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Night Cemetery Insiders Bus Tour in New Orleans

2 hoursFree Cancellation

4.3

(20)

from $30

Experience different sides of Louisiana and its complicated history on this plantation tour and swamp boat ride from New Orleans. On this full-day journey, visit Oak Alley Plantation or Destrehan Plantation (depending on the time chosen), where you learn about antebellum life. Next, head into the marshy swampland for a boat ride and some wildlife spotting. Enjoy guided commentary as you snap photos of alligators, raccoons, snakes, and native birds.

Swamp Boat Ride and Oak Alley Plantation Tour from New Orleans

7 hours 45 minutesFree Cancellation

Experience the vibrant flavors of New Orleans like never before on our culinary city tour! As you ride through the historic streets of the Big Easy in our 14-passenger luxury motor coach, you'll have the chance to savor the city's rich culinary traditions at our hand-picked Black-owned restaurant stops. Our guided city tour not only takes you on a journey through the diverse and delicious flavors of New Orleans, but also offers insights into the city's culture, history, and architecture. Join us for a delightful exploration of this unique and vibrant culinary destination!

New Orleans Soul Food Tour with Hotel Pickup and Drinks

3 to 5 hoursFree Cancellation

Save money by opting for a shared transfer service between your hotel or port and the New Orleans International Airport. With this package, you’ll get round-trip shared transfers in a comfortable vehicle equipped with Wi-Fi and air-conditioning. This service combines the convenience of a private transfer with the lower cost associated with a shared transfer, making it a great alternative to private taxis or public transportation.

(13)

from $200

New Orleans Private Round-Trip Airport Transfer

New Orleans Private Round-Trip Airport Transfer

30 minutesFree Cancellation

Price varies by group size

(63)

from $142

The impressive story of this slave child can be told at the Whitney Plantation.

Whitney Plantation Tour from New Orleans with Pickup

5 hoursFree Cancellation

Experience the rich history and vibrant culture of New Orleans from two perspectives on a city tour and steamboat cruise that lets you escape the land-based crowds. Enjoy a narrated coach tour of historic landmarks, including the French Quarter, Jackson Square, and the Garden District. Then, step aboard Steamboat NATCHEZ (or its sister vessel) for a journey along the mighty Mississippi River, complete with live jazz and optional Creole dining.

(335)

from $79

New Orleans City Tour and Steamboat Natchez Harbor Jazz Cruise

New Orleans City Tour and Steamboat Natchez Harbor Jazz Cruise

6 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

4.2

(468)

from $88

Explore the best of New Orleans in half a day, guided by a local jazz musician, offering an immersive and fun experience. This half-day private tour covers the French Quarter, Treme, Garden District, City Park, and more, with stops to take stunning photos. Enjoy delicious beignets midway and the personalized attention that larger tours can't offer. Customize your tour to your interests, whether it's food, architecture, history, jazz, or murals.

Citywide Driving Tour with Local Jazz Musician with Photos

Citywide Driving Tour with Local Jazz Musician with Photos

4 hoursFree Cancellation

4.9

(148)

from $65

Laura Plantation Tour with Transportation

Discover several of the New Orleans area’s key natural and historical landmarks—and learn more about the area’s past—on this multi-stop tour. In the morning, meet your guide in New Orleans and set off via air-conditioned vehicle. You’ll stop at highlights like the Louisiana Swamp and Lake Pontchartrain before heading to the Laura Plantation. There, embark on a self-guided tour of the grounds and learn about the enslaved people who lived there.

Laura Plantation Tour with Transportation

6 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

4.6

(19)

from $78

Private Art and Street Art Tour of New Orleans with Lunch

Immerse yourself in New Orleans’ vibrant art scene and see things most tourists don’t experience. Visit galleries and see colorful murals and street art, plus meet artists in their studios on this private, customized tour. You’ll see Banksy’s Rain Girl, visit curated galleries on Magazine Street, and explore the art scenes of Warehouse District and the French Quarter, stopping for an included lunch along the way.

Private Art and Street Art Tour of New Orleans with Lunch

3 to 4 hoursFree Cancellation

4.7

(9)

from $270

Crescent City Tours & Transportation. We absolutely insist on having fun!!!

