be amazed as alligators come so close to the boat that you can stare into their reptilian eyes! Encounter magnificent birdlife, including bald eagles, pelicans, ospreys and owls. Every tour is unique and you never know what will be around the next corner! Reach speeds of up to 35 miles per hour, propelled by a huge fan that blows air from the back of the boat in excess of 200 miles per hour. Ride in shallow water and access areas where traditional boats cannot go.
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New Orleans: High Speed 9 Passenger Airboat Tour
Experience an airboat ride from New Orleans and discover the vast swamps that surround the city. Travel at high speeds in the airboat with plenty of photo stops along the way, as you spot local wildlife with your captain and guide. Set off from the dock and discover an area of swamp, marsh, and lakes. Take a break from the hustle and bustle of the party in the French Quarter and search for a variety of wildlife species in the area, including raccoons, wild pigs, bald eagles, pelicans, and ospreys. Keep a lookout for the alligators that lurk beneath the water. Although more common in summer months, you may spot them at any time of year. Enjoy the thrilling adventure as you feel the wind in your hair as you ride through the waterways at speeds of up to 35 miles per hour. Learn more about local ecology and the lives of Cajuns that once inhabited the wetlands, before heading back to the dock.
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New Orleans: French Quarter Sightseeing Carriage Ride
Discover the French Quarter of New Orleans on a traditional mule-drawn carriage ride. Admire sights like Napoleon House, the French Market, and Bourbon Street. Hear about local culture and facinating historical anecdotes from your guide. Learn the basics of New Orleans's history as you travel in style around its vibrant streets. Discover fascinating anecdotes about the people and places that have contributed to making New Orleans truly unique and unforgettable from your licensed local guide. See French Quarter sights like the Saint Louis Cathedral, Jackson Square, Napoleon House, the French Market, and Bourbon Street. Ride through the Faubourg Marigny with its unique architecture and live music venues. Enjoy peace of mind knowing that group carriage tours travel at a leisurely pace. Choose from a private or shared carriage tour depending on which option you book as you enjoy a day out to remember in a horse and cart.
From $47.00
New Orleans: Sightseeing Bus Tour
Get an introduction to the sites of New Orleans on a 2.5-hour guided bus tour. Benefit from pickup at Bon's New Orleans Street Food which is nearby Jackson Square and visit the Garden District, the 9th Ward, and more. Travel through the beautiful French Quarter, and make your way down lively Frenchmen Street, where live music pours from every venue. Arrive at the alternative Marigny district as you make your way towards the 9th Ward. Enter the Musicians' Village and continue to Tremé. Travel down Esplanade Avenue to City Park and Lake Pontchartrain, and then learn about Creole culture at Saint Roch Cemetery #1 and St. Louis Cemetery #3. See the oldest streetcar in the world on St. Charles Avenue as you move on to Tulane and Loyola universities. Enter the Garden District to look at some of the celebrity homes. Continue along Magazine Street to arrive at the Warehouse District and Arts District before getting dropped off at your hotel.
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From New Orleans: Whitney Plantation and Airboat Tour Combo
Embark on a profound journey through history at the Whitney Plantation, the only museum in Louisiana dedicated exclusively to the lives of enslaved people. Begin your day with a hotel pickup from New Orleans between 8:00 AM-8:30 AM. After a 70-minute drive, arrive at the Whitney Plantation with ample time to discover the grounds and exhibits. Set out on a self-guided tour with an audio headset, allowing you to explore at your own pace. Visit restored buildings including slave cabins, Freedmen’s Church, a detached kitchen, outbuildings, and a 1790 owner’s house. Pay your respects at the memorial honoring the enslaved and gain a deeper understanding of their lives and contributions. Depart at 2 PM to transition from history to adventure with a fully narrated airboat tour. Enjoy close encounters with Louisiana’s vibrant swamp life. Learn about the unique ecosystem and the lifestyle of those who live in the swamps from a local captain. After the airboat tour concludes at around 3:45 PM, return to your hotel by 4:45 PM, depending on traffic.
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New Orleans: Oak Alley Plantation & Airboat Swamp Combo Tour
Discover Louisiana on a guided day trip from New Orleans to the historical Oak Alley Plantation, with entry tickets included, and a bayou airboat ride. Benefit from round-trip transportation from your New Orleans hotel. Start your experience with hotel pickup, and relax on the drive to Oak Alley Plantation. Enjoy a guided tour of the plantation home by guides in period dress while you hear and learn about the times of slavery. Take in the house's Greek Revival architecture, the antique farm equipment exhibits, and walk around the grounds where 28 evenly spaced, huge oak trees grow. Browse the blacksmith shop and souvenir shop, or stop for a snack (at your own expense) in the restaurant. Continue onto Barataria Basin for an airboat tour of the bayou swamplands, where your local captain will guide you through the swamps, marshes, and lakes. Travel at high speeds for an exciting ride, then slow down to spot local wildlife on this exciting airboat experience. Look out for alligators, birds, and other animals. Every airboat tour is unique, so you never know what you’ll see. Even in winter — when alligators hibernate — you’ll have a good chance of spotting these reptiles. Back on dry land, return to the bus for the drive back to New Orleans, where you’ll finish off your trip with a convenient drop-off back at your hotel.
