All Louisiana Tours & Excursions in 2026

Experience Louisiana with a private, fully customizable day trip from New Orleans. Travel in comfort with an English-speaking local driver who shares stories, history, and insights into the region’s culture, landscapes, and heritage. Journey along historic river routes to visit a grand plantation estate, exploring its architecture and grounds at your own pace. Continue along the scenic Mississippi River Road, passing rural landscapes, historic towns, and river views that reflect the area’s agricultural and commercial past. Conclude with stops at riverfront viewpoints, perfect for photos and reflection, or spend extra time enjoying the plantation grounds. This door-to-door experience includes pickup and drop-off from central New Orleans accommodations, with a flexible itinerary tailored to your interests. Entrance tickets are not included, ensuring a smooth, comfortable, and memorable private exploration of Louisiana’s plantation country.

An unforgettable treetop adventure awaits for you, where both children and adults can test their limits. Navigate through the canopy on three unique loops designed to challenge your balance, agility, and courage. This aerial course suits all skill levels, offering a thrilling experience for beginners and seasoned climbers alike. Complete your adventure in about an hour, making it a perfect outdoor activity for families, friends, or team-building events. Get ready to conquer the heights.

Discover the romance and timeless charm of New Orleans on a private heritage walk through its enchanting historic streets. Stroll past elegant balconies, hidden courtyards, and beautiful historic landmarks while uncovering captivating stories of love, culture, and local traditions. Enjoy the intimate atmosphere, picturesque scenery, and rich heritage of the city with your private guide for a memorable experience filled with romance and discovery.

Experience New Orleans the way its neighborhoods developed: from the historic St. Charles streetcar itself to the streets and stories of the Garden District. This private tour keeps the focus on meaningful local history—not simply a parade of mansions—with flexible pacing, personal attention, and time to ask questions along the way.

Uncover the chilling legends and mysterious history of New Orleans on the “Ghosts of the French Quarter: A Haunting Stroll.” This immersive tour leads you into the heart of the French Quarter, where centuries-old stories come alive among the atmospheric streets and haunted landmarks. Begin your journey outside the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, where past medicinal practices blend with eerie tales. Wander Jackson Square—rich with history and whispered encounters. Step inside Voodoo Authentica for a look at mystical traditions central to the city’s folklore. Explore the Old Ursuline Convent Museum, shrouded in intrigue; witness the infamous LaLaurie Mansion, famed for bone-chilling tales and ghostly sightings. Finish your adventure at Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop Bar, one of America’s oldest and most storied taverns.

Join us for an eclectic adventure through the Arts District of New Orleans, where fun, food, and art collide—with that unmistakable NOLA flair! Spend 2 unforgettable hours exploring with a professional local guide. Wander through vibrant galleries, discover unique local artwork, and enjoy complimentary bubbles as you go. Art galleries provide the bubbles— you bring your curiosity! Optional food tastings and signature cocktails available for purchase from celebrated neighborhood restaurants. Please note guide gratuities are not included. Food, cocktails, and art purchases are optional and not included in the tour price.

Made by local artists and game designers and full of one-of-a-kind charm, this experience is especially great for parties of friends or families to play, connect and make memories together. At 45-minutes, it's the perfect activity to break up a day of sight-seeing, and the comfy chairs and playful games give your group a chance to relax physically without letting up on fun, thrills, and time together

This New Orleans walking tour serves as a crash course in New Orleans history and culture. Walk with your guide to top historic sites such as Jackson Square and the Old Ursuline Convent and hear tales and trivia from the founding days of New Orleans through the present. This small-group tour is limited to just 15 people or fewer so you can ask plenty of questions.

The Real: New Orleans is built for those who seek connection over consumption. For wanderers who want to fall in love with a place that’s magnificent, messy, mystical, and sometimes maddening. We offer intimate tours, custom experiences, and real stories told with reverence, irreverence, and deep affection. Our philosophy is simple but radical: listen deeply, respond thoughtfully, and never underestimate the power of presence.