Visiting New Orleans' plantations and swamps in one day means coordinating drives out of the city, plantation entries, and airboat bookings across the river parishes. This tour combines all three into a single itinerary with hotel pickup, stops at Laura, Evergreen, and Whitney plantations, and an airboat ride through Bayou Segnette State Park, where alligators and other wildlife are commonly spotted.

Laura Plantation and Airboat Tour Combo with Hotel Pickup

8 hoursFree Cancellation

Discover what makes New Orleans unforgettable on a small-group van tour that combines the city’s most popular experiences in one. Walk the French Quarter, admire Garden District homes, visit historic cemeteries, and learn about Hurricane Katrina’s lasting impact. With a local guide, get an insider’s view on why residents love this vibrant, soulful city. A perfect introduction for first-time visitors and history enthusiasts alike.

(7)

from $152

New Orleans Small-Group City Tour by Van

New Orleans Small-Group City Tour by Van

3 hoursFree Cancellation

(1,123)

from $62

Experience the highlights of New Orleans in one comprehensive half-day tour. This itinerary combines a guided walk through the historic French Quarter, time to grab lunch at the famous French Market, a 75-minute cruise along the Mississippi River aboard the Riverboat City of New Orleans, and a narrated bus tour showcasing the city’s top sights. Along the bus tour, you’ll pass by some of New Orleans’ most well-known landmarks, including the National WWII Museum, the charming Garden District, New Orleans City Park, Mardi Gras World, and the Audubon Aquarium. Beginning at Café Beignet, this well-balanced experience is designed to be easy and enjoyable, blending guided exploration with free time. It’s a great option for first-time visitors or anyone looking to see a wide range of the city’s highlights in a single outing.

New Orleans in a Day: Includes 75-Minute Riverboat Cruise

New Orleans in a Day: Includes 75-Minute Riverboat Cruise

6 hours 45 minutesFree Cancellation

Experience the grandeur of New Orleans’ antebellum south on a half-day tour of Oak Alley Plantation. Journey through time to the manicured estate and into the gorgeous home, built in 1839. View stunning architecture, oak-lined esplanades, and enduring sugar cane fields while learning about the plantation’s fascinating – and often somber – histories from local guides. Upgrade your experience to include a pontoon swamp tour.

Oak Alley Plantation Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

5 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

Gain deep, meaningful insights into American history on this combination full-day tour. After being collected from your New Orleans hotel in an air-conditioned van, you’ll arrive at the Whitney Plantation and tour Louisiana’s only museum dedicated to enslaved people with an audio guide. Afterwards, head back to the city and join the Soul of New Orleans tour, for a deep dive into the move from plantation to city life, showing how enslaved people turned their struggle into the powerful music, food, and culture that still defines the city today.

Whitney Plantation and Soul of New Orleans City Tour Combo

8 to 9 hoursFree Cancellation

(13)

from $129

Experience the highlights of New Orleans on this sightseeing bus tour, including an above-ground cemetery, the bustling French Quarter, the opulent Garden District, and St. Charles Avenue. Absorb the sights and sounds of the city as you learn about its fascinating history from your guide. Upgrade to receive admission to Vue Orleans, a 360° indoor and outdoor observatory deck, after your tour.

View the St. Louis Cathedral and Jackson Square along the way.

New Orleans City and Cemetery Tour with Garden District Stroll

3 hoursFree Cancellation

Oak Alley Plantation Tour with Pickup from New Orleans

4 to 5 hoursFree Cancellation

Soak up the atmosphere of the bayou on this 8-hour cultural tour from New Orleans. Visit the Oak Alley Plantation House, dating from 1837, and view the stately row of 28 evenly spaced mature oaks that line the driveway. Follow your guide, dressed in period costume, through the mansion, the blacksmith shop and the onsite restaurant. You'll also learn about life in the bayou's waterways aboard a swamp and wetlands boat tour. See the amazing variety of flora and fauna native to the area and hear about life in the Barataria Swamps from your native guides. Round-trip transportation from New Orleans is included.

