Activities & Tours: Louisiana

Half-day Tours

Craft Beer and Garden District Bike Tour in New Orleans

Did you know New Orleans has a vibrant microbrewery scene? Come taste for yourself! What could be better than a bike ride from one craft beer to the next, interspersed with the sights and stories of the Garden District? Not much, if you ask us. We'll pedal to our first brew at Port Orleans Brewery. Next we'll zig-zag together through the the Irish Channel and the Garden District, stopping in at two more breweries along the route. Between refreshing libations, you'll get to see and hear about some of New Orleans most beautiful neighborhoods. Frosty beers and a bike ride with friends - old and new; it's the best way to get off the beaten path and enjoy this city like a local. 3 craft beers are included in the price. This is an excellent group activity. Please call in advance to schedule groups larger than 10. Adults, ages 21 and over only

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based on 4 reviews

See Details → Duration :3 hours
From $75

N’awlins Luxury: Laura Plantation Tour w/Transportation

Experience the disappearing world of Creole Louisiana on a 75-minute guided tour of the Laura Plantation main house, gardens and slave quarters. Located on the West bank of the Mississippi in the heart of Plantation Country – the main house dates from 1805 and has been restored to the time when it functioned as both a family home and the office for the sugar plantation. Visit the raised basement and galleries, men's and women's parlors, service rooms and common rooms. Walk through the 200-year-old sugar plantation homestead, including 3 gardens: Jardin Français, the kitchen potager & BananaLand grove. Continue the tour on the grounds with 12 buildings on the National Register, including animal barns, overseers' cottages and the 1829 Maison de Reprise. Hear intimate stories about four generations of free and enslaved members of the Creole families who lived here.

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based on 4 reviews

See Details → Duration :5 hours 30 minutes
From $80

New Orleans Best of Bywater Food, Drinks & History Tour

The Bywater arts and food scenes are the main draws to this revitalized neighborhood post-Katrina. Eat and drink your way through this bohemian area while taking in historic sites, street art, and colorful architecture. Discover neighborhood gems that'll make you feel like a local: start with corner store po-boys on the river, check out a hidden biergarten and choose your last stop because there's so much to enjoy! There's drinks with locals in the dive bar, sipping microbrews in the brewery garden or chowing down on some BBQ in a courtyard. Along the way, check out cool street art and New Orleans history- visit the site that launched a historic Supreme Court civil rights case Plessy v Ferguson & see how this working class industrial corridor has become an artist mecca. This is a tour especially fit for beer and meat lovers (wine options also available), but all are welcome!

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based on 4 reviews

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From $98

Private New Orleans Food Tour of the French Quarter

Find out what all the fuss is about on this private, half-day tour of some of the best food in New Orleans' famous French Quarter. Your knowledgeable, passionate guide will escort you and your group to famous restaurants in the French Quarter and River area, including a few commonly mentioned in cookbooks. Depending on your tour time, you may sample a variety of authentic tastings which may include, Seafood Gumbo at a Dickie Brennan's restaurant, Muffuletta, Jambalaya, Creole Brisket in a pre civil war Creole restaurant, Pralines, Boudin beignets and stroll pass the famous Cafe du Monde. Learn about the rich legacy of fine food in the French Quarter and which hotspots to check out on your own later; you can even work with your guide to customize the tour to your interests.

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based on 8 reviews

See Details → Duration :3 hours
From $85

N’awlins Luxury: Laura, Oak Alley or Whitney Plantation Tour w/Transportation

Take a 5.5 hours round-trip, down to Plantation Country and explore one of three plantations. Self - Guided Audio Whitney Museum Plantation: During the 90-minute walking tour, visitors will gain a unique perspective on the lives of the enslaved people on a Louisiana sugar plantation, learning their stories through the real oral histories recorded by the Federal Writers Project during the Depression. Laura Creole Plantation: The Best History Tour in the United States. Tour includes The Maison Principale (Big House), Oak Alley Antebellum Plantation: Explore the most photographed plantation in Louisiana, this home was built in 1839 and was originally name Bon Séjour. The quarter mile avenue of 28 giant, live oaks leading up to the house, they dubbed it Oak Alley.