Discover the scary side of New Orleans on this walking ghost tour through the historic French Quarter. As twilight descends, your licensed guide reveals chilling tales of hauntings, murders, and mysterious deaths that have shaped the city's eerie reputation. Meander through the shadowy streets near Jackson Square, where ghostly figures and unexplained phenomena await. With a relaxed pace covering less than a mile, this immersive experience invites plenty of questions and interactions, allowing you to delve deeper into the city's haunted history. - Explore the most haunted locations in the French Quarter - Learn about documented stories of ghostly encounters and tragic events - Enjoy a leisurely walk of about 6-7 blocks, lasting 90 minutes - Small group sizes for an intimate and engaging experience

Solve challenges, score points, and learn all about Baton Rouge as you embark on this private city scavenger hunt. You won’t need to stick to a guide or a large tour group. Instead, work with your private party at your own pace to collect objects around town. Know you have an interactive live host for around two hours if you get stuck or have any questions along the way.

Wacky Walks of Shreveport allows your team to discover the city in a fun and different way. The game instructs you to find a variety of items that can be found in the downtown area. For every item you find, you'll get points. You'll also participate in exciting challenges for points as well. See how your points stack up to others on our app rankings. All our Scavenger hunts have a live remote host to help along the way. Come out and explore with us in Shreveport.

Discover New Orleans with a private, fully customizable half-day sightseeing ride designed for comfort and flexibility. Travel in your own vehicle with an English-speaking local driver who shares stories, history, and insider tips that bring the city’s rich culture, music, and traditions to life. Explore the French Quarter with its historic architecture and lively streets, then continue to the Treme neighborhood, deeply rooted in jazz and cultural heritage. Pass through the elegant Garden District, known for its grand homes and oak-lined avenues, and unwind in City Park with its peaceful green spaces and scenic lagoons. Conclude along the Mississippi Riverfront, where the river’s views reflect the city’s vibrant past and present. This door-to-door experience includes pickup and drop-off from central accommodations, a flexible itinerary tailored to your interests, and a relaxed pace—perfect for experiencing the spirit of New Orleans without crowds or strict schedules.

Step into the soulful heart of New Orleans on this 3.5-hour private culinary adventure through the French Quarter. Guided by a local food expert, you'll explore the rich history and flavors that have made this city a global gastronomic capital—where every dish tells a story, and every street corner hides a delicious secret. From legendary restaurants that have stood the test of time to creative chefs reinventing Creole classics, this tour is a celebration of New Orleans cuisine. Along the way, enjoy iconic dishes, learn about the city’s culinary roots, and experience the cultural influences that shaped one of America’s most unique food scenes.

For nearly three centuries, New Orleans has lived somewhere between the sacred and the scandalous. Sin & Salvation explores the complicated relationship between faith, vice, morality, power, forgiveness, and reinvention in a city that has never fit neatly into anyone’s definition of respectable. Beginning at Jackson Square, guests look toward St. Louis Cathedral while hearing of notorious Gallatin Street and Bricktop, then enter the religious heart of the city through Père Antoine, the Ursulines, Marie Laveau, Henriette Delille, and the Sisters of the Holy Family. Mardi Gras, Lent, temperance, Storyville, jazz, sex-work, and the lives of Josie Arlington, Lulu White, and Norma Wallace reveal a city where sin and salvation have always existed side by side. We begin looking at a cathedral while talking about sin. We end seated in a former bordello talking about salvation, asking: Who gets to define sin, what does salvation look like, and who gets to be saved?

This is a sultry, celebratory stroll through the French Quarter designed just for the bachelor and bachelorette parties who crave something richer than neon beads and frozen daiquiris. This isn't just a drunken pub crawl. This is a toast to the spirit of the City herself: seductive, unruly, drenched in secrets. We'll wind by hidden courtyards and shadowed balconies, and spill the tea on scandalous affairs, brothel dynasties, pirate romances, and the saints and sinners who made this city a playground for the senses. Whether you're celebrating the end of singlehood or just in town to raise a little hell with your chosen krewe, this tour is your crash course in how New Orleans does passion and partying with panache. It's equal parts juicy history, local lore, and insider tips - all served with a wink and a nod. Lace up your walking shoes and let us guide you through the Quarter like only locals can: with a bit of irreverence and just enough scandal to make your grand-mere' blush.