(83)

from $87

Oak Alley Plantation and Swamp Boat Tour from New Orleans

Oak Alley Plantation and Swamp Boat Tour from New Orleans

8 hoursFree Cancellation

4.4

(400)

from $130

This tour combines the private Manchac Swamp with Whitney Plantation. A decade ago Whitney Plantation, circa 1752, opened its doors to the public for the first time in its history as the only plantation museum in Louisiana completely dedicated to the history of slavery. The experience at Whitney is a self-paced audio tour. Visitors to Whitney will gain a unique perspective on the enslaved people who lived and worked here through museum exhibits, restored historic outbuildings, and hundreds of first-person narratives. Then it's a short ride to a privately-owned wildlife refuge within the Manchac Swamp, where homegrown Cajun captains will take you on a journey back to the early days of swamp exploration. They'll guide the covered pontoon boat through the mystical cypress swamp while showing off the American Alligator and abundant wildlife. Learn the history of the town of Frenier and the Cajun culture of fishing, hunting, and trapping. Get the camera ready gators leaping up for a snack!

Swamp Boat Ride and Whitney Plantation Tour from New Orleans

Swamp Boat Ride and Whitney Plantation Tour from New Orleans

7 hours 45 minutesFree Cancellation

4.9

(22)

from $131

Oak Alley Plantation Half-Day Tour from New Orleans

Tour the Oak Alley Plantation, named for the alley of centuries-old oaks leading up to the antebellum Big House. Follow the oak-shaded paths to the blacksmith shop and a souvenir shop during your free time. Alcoholic drinks and lunch are available to purchase at the restaurant on-site, with round-trip hotel transport provided from New Orleans. Upgrade your experience to include a 3-hour city tour of New Orleans with a stop to tour the above ground tombs at St. Louis Cemetery No. 3.

Oak Alley Plantation Half-Day Tour from New Orleans

5 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

4.3

(175)

from $75

Experience Louisiana’s wild bayou country on an exciting, family-friendly airboat tour. This tour includes a ride on a small airboat (maximum 13 passengers) that zips through the tree‐lined marshes at speeds up to 45 mph (72 kph). While onboard, enjoy lively commentary from your guide as you view lush scenery and local wildlife, including alligators, nutria, and native birds. Pickup and drop-off from downtown New Orleans and French Quarter hotels included.

Small-Group Bayou Airboat Ride with Transport from New Orleans

Small-Group Bayou Airboat Ride with Transport from New Orleans

4 hoursFree Cancellation

(532)

from $130

This tour immerses you in the social, cultural, and musical life of New Orleans. Visit historic neighborhoods, such as the Garden District and Treme, and landmarks including Congo Square as you learn about the legacy of Creole, Afro, and Indigenous communities. Along the way, pass by the birthplaces of music legends, hear about the city’s love of jazz, and discover why hip-hop and rap are becoming its sound today.

The Soul and Sound of New Orleans: Culture and Music Tour

The Soul and Sound of New Orleans: Culture and Music Tour

3 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

(10)

from $79

Discover more of Louisiana on a full-day tour to the Whitney Plantation from New Orleans. Ride by minivan past the marshes of Lake Pontchartrain and along River Road, passing filming locations for the popular TV series ‘Queen Sugar’ and other productions. Then, join an audio guided tour of the Whitney Plantation and learn about the history of the enslaved and free people who once lived on the plantation.

Whitney Plantation Tour with New Orleans Hotel Pickup

Whitney Plantation Tour with New Orleans Hotel Pickup

6 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

4.7

(244)

from $78

Beautiful Scenery of the beautiful Oak Trees!

Half-Day Oak Alley Plantation Tour

5 hoursFree Cancellation

3.8

(8)

from $79

Private New Orleans City Tour with Local Expert Guide

3 to 4 hoursFree Cancellation

4.9

(141)

from $155

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New Orleans Sightseeing City Tour

LeeAnn_M, Jun 2026

Wonderful guide!

This was an outstanding tour, and our guide, Cynthia, was wonderful. It is clear how much she knows and loves New Orleans and really embraces the culture there. The tour was a good overview of the city and gave me great ideas for areas I would like to spend more time in.

Soul of New Orleans City Tour: Enslavement to Modern Day Culture

LaTasha_B, Jun 2026

A Culturally Rich Journey Through New Orleans

The "Soul of New Orleans City Tour" was the most culturally rich experience of our trip. Our driver was incredibly knowledgeable and even arranged a surprise stop at an amazing art gallery. Interactive videos on the TV monitor made it even more engaging. Highly recommend for families!