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based on 45 reviews

See Details → Duration :5 to 6 hours
From $80

Private Bachelor or Bachelorette Airboat Swamp Tour in New Orleans

A private airboat experience for small groups and is well-suited for bachelor or bachelorette parties. Experience a very personal trip which is half ride and half tour with a local guide. Enough seating will be provided for your group to be together. As a private tour experience, passengers are allowed adult beverages on your vehicle and on the private airboat tour. You will arrive at the swamp tour dock and board the comfortable 16-passenger airboat with your experienced captain. You will get up close and personal with gators and more. Guests spend an unforgettable 1 hour and 40 minutes on the water as they party in the swamps of Louisiana.

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based on 2 reviews

See Details → Duration :4 hours
From $1900

New Orleans Garden District Food, Drinks & History Walking Tour

Visit three food stops that highlight New Orleans history through flavors on this guided walking tour of the Garden District. After a brief tour of the neighborhood's architecture & history, enjoy a full meal of unique Cajun and Creole specialties, spread out over 3 local eateries. Start at the Lafayette Cemetery to hear the unique funeral customs and traditions of New Orleans and the history of the city's early years. Then explore the architecture of the Garden District, home to historic mansions, colorful shotgun houses, and beautiful oak trees. Your first food stop includes an indulgent taste of Creole fusion and the multicultural influences that shaped the 300-year-old city. Drinks (alcoholic or non-alcoholic) are included. Along the way, check out locally-owned shops, vintage stores, an artist co-op and gallery. Finish with a full stomach and plenty of recommendations for local fun and flavors for the rest of your visit!

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based on 27 reviews

See Details → Duration :3 hours
From $98

Private Food Tour - New Orleans Historic Culinary, Cocktail & Kitchen Adventure

Have a restaurant insider show you the food culture in New Orleans! I grew up in the French Quarter hospitality business. My family and I owned a restaurant called Broussard's in the Quarter; I have a great network of connections around town in the various restaurants. I love sharing all the insiders' info & hidden secrets that New Orleans locals don't even know! You will experience sampling multiple courses at various neighborhood restaurant stops and learn real-life insider information on the past & present restaurant scene in New Orleans. Cocktail & Kitchen Adventure includes History, Architecture & Music. Our private tours and excursions are truly authentic & include experiences off the beaten path, definitely not the typical tour you see around the city. Every tour is customized and designed for you! *This is a new tour-Please read "Nola Detours Private City Tour with Local Expert" to get an idea of the quality of tours Nola Detours provides & check Nola Detours Google reviews

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based on 13 reviews

See Details → Duration :3 hours
From $265

Half-Day Oak Alley Plantation Tour in Vacherie

Hop aboard our luxury-style vehicles to explore the beautiful Oak Alley Plantation. On the morning of your tour, our driver will give you a courtesy call before he arrives to your designated location. While traveling out to the plantation he or she points out interesting facts along the way, listening to various types of New Orleans jazz music. Upon arrival at the plantation, they will check you in and give you information for the beginning to the end of the tour, such as what to explore after the tour and where to meet once the tour is over. The tour is thirty minutes, we allow our guests time to explore the grounds and have lunch at the cafe at your expense if you choose to. This is a half-day tour beginning at 8:00 a.m. to approximately 1:30 p.m., this time includes tour and travel time. Our pick up locations are in the Downtown NO and Garden District areas. Sheraton Canal St. The Quisby Hotel (GD) Best Western Landmark (FQ) Canal & Baronne Poydras & Baronne Poydras & South Peters