Our very unique, immersive adventures are the only ones of their kind. We, unlike other companies, provide your very own remote, interactive, live host to assist and encourage you along through your phone. We are an Austin, TX-based global custom event design company offering scavenger hunts and other events in 300+ cities in North America and beyond. Our specially hand-crafted adventures are equal parts tour, creative challenge, detective hunt, and social experiment! Guests get to discover in an alternate reality our favorite hidden gems off the beaten trail and creatively interpret fun art, history, and culture clues - for points! They get to enjoy fame and glory while appearing on our website’s international leaderboard, no matter what their score. They get to essentially race other teams in other cities, even if they don’t have competitors who have signed up in their city that day. Get ready to discover unusual oddities, laugh out loud, and make the experience your own!

Blood & Brick is a twilight walk through the Quarter’s most chilling truths, where elegance and violence once shared a pillow, and where the echoes of real crimes still linger. This is not a ghost tour. This is the breathless hush after the scream. From the modern tragedy of Zack and Addie to the violent rise of Gallatin Street’s underworld, and the madness behind the trunk murders, we confront the beautiful horror of a city that remembers everything!

Enter the exceptional and private sanctuary of ICONS. The world's only art museum dedicated exclusively to the greatest modern icons. The private tours, carried out by the artist himself, makes for one of the most unique and fascinating art experiences available anywhere.

Explore the intricate tapestry of New Orleans' history and folklore on the Ash & Oak tour. Starting at a historic cemetery, this journey delves into burial traditions, African spiritual beliefs, and Louisiana folklore along the enchanting Bayou St. John and within the shadows of City Park. As night falls, uncover the stories that intertwine survival with the city’s oldest live oaks, revealing the essence of what survives us. This tour is ideal for history enthusiasts and those captivated by spiritual journeys.

This guided educational tour examines the intersection of nature, history, industry, and resilience. Your expert guide discusses wetland loss, hurricane protection, fisheries, shipping, legislation, coastal communities, and the economic and cultural importance of Louisiana's disappearing coast. Guests gain a firsthand understanding of why healthy wetlands matter, not only for wildlife and fisheries, but also for flood protection, climate resilience, and the future of New Orleans. If you want a deeper understanding of coastal Louisiana, this is one of the region's most insightful and thought-provoking boat tours.

Step into the shoes of a newly-minted detective, tasked by Commander Mahoney to solve a gripping case... murder on the streets of Lake Charles. Throughout this crime-solving audio adventure, visit each of the 10 mapped locations. You'll have the option to explore the downtown area using the Walking Map or follow a Driving Map on the city's outskirts. Refer to ‘Meeting Point’ for the starting location. See images for route. Park or stop at each location, listen to the audio story, and put your detective skills to the test by gathering clues and piecing together the evidence. Finally, make your deductions and issue an arrest warrant. Your overall detective skills will be evaluated, culminating in a Case Performance Score to measure your sleuthing prowess. This game is suitable for solo detectives, dynamic duos, or groups of mystery enthusiasts, offering an immersive audio tale filled with intrigue.

Delve into the fascinating history of nine formerly enslaved men who bravely fought for their freedom during the Civil War as Union Soldiers. This 50-minute guided tour immerses you in true stories from history that happened at Laura Plantation while guiding you throughout the property. - 50-minute guided outdoor tour focusing on nine enslaved men who fought for freedom as Union Soldiers. - Explore the plantation grounds, including the authentic 1840s slave cabins - Tour goes into the dining room of the main house, but not the bedrooms. - Learn about the impact of slavery and the Civil War in Louisiana - Visit the self-guided exhibit either before or after your tour for further insights into the lives of the enslaved community.

See Tulane’s campus, St. Charles Avenue and the Uptown New Orleans neighborhoods around it on a private tour led by a current Tulane student. You’ll see where students actually live, eat, study and spend their weekends, from the dorms and quad to the streets where upperclassmen rent. Tell us what you care about and your guide builds the route around it, so you get an honest, inside look at daily life instead of a script. Ask anything about housing, Greek life, classes or moving to New Orleans and get a real answer from someone living it. It’s great for families with high school students, admitted and transfer students, and anyone picturing life at Tulane. One flat price covers your whole group, siblings and grandparents included, and tours run 60 to 90 minutes, 7 days a week. It’s a great add to the official university tour. Do both if you can. Independent student-led tour, not affiliated with Tulane University.