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New Orleans Tours: The 15 Walks, Boats and Jazz Rooms to Book

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The French Quarter is small enough to walk and layered enough to need a guide. The 15 below cover the history walks, the ghost and cemetery routes, the bayou boats and the jazz rooms, each priced and timed.

New Orleans Premier Ghost, Voodoo and Vampire Walking Tour - The New Orleans Pharmacy Museum and old medical fears
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New Orleans Premier Ghost, Voodoo and Vampire Walking Tour

1.New Orleans Premier Ghost, Voodoo and Vampire Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 12,856 reviews · 1 hour 45 minutes (approx.) · from $27Our pick

Meet your English-speaking guide at 311 Exchange Place and walk through the French Quarter after dark. Hear stories tied to the LaLaurie Mansion, Casket Girls, Pharmacy Museum, Jackson Square, Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop, and Voodoo Authentica. Guides such as Spooky Rob, Lisa, Logan, and Juju mix documented history with spooky storytelling. Wear sturdy shoes.

“William was a great guide. He made sure to stop and wait up for people, to answer questions of all kinds, and knew everyone we passed by on the street. His stories were great and he made sure to keep us all engaged in the tour.We got to meet the current owner of Marie Leveaus home and go into a beautiful private courtyard who’s owner came home as we were passing by.”

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New Orleans Steamboat Natchez Jazz Cruise with Dinner Option - Jazz by the Dukes of Dixieland
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New Orleans Steamboat Natchez Jazz Cruise with Dinner Option

2.New Orleans Steamboat Natchez Jazz Cruise with Dinner Option

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 7,533 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $58

Board the Steamboat NATCHEZ at Toulouse Street Wharf for a three-hour evening experience, including one hour dockside and a two-hour Mississippi cruise. Hear the calliope, explore the engine room, enjoy live jazz from the Dukes of Dixieland or another New Orleans jazz group, and add a Louisiana-style buffet with gumbo, crawfish étouffée, fried chicken, and bread pudding.

“Incredible time with friends. The food was really good and plentiful. The service was exceptional. The jazz musicians were really good and the calliope at the beginning was fun. The ride was so smooth you forgot you were on a boat.”

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Adults-Only New Orleans Ghost, Crime, Voodoo, and Vampire Tour - The French Quarter after dark
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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

Walk from Louis Armstrong Park through Congo Square and the French Quarter with guides such as Professor Ric, JJ, Elaine, or Jon. Expect true crime, voodoo history, vampire legends, and haunted landmarks, but no haunted-building visits or staged jump scares. A VIP option adds Hellvision digital projections.

“Best tour guide ever!!! Very nice, very informative, and very entertaining!!!! We are from out of state and don’t know much about the history etc of the area, so this was great!!”

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New Orleans Food Walking Tour of the French Quarter with Small-Group Option - Main courses: brisket, po’boys, and jambalaya
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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

Walk New Orleans’ French Quarter for about three hours, stopping at local restaurants and specialty shops for gumbo, oysters, po’boys, jambalaya, pralines, and beignets. Guides such as Jack, Susan, Nate, Lauren, and Kristi add food history and neighborhood tips. Choose the regular group or upgrade to a maximum of 13 people.

“Walking, tasting, and learning was a super fun way to spend time checking out the city with my husband and another couple as well as 7 other tour participants. Our tour guide, Jack, was an excellent guide. Knowledgeable about the history of the city, its diverse people, and food, Jack was also fun, affable, and kept us engaged the whole time with just the right amount of information while answering any questions we had. Would highly recommend this tour and any tour with Jack.”

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New Orleans Swamp and Bayou Boat Tour with Transportation - Boarding the 22-passenger boat
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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

Ride from the French Quarter to Honey Island Swamp for a two-hour boat trip through narrow waterways and thick foliage. A local captain points out alligators, raccoons, birds, snakes, and other wildlife, while explaining Cajun life and wetland preservation. Boats hold up to 22 people, and guides such as Steve, Scottie, Marc, and Jody are known for lively, attentive commentary.

