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The 15 Best New Orleans Tours & Walks

44 tours  ·  from $21 a head

The Quarter is small enough to walk twice a day and strange enough to want a guide for. These 15 sort the ghost and voodoo walks, the cemeteries, the steamboat and the food, with prices and which ones run after dark.

New Orleans Premier Ghost, Voodoo and Vampire Walking Tour - French Quarter streets, where the stories begin
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New Orleans Premier Ghost, Voodoo and Vampire Walking Tour

New Orleans Steamboat Natchez Jazz Cruise with Dinner Option - One hour aboard before the boat moves
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New Orleans Steamboat Natchez Jazz Cruise with Dinner Option

Adults-Only New Orleans Ghost, Crime, Voodoo, and Vampire Tour - LaLaurie Mansion and the city’s darkest stories
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Adults-Only New Orleans Ghost, Crime, Voodoo, and Vampire Tour

3.Adults-Only New Orleans Ghost, Crime, Voodoo, and Vampire Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6,545 reviews · 1 hour 45 minutes (approx.) · from $37Top rated

Explore New Orleans after dark on an adults-only walking tour of true crime, voodoo, vampires, and haunted French Quarter landmarks.

“Jeremy was an amazing guide! We ventured into the darkness among several historical areas and learned all about the events that took place at every site. From the lore of the Vodoo Queen to the myths of the Vampires, we learned many details about this city that most stories tend to overlook. This was the perfect start to our adventures in New Orleans. Certainly a must if you enjoy the dark side of history.”

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New Orleans Food Walking Tour of the French Quarter with Small-Group Option - Gumbo, sausage, and seafood at the opening stops
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New Orleans Food Walking Tour of the French Quarter with Small-Group Option

4.New Orleans Food Walking Tour of the French Quarter with Small-Group Option

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6,118 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $75

Taste gumbo, po-boys, jambalaya, pralines, and beignets while exploring French Quarter history on this three-hour New Orleans food tour.

“Excellent tour with Nate v knowledgable answered all questions. Great sense of humour. Food 10/10 still feeling full hours later cannot fault at all. Would highly recommend. Big thanks Brad & Deborah for amending tickets and 100% communication.”

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New Orleans Swamp and Bayou Boat Tour with Transportation - What you might see among the cypress and reeds
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New Orleans Swamp and Bayou Boat Tour with Transportation

5.New Orleans Swamp and Bayou Boat Tour with Transportation

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5,399 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $70

Cruise Honey Island Swamp from New Orleans, spot alligators and birds, visit a water-access Cajun village, and learn from local guides.

“Incredibly beautiful area so close to New Orleans! Excellent bus ride with a great driver. The tour was so well organized. Our Captain Dave was so informative and fun! You could tell he loved his job and where he lives. Saw beautiful birds, wild pigs raccoons, fish jumping and beautiful scenery. And it was December! Always satisfying to see such a beautiful area protected. Well done.”

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New Orleans Steamboat Natchez Jazz Cruise - A slow ride down the Mississippi
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New Orleans Steamboat Natchez Jazz Cruise

6.New Orleans Steamboat Natchez Jazz Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 5,334 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $43

Review the Steamboat Natchez Jazz Cruise in New Orleans, with Mississippi River views, live jazz, history, lunch options, and practical tips.

“Will come again and also don’t for get to try the chicken salad it was delicious!!!!! Very friendly people…”

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New Orleans City Sightseeing Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour - Tremé and Basin Street
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New Orleans City Sightseeing Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

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

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4,943 reviews · 1 day (approx.) · from $51

Review the $51 New Orleans hop-on hop-off bus tour, with live guides, 18 stops, French Quarter views, and practical booking tips.

“A wonderful way to see the city and figure out where you want to spend your time. Our driver Elroy was the best. He was very friendly and made us smile and laugh.”

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New Orleans Airboat Ride - Choosing the right airboat
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New Orleans Airboat Ride

8.New Orleans Airboat Ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4,891 reviews · 2 to 4 hours (approx.) · from $59

Ride an airboat through Louisiana cypress swamps, spot alligators and birds, and compare small-boat, group, and hotel pickup options.