From $84.00
From New Orleans: Whitney Plantation Ticket & Transportation
Step back in time as you visit the Whitney Plantation on this bus day trip from New Orleans. Gain a unique perspective on the enslaved people who lived and worked here through museum exhibits, memorial artwork, restored buildings, and hundreds of first-person slave narratives. In 2014, Whitney Plantation opened its doors to the public for the first time in its 262-year history, as the only plantation museum in Louisiana with a focus on slavery. The early owners of Habitation Haydel, later known as the Whitney Plantation, became wealthy producing indigo before the plantation transitioned to sugar in the early 1800s. Whitney is also significant because of the number of historic outbuildings which were added to the site over the years, thus providing a unique perspective on the evolution of the Louisiana working plantation. The Big House is one of the finest surviving examples of Spanish Creole architecture and one of the earliest raised Creole cottages in Louisiana. The Whitney Plantation Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. As a site of memory and consciousness, this site pays homage to the slaves on the plantation itself and to all of those who lived elsewhere in the United States.
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French Quarter Walking and Storytelling Tour
Take a walking and storytelling tour through New Orleans' famous French Quarter. See famous landmarks and learn about local history as you make your way from the jazz fountain to Jackson Square, hearing fascinating stories along the way. The night before the tour, your guide will send an email with their photo, contact information, and directions to the meeting spot. The tour begins at the jazz fountain at the intersection of Decatur and Dumaine Streets in the historic French Market district. These are small-group tours, making for a more comfortable, customized experience. After a brief overview of New Orleans history, your guide will lead you around the oldest neighborhood in the city, and point out the locations that have made New Orleans famous: St. Louis Cathedral, Jackson Square, and the Mississippi River - and lesser-known treasures such as the French Market, an almost 300 year old convent, and courtyards hidden behind the 18th and 19th century buildings. Your guide will also be an enthusiastic storyteller, and the stories about this neighborhood are like no other. Established as a French colonial outpost in 1718, its earliest inhabitants were the quirky, gritty, fascinating types who are still attracted to it today. Every block has a story which will be shared with you. The tour concludes in or next to Jackson Square, but it is by no means over. Your guide is full of recommendations for enjoying the neighborhood and the city further. When you finish the French Quarter tour, you will be energized to go out and explore this jewel of a neighborhood even further, and the knowledge you gained walking with your guide will only deepen your understanding of New Orleans, and stay with you long after you have left its quaint streets and alleys.
From $65.00
New Orleans: Manchac Magic Kayak Swamp Tour
Join a trained and experienced guide on a scenic kayaking tour in the cypress swamps of Louisiana. This eco-friendly tour offers the opportunity to observe a variety of wildlife, including alligators, egrets, owls, eagles, and many others. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced kayaker, this tour is suitable for all skill levels. Your kayak tour lasts a little over 2-hours and transportation is available to and from the city of New Orleans (if Option is selected). The Manchac swamp is famous for the logging of cypress trees and the ghost town of Ruddock, Louisiana. During the tour, your knowledgeable guide will share the area's historical significance and provide detailed information about the flora and fauna that can be found there. It's a perfect day trip for anyone visiting New Orleans who wants to experience the city's natural side.
From $24.00
New Orleans: Walking Tour Inside St. Louis Cemetery No. 1
Uncover the history of one of America's oldest and most famous cemeteries that is not open to the general public on this walking tour of the St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 cemetery. View interesting burial customs and stroll past facinating above ground tombs. Check in and meet your guide at the Basin St. Station Visitor Center where you can find an array of exhibits about New Orleans, an interactive map of the Hurricane Katrina floodwaters, a café, restrooms, and a gift shop. Get your tour stickers and depart on time for your adventure into the macabre. Head to the the front gates of the St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 and listen as you guide takes you back in time with the story of the cemetery. Make your way through New Orleans' most famous tombs and hear about the city's unique burial customs. Get up close to the elaborate above-ground crypts and below-ground sites. Meander among the and find out about the storied pasts of those residing here, including Voodoo Queen Mariel Laveau, the former mayor Homer Plessy and other notable figures from the city's history.