“Not what we expected. The company is very big and there are several boats in the same stretch of water at the same time. The “wildlife” is actually domesticated by the food offered by the captains to attract them to the boats to please the tourists and we’ve been constantly “reminded” to leave five star-reviews and tips in a way that made us feel uncomfortable. I had a very different and more authentic experience years ago with a small tour operated by a Cajun family.”

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New Orleans Steamboat Natchez Jazz Cruise - The paddlewheel boat and its three decks
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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

Board the Steamboat Natchez at Toulouse Street Wharf for a roughly two-hour paddlewheel cruise on the Mississippi. You’ll hear live jazz from the Steamboat Stompers, listen to commentary about New Orleans and the Battle of New Orleans, and pass the Chalmette Battlefield. Add the Southern-style buffet lunch if you want a full meal on board.

“Good time with a nice meal. Very informative while on the river and the band was great to listen to.”

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New Orleans City Sightseeing Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour - Basin Street and Canal Street, stops 5 and 6
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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

Spend a day touring New Orleans by double-decker bus with live English commentary. Ride the full 90-minute loop, then hop off for Jackson Square, the French Market, Frenchmen Street, the Garden District, the National WWII Museum, Mardi Gras World, and more. Climate-controlled lower-deck seats and an open-air upper deck give you two ways to see the city.

“Educational tour of New Orleans. The host Logan was funny and very knowledgeable of New Orleans would recommend”

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New Orleans Airboat Ride - Into the cypress swamp for 1 hour and 45 minutes
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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

Travel from New Orleans to Lafitte for a 1-hour-45-minute airboat ride through cypress swamp near Jean Lafitte National Historical Park. Choose a large boat or a six-to-eight-person craft. Guides such as Ronnie, Mark, Shane, and Captain TikTok mix local stories with wildlife viewing. Alligators are most common in warm weather, but birds and other wildlife appear year-round.

“Great experience, saw gators up close. Guide was awesome! He took us around not just to look for gators and was very knowledgeable. Highly recommend!”

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New Orleans: Evening Steamboat Jazz Cruise + Optional Dinner - The 7 p.m. departure and the changing river view
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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

Board at 6 p.m. for a 7 to 9 p.m. cruise from the French Quarter. You’ll hear live jazz from the Grammy-nominated Dukes of Dixieland, listen to a captain’s narration, explore four decks, and see New Orleans from the Mississippi. Add the Creole buffet if you want dinner onboard. The Riverboat CITY of NEW ORLEANS currently replaces the NATCHEZ on evening cruises.

“Loved this trip.. very informative , loved hearing all the history along the river and views on night were spectacular. Band were amazing too!”

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New Orleans: Daytime Steamboat Jazz Cruise + Optional Lunch - Four decks, a paddle wheel, and plenty of photo stops
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New Orleans: Daytime Steamboat Jazz Cruise + Optional Lunch

10.Daytime Steamboat Jazz Cruise + Optional Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 4,164 reviews · 2 hours · from $43

Spend two hours aboard the Riverboat CITY of NEW ORLEANS, currently filling in for the Steamboat NATCHEZ. Hear the Steamboat Stompers, listen to live narration, inspect the paddle wheel and engine room, and move between four decks. Add a plated Creole lunch with catfish, red beans and rice, jambalaya, spoon bread, and bread pudding.

“This was so much fun! My wife and I took our niece for the lunchtime riverboat cruise, and we have a wonderful time. The weather was perfect, and the jazz band was excellent. Lunch was traditional NOLA style, fried catfish, red beans and rice, and bread pudding. Highly recommend!”

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Swamp Boat Ride and Oak Alley Plantation Tour from New Orleans - Oak Alley’s oaks and the history beneath them
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Swamp Boat Ride and Oak Alley Plantation Tour from New Orleans

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

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

Travel by air-conditioned coach from the French Quarter to Oak Alley or Destrehan Plantation, then cruise Manchac Swamp on a covered pontoon boat. Local guides such as Dionne, Jane, Tom, and Captain Justin have led especially engaging tours, with alligators, raccoons, wild hogs, turtles, snakes, and birds possible along the way.