“Very nice! Everyone on the staff was very kind and helpful. Loved our tour guide, he was super informative, friendly and funny!”

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New Orleans: Evening Steamboat Jazz Cruise + Optional Dinner - A newly renovated riverboat, with a seasonal vessel change
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New Orleans: Evening Steamboat Jazz Cruise + Optional Dinner

9.Evening Steamboat Jazz Cruise + Optional Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 4,548 reviews · 2 hours · from $58

Review of New Orleans’ two-hour evening jazz cruise, with Mississippi River views, live music, optional Creole buffet, and practical booking tips.

“Everything was nice but I feel like it should be a menu to select from for dinner instead of food just being prepared and served”

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New Orleans: Daytime Steamboat Jazz Cruise + Optional Lunch - Boarding and the calliope concert
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New Orleans: Daytime Steamboat Jazz Cruise + Optional Lunch

St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 Official Walking Tour - The 45-minute walk through the City of the Dead
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St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 Official Walking Tour

11.St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 Official Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3,941 reviews · 55 minutes (approx.) · from $25Best value

Tour New Orleans’ oldest cemetery with an official guide, seeing Marie Laveau’s tomb and learning the stories behind the City of the Dead.

“It's a beautiful tour of the cemetery, but it is a walking guided tour. Individuals with mobility issues, or young children--this probably isn't the activity for them. There are places that the ground is uneven, or as the old saying goes "watch your feet or loose your teeth!" That being said, it's a wonderful, historic tour of the oldest Catholic cemetery in New Orleans. Our tour guide, Alan, gave a wonderful and knowledgeable tour of the grounds and history of the cemetery. However, it is no longer open to the public (unless one has family interred there), and tour guests do not have the ability to wander freely in the…”

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Swamp Boat Ride and Oak Alley Plantation Tour from New Orleans - Starting in the French Quarter at 400 Toulouse Street
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Swamp Boat Ride and Oak Alley Plantation Tour from New Orleans

12.Swamp Boat Ride and Oak Alley Plantation Tour from New Orleans

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,303 reviews · 7 hours 45 minutes (approx.) · from $131

Pair Oak Alley’s oak-lined plantation with a wildlife-filled Manchac swamp boat ride on this full-day New Orleans tour.

“A lovely tour and a lot of history to go through. Excellent tour guides. Unfortunately the system on the bus meant that whenever the tour guide spoke no one else was allowed to speak as it would travel through the bus. This led to some people getting very upset with other passengers and I personally was harassed verbally by another passenger which the tour guides didn’t do anything about. Personally, I wouldn’t recommend the tour just based on that and go with a service that does a private experience. I had to endure that harassment all day and my elderly mother was very upset. The actual plantation and boat tours…”

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New Orleans Adults-Only Ghost, Voodoo and Vampire Tour - Starting at Exchange Place
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New Orleans Adults-Only Ghost, Voodoo and Vampire Tour

New Orleans Sightseeing City Tour - Meeting in the French Quarter and setting off
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New Orleans Sightseeing City Tour

14.New Orleans Sightseeing City Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,038 reviews · 2 hours to 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $40

See New Orleans beyond the French Quarter on a two-hour bus tour through Treme, the Ninth Ward, City Park, and the Garden District.

“Really interesting tour guide - full of New Orleans spirit and non stop information - thoroughly enjoyed it and got a really good feel for the city”

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New Orleans Demonstration Cooking Class with Meal - What happens during the live demonstration
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New Orleans Demonstration Cooking Class with Meal

15.New Orleans Demonstration Cooking Class with Meal

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,000 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $43

Learn gumbo, jambalaya, and Creole classics in a lively New Orleans cooking demonstration with generous tastings, drinks, and recipes.

“This is not a small group!!! 48 people. Not what I was expecting. I should have known from the price. The chef was great and responsive, however sometimes hard to hear with rude guests that wanted to have their own conversations.”

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