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New Orleans: 9th Ward Hurricane Katrina History Tour
WORLD'S TOP TEN NEW ORLEANS EXPERIENCE!!! NEWORLEANS #1 NOLA EXPERIENCE! Explore the resilience of New Orleans on this immersive bus tour through the city’s most impacted areas from Hurricane Katrina. Guided by a local who was born and raised in these neighborhoods, you’ll visit significant districts in various stages of recovery, including the historic Ninth Ward. Key Highlights: • Witness history: View sites where levees breached along the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. • Visit rebuilding efforts: Discover revitalization projects like the Make It Right homes and Musicians’ Village. • Fats Domino’s home: Stop at the legendary musician’s residence. • Hurricane Katrina Memorial: Pay your respects at this memorial located in the Old St.Claude Hospital Please note: that routes are subject to change due to local conditions, ensuring the best possible experience. Check out our IG : tremeluxuryexperience ❗️❗️
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New Orleans: Cemetery Bus Tour At Dark with Exclusive Access
Experience the creepy side of New Orleans on a tour of the city and one of its most paranormally active cemeteries. Listen to chilling tales from your local guide and learn about the darker parts of the city's history. Learn from an expert in the paranormal how to properly use an EMF reader to search for the unexplained. Meet at a location centered in the heart of the French Quarter where you will have an opportunity to grab a beer, cocktail, cocktail, or food before your tour. Travel with Experienced guides through the creepy underbelly of the haunted history of New Orleans Iconic cemeteries. Your guide will give everyone an opportunity to look at documented evidence of the unexplained captured on tour. Gain exclusive access into a private cemetery owned by a centuries old secret society with the only company allowed in. Remember those who were lost during Hurricane Katrina. Visit and view one of the largest cemeteries of the yellow fever pandemic in the country while visiting Charity Hospital Cemetery and the Hurricane Katrina Memorial Cemetery. Walk with your expert guide exploring the paranormal with emf readers as they explain how to use them to search for paranormal activity and to help locate any paranormal phenomena from the other side.
From $26.00
New Orleans: Haunted Pub Crawl
Make your way to the Jax Brewery building to meet your local licensed guide who will be waiting for you at the entrance to Bon's New Orleans Street Food to check you in with your confirmation email. This tour visits the most fascinating and haunted places throughout the city, including the infamous Lalaurie Mansion (as seen on "American Horror Story: Coven"), and many other sites such as Pirate's Alley and the Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop. While traveling from var to bar your guide will share New Orleans most famous ghost stories. This is a 2-hour leisurely stroll just under a mile long with frequent bar stops and restroom breaks. Enjoy an alcohol-friendly tour, with opportunities to purchase cocktails at the start of trip.
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New Orleans: Witches Coven Garden District Walking Tour
This area is more than a home for the city's elite; it's a sanctuary for ancestral witches and their families. While the fictional Mayfair Witches may capture imaginations, this tour delves into the real history of witchcraft among New Orleans' oldest Uptown families. Discover the hidden truths behind the city famous for ghosts, vampires, and other supernatural legends. This exclusive tour reveals the authentic stories of witches who came before the popular TV series, books, and movies filmed in the city. Learn about the real witches who practiced, healed and changed lives with their services. Unlike any other tour, this offers a living experience as you are guided through these mystical tales. Given by the people who live them. The tour begins at The Rink Shopping Center at 2727 Prytania Street. We will then walk the Oak lined neighborhood streets as we showcase the mansions and gardens where the witches have lived and worked their craft. You will see the Mayfair Witches home, the Coven house and you will visit the homes of free and condemned witchcraft families. We will end at the gates of Lafayette Cemetery, where you will learn about our burial procedures and customs. (Note: Public Access to the cemetery in not allowed) The tour ends close to coffee shops, restaurants and shopping so that you can continue to enjoy your New Orleans stay. Your Living Legacy guide will gladly recommend places to eat, drink or shop and you will receive a follow email with our Fun Things to Do list as well as our Witches of New Orleans Suggestions list. Book your Witches of New Orleans Walking Tour today!
From $37.00
New Orleans: Ghost, Crime, Voodoo, and Vampires Guided Tour
At Hottest Hell Tours we evolve our tours weekly as new stories are unearthed and the spirits guide us - no two tours are exactly the same. A night with one of our local experts can cover murder, music, mayhem, and more. Choose between a standard tour, or an option with HELLVISION, where we bring handheld projectors to visually recreate some of the most frightening scenes of the past. All travelers meet under the glowing arch of Armstrong Park, where some of the earliest gatherings of Voodoo and Hoodoo practitioners took place. Depending on your guide, you might take a short walk near the old Parish Prison, the haunting site of The American Mafia. Here we reveal the hidden history of organized crime in North America, from the largest mass lynching in U.S. history, to one of the nation’s most notorious and unsolved cases of serial murder: the dreaded Axe-man. For those who love more recent macabre moments, tour-goers might request the tragic, ripped-from-the-headlines reality of a pair of star-crossed lovers whose relationship ended in dismemberment and demonic possession. On any given night we might visit Marie Laveau’s house, the famed Voodoo Queen who once ruled New Orleans from the shadows. Or maybe you’ll hear about the scandal of the Sultan’s Palace, the scene of an infamous orgy turned into a grotesque blood bath. A stroll to Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop brings you to one of the oldest bars in North America, still haunted by boozed-up patrons from its treacherous past. From there, all roads lead to Madame Lalaurie. Travel through the black and blood red history of the city once called “The Hottest Hell,” guided by living experts who can curate the tour of your dreams - or nightmares - depending on your mood.