“The swamp trip was amazing. We saw so many alligators! I was surprised this late in the year. The scenery was also amazing.m! I will say though that I’m not a fan of feeding the wildlife. The tour to the plantation was good but if I could do it again, I wouldn’t go on a school day. Pirate Nation had a ton of kids there broken into groups of about 10 each and spread out across all the exhibits. The kids were just being kids but there was no escape and it did take away from the solemnity of the slave quarters and the quiet that you felt should be…”

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New Orleans Adults-Only Ghost, Voodoo and Vampire Tour - From Exchange Place to the French Quarter
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New Orleans Adults-Only Ghost, Voodoo and Vampire Tour

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

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,291 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $29

Walk New Orleans with a licensed guide such as Scott, Chris, Morgan, or Tony, hearing uncensored tales of vampires, voodoo, murder, and haunted homes. The 90-minute, 21+ outdoor tour visits Jackson Square, Royal Street, the Pharmacy Museum, Old Ursuline Convent, and LaLaurie Mansion. You stay outside the buildings.

“Information was good, but our guide Chris, is what MADE the experience!!! He was amazing, funny, and gave the tour character.”

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New Orleans Sightseeing City Tour - Jackson Square and the old city center
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New Orleans Sightseeing City Tour

13.New Orleans Sightseeing City Tour

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

Ride through New Orleans with a local guide such as Sean, Scott, DJ, or Cynthia, depending on your departure. You’ll see Jackson Square, Treme, the Ninth Ward, City Park, the Garden District, Magazine Street, and St. Louis Cemetery No. 3. The air-conditioned bus covers a lot in about two hours, with short stops for cemetery history and optional beignets.

“our tour guide was phenomenal. He had so much knowledge. His stories were very entertaining. Highly recommend”

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New Orleans Demonstration Cooking Class with Meal - Gumbo, jambalaya, and the importance of a good roux
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New Orleans Demonstration Cooking Class with Meal

14.New Orleans Demonstration Cooking Class with Meal

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

Spend about two hours at the New Orleans School of Cooking, watching chefs such as Eric, Lynn, Vivian, and Austin prepare Creole classics. You’ll hear Louisiana food stories, taste gumbo, jambalaya, seafood dishes, and desserts, then take home the recipes. This is a demonstration class, not hands-on cooking, with beer, iced tea, coffee, and water included.

“Very interesting and great food. It is a culinary & history experience! My husband and I Loved it! The food was outstanding.”

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New Orleans French Quarter, Voodoo and Culture Walking Tour - French Quarter streets, homes, and hidden corners
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New Orleans French Quarter, Voodoo and Culture Walking Tour

15.New Orleans French Quarter, Voodoo and Culture Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 2,961 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $27

Walk about one mile from Witches Brew Gallery through the French Quarter, Jackson Square, Louis Armstrong Park, Congo Square, Voodoo Authentica, and old Storyville. Licensed guides such as William, Logan, and Jimmy explain voodoo, slavery, jazz, architecture, and Marie Laveau in a relaxed, not-too-scary format. The tour ends at Jackson Square.

“Our tour guide was entertaining and knowledgeable….just wished for more “Voodoo exposure”!…thank you!”

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★ 4.3Sunday Steamboat Jazz Cruise + Optional BrunchFrom $43470 reviews
★ 4.2Night Cemetery and Ghost BYOB Bus TourFrom $45496 reviews
★ 4.6Cemetery TourFrom $28617 reviews
★ 4.6Oak Alley Plantation Tour with TransportationFrom $89362 reviews
★ 4.7Oak Alley Plantation & Airboat Swamp Combo TourFrom $160906 reviews
★ 4.7New Orleans Manchac Bayou Swamp Cruise W/ Optional Pick-UpFrom $351,587 reviews
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