New Orleans Swamp Tour Boat Adventure with Transportation

Eboni_S, Jun 2026

This was one fantastic Social studies & Science lesson.

The shuttle bus driver picked us up in the window period. It was nice and cool on the bus. She was very nice & knowledgeable. She made the ride to the swamp very interesting. You could tell she's a New Orleans native. Captain Ernie was the Best!! He was knowledgeable, informative, & funny. He gave us so much history about the swamp area, people, and the past storms. He told us plenty of facts about the alligators and the swamps vegetation.

Swamp Boat Ride and Oak Alley Plantation Tour from New Orleans

Holly_S, Jun 2026

Robert our Tour guide was...

Robert our Tour guide was very informative regarding the local history of the plantations. He was entertaining to listen to and very knowledgeable when asked questions about New Orleans culture and history. Dominique our bus driver has a skill set to be able to drive that bus around those tight corners and crazy walking pedestrians. They were quite the combination and we wouldn't have been able to enjoy our tour without them both!! Absolutely book this tour!!

Cemetery and Ghost BYOB Bus Tour in New Orleans

Patricia_H, Jun 2026

Great tour!

Roy was an awesome and very funny guide. The tour was entertaining and informative, with great music. He talked about the history of NOLA cemeteries and burial practices, along with some true crime stories and haunted places. Roy being a former paranormal investigator was an added bonus and even included some ghost hunting equipment for the cemetery walk. I definitely recommend this tour if you’re looking for an experience that’s both spooky and fun.

City Tour of New Orleans with Pickup

Anne_K, May 2026

Worth every penny!

This was a very informative tour of New Orleans. Bob packed the tour with interesting info about the city, and the effect of Hurrican me Katrina. He pointed out good restaurants to visit and helped me check 2 other boxes - eating beignets at Cafe du Monde (truly the best in the city!) and seeing the oak tree lined famed Charleston Avenue homes. The tour was well worth the price!

New Orleans Hop-On Hop-Off and Garden District Walking Tour

Jomon_J, May 2026

Awesome, Must

You gotta try this—it's the best way to hop on and off if you want to see places. It hits all the famous spots, and we had some amazing sightseeing experiences. Bill, Collen (our Garden District guide), Mary, and Elroy were the best tour guides for New Orleans Hop on Hop off. They totally deserve a raise and definitely some extra cash because they did a perfect job showing us around and explaining the history!

New Orleans City Sightseeing Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

Tiff_C, Apr 2026

This was my first-ever...

This was my first-ever hop-on hop-off experience, and I had a great time. It honestly set the standard for me, and I’ve since taken similar tours in Barcelona and Buenos Aires. I now see it as a great first stop in any big city abroad. I understand these tours are run by different companies, so the experience can vary depending on things like how clear the pickup points are and whether the tour is guided/narrated or mainly an audio headset experience. The New Orleans tour, in particular, was very informative and full of history, and we really enjoyed using it as a convenient shuttle around the city. It also helped us avoid relying on cabs, which made getting around much easier. One thing to note is that some streets were blocked off due to Mardi Gras preparations, which affected parts of the route. It might be helpful if that was made clearer in the description, especially around seasonal route changes from January through March. Overall, a really enjoyable and practical way to explore the city, and I would recommend it.

New Orleans Dead of Night Ghosts and Cemetery Bus Tour

cecil_m, Apr 2026

Christian RULES the Night!!!🖤

This tour was SO great!!! Christian was the perfect guide for this. He created the mood for such a tour perfectly. He was hilarious. He was knowledgeable. He kept us safe. He was passionate. You can tell he loves New Orleans and the people (living, dead, or undead) in it! I would go on any tour he gives when in town. The stops were all so fun including Morning Call for the frozen au lait and beignets! Thanks for one of the best, if not THE best of tours I’ve been on during my many visits.

Whitney Plantation Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

Betania_M, Apr 2026

1000 Plantations in Lousiana

Black history is American history. Seeing the immensity of acres and realizing the economic wealth of the colonizers is a result of Slave labor is bitter. Moving forward I would like the restoration of Whitney to be completed, in order to fully walk into history. I did enter the spaces available. The audio player was very useful and the gift shop was well stocked with books, tee shirts, many items. The staff was very nice and the restroom was clean.