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based on 8 reviews

See Details → Duration :5 hours
From $79

New Orleans Holiday Bus Tour: Jingling Through the Crescent

Give yourself a holiday treat with a fully narrated motor coach tour of New Orleans! You’ll pass the famous French Quarter and learn the history of Jackson Square, home to the Cabildo and Presbytere Museums. Travel through historic neighborhoods such as Treme & Faubourg Marigny and down beautiful Esplanade Avenue. Marvel at stories of voodoo and piracy on Bayou St. John, the waterway used by Jean Lafitte and his band of pirates, as we make our way to City Park, one of the ten largest urban parks in America, which features the largest stand of mature live oaks in the world. Follow the path of our historic streetcars along Carrollton and St. Charles Avenues past Tulane and Loyola Universities across from Audubon Park, stately mansions of former kings and queens of Mardi Gras, and the exclusive Garden District. You’ll also enjoy a walk through the lobby of the beautifully restored Roosevelt Hotel, exquisitely decorated for the holidays!

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based on 6 reviews

See Details → Duration :3 hours
From $54

New Orleans Private Vehicle City Tour

Discover the best of New Orleans on this private, 3-hour city tour. Ride in a luxury sedan or SUV with a professional chauffeur and tour historian. See famous New Orleans neighborhoods like the French Quarter, the Ninth Ward, the Garden District, City Park, Saint Louis Cemetery, and much more up close and personal, at any pace desired. New Orleans hotel pickup and drop-off included.

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based on 3 reviews

See Details → Duration :3 hours
From $550

New Orleans: A Local's Eat Dat Food Tour

This local food tour is guided by a local with over 200 years of family history with a family that's been in the food industry since the early 1800s! We will go to all the local favorite hot spots for amazing dishes (4-5) that have proven the test of time and the local taste buds you could try the muffuletta, Po-Boys, chargrilled oysters, crawfish, gumbo, beignets, pralines and many many more!

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based on 2 reviews

See Details → Duration :3 to 4 hours
From $225

Double Plantation Tour: Oak Alley and Laura

The picturesque beauty and architecture of the Louisiana plantations are a “must” for any visitor to New Orleans. Many of these breathtaking homes are within an hour’s drive from the city. Your tour will begin with a comfortable ride out of New Orleans where your guide will share with you the origin of the Louisiana plantations, along with the effect they had on the city of New Orleans, and its residents. Along with discovering beautiful buildings, luscious gardens and historic artifacts, these homes also represent some of the darker chapters of Louisiana history. Many of the plantations will provide a focus on the lives of the slaves that brought these homes to life, and share some of the realities of the rural south during this time in our nation’s history. Upon arrival, each plantation home has its own guide to bring you through the main house, and share its specific story. Following your home tour, we will escort you around the grounds and answer any questions that may arise.

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based on 7 reviews

See Details → Duration :5 to 6 hours
From $435

Private French Quarter & Garden District Tour: Walk and Drive Combo

This is a private tour, feel safe touring safe only with the people you are traveling with. We begin in the French Quarter, the most emblematic New Orleans neighborhood. We'll discuss geography, architecture and the folks that made our fabled city in the swamp. Next we’ll head upriver in a mini van to the Garden District. As we proceed through the oak-lined streets we will take in the grandeur of historic mansions and gardens and discuss the political landscape that gave birth to the Garden District. Lafayette Cemetery #1, one of the iconic New Orleans’ above ground “cities of the dead”. From outside the cemetery walls,(all cemeteries are currently closed) we will discuss the unique burial traditions of the Crescent City. We'll have transportation, but some walking, in areas like the Jackson Square & the cemetery, is ideal. This excursion features the highlights of the French Quarter and uptown neighborhoods.

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based on 60 reviews

See Details → Duration :3 hours
From $450

Garden District Walking Tour

Note: please do NOT book this tour without contacting me first. Reservations for Commander's Palace must be made about 90 days in advance, making short notice tours difficult. Second, Lafayette Cemetery is closed for repairs and we have to make other arrangements to see another cemetery. If you will accept an alternative restaurant if reservations cannot be made at Commander's