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We compared all 237 offers so you do not have to. Steamboat jazz cruises from €23.10, swamp and airboat tours from €21.53, cemetery walks from €17.94 — and what each one really involves.
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237 tours available · Sorted by number of verified reviews. Prices from GetYourGuide as of our last update. The current price and availability are shown on GetYourGuide before booking.
⏱ 2 hours · 4.4 (5,527)
Experience New Orleans on a cruise along the Mississippi River. Upgrade your experience with an optional dinner buffet. Available aboard the Steamboat NATCHEZ or Riverboat CITY…
from €52 per person
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⏱ 2 hours · 4.4 (4,802)
Journey back in time on a two-hour jazz cruise on the Mississippi River. Add an optional Creole lunch to your cruise, prepared fresh on board.
from €39 per person
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⏱ 1.5 - 2 hours · 4.5 (3,319)
Join an immersive storytelling experience that will bring you on a journey through New Orleans' historic French Quarter. Hear tales of ghosts and the stories that made them.
from €34 per person
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⏱ 100 minutes - 4 hours · 4.9 (2,967)
Join an airboat tour in New Orleans for an exhilarating ride though pristine waterways, encountering amazing wildlife up close.
from €58 per person
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⏱ 55 minutes · 4.6 (1,955)
Discover where New Orleans' most famous figures like the Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau have been laid to rest on a guided walking tour inside St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.
from €22 per person
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⏱ 2 hours · 4.5 (1,805)
Explore New Orleans on an after-dark bus tour and enjoy exclusive access into an above ground cemetery. Learn how to use an EMF detector and about the history of New Orleans bur…
from €40 per person
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⏱ 1.5 hours · 4.7 (1,795)
Discover Louisiana’s bayou wildlife on a guided cruise of Manchac Swamp, with optional pick-up in New Orleans. Keep an eye out for alligators as you learn about the local Cajun…
from €31 per person
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⏱ 2.5 hours · 4.8 (1,675)
Experience the best of New Orleans on a 2.5-hour sightseeing tour. Venture out of the French Quarter to explore the beautiful Garden District, Tremé, Marigny, 9th Ward, and othe…
from €42 per person
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· 4.5 (1,273)
Hop on to the double-decker bus and experience everything that makes this musical city so fantastic. Sit back and admire New Orleans with live commentary on board during this ho…
from €46 per person
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⏱ 7.5 hours · 4.6 (1,221)
Discover Louisiana’s bayous on a guided day trip from New Orleans. Cruise the wetlands of the Manchac Swamp, keeping an eye out for local wildlife, including alligators. Tour th…
from €112 per person
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⏱ 2.5 hours · 4.4 (1,186)
Enjoy a relaxing cruise down the mighty Mississippi River. Listen to an exciting narration depicting the last battle of 1812. Learn about New Orleans' famous landmarks, river lo…
from €42 per person
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⏱ 2 hours · 4.4 (1,145)
Experience the city like never before on a relaxing, moonlit cruise down the mighty Mississippi. Let the sounds of jazz fill the air as you enjoy a delicious Creole dinner and s…
from €54 per person
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| Tour | Best for | Duration | Rating | Price | |
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| Evening Steamboat Jazz Cruise | A first evening on the Mississippi | 2 h | ★ 4.4 (5,527) | €52.03 | Check price → |
| Haunted Ghost, Voodoo & Vampire Tour of the French Quarter | A first night in the Quarter | NaN h | ★ 4.5 (3,319) | €34.08 | Check price → |
| High-Speed Airboat Ride, 16 Passengers | Speed and open air in the swamp | NaN h | ★ 4.9 (2,967) | €58.31 | Check price → |
| Walking Tour Inside St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 | The oldest cemetery, the one you cannot enter alone | 0.92 h | ★ 4.6 (1,955) | €22.43 | Check price → |
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Most tours can be cancelled free of charge up to 24 hours before the start, which helps with hurricane-season weather and outdoor swamp trips. The booking page shows the exact terms.
Why St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 is only open with a guide, what a swamp tour does and does not promise about alligators, how far the plantations really are — all in our free guides.
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A demonstration cooking class or one of two French Quarter food walks? What each booking page lists on tastings, meals, group size and dietary options, and which suits you.
Read the guide →Compare a ghost tour, a Voodoo and history walk and a food tour in the French Quarter, and the free self-guided route: what each booking page lists, how long they take and who each suits.
Read the guide →How to see the Garden District: the free self-guided walk from the St. Charles streetcar, or one of four guided tours. What the pages say about the mansion visit, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 and access.
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No. The oldest and most famous cemetery in the city can only be entered with a guide who is registered with the Archdiocese of New Orleans; the rule has been in place since 2015, after vandalism of the tombs. A guided walk is therefore the only way in, which is why the tours inside the gates cost more than ones that stay outside. Check the booking page to see which one you are buying.
Possibly, but nobody can promise it. The tour descriptions say you can keep an eye out for alligators; none of them guarantees a sighting, and they are wild animals. Treat a sighting as a bonus. The tour itself is the boat ride through the bayou, the guide’s commentary on Cajun culture and the birds and plants along the way.
Take the airboat if you want speed and open air: it is loud and fast, and the top-rated airboat tours here reach 4.9 stars. Take the covered boat if you travel with small children, a hat that does not stay on or a limited tolerance for noise: it runs about an hour and a half, is calmer and shades you from the sun. Both can start from the swamp or from a city pickup.
For the French Quarter, the Garden District and the museums, no: these are walks, a streetcar ride or a short taxi ride. The swamps and the plantations lie outside the city, and many of the tours listed here offer pickup or include transport, as their titles say. A rental car pays off only if you plan to drive out to several of them on your own; compare the prices before you book.
It is the most booked tour in the city, with ratings around 4.4. That is good but not outstanding, so go for the river and the music rather than for a perfect evening. The dinner or lunch is an optional extra; if you only want the cruise, the base ticket is enough. The daytime and the evening sailing are similar in length, about two hours.
Both, in different proportions. The plantations along the Mississippi are sites of slavery, and the tours put the emphasis in different places: a visit to Laura Plantation is told through Creole stories, Destrehan has a tour about the slave revolt of 1811, and Whitney is built around the lives of the enslaved. Read the description of the one you choose and decide which story you want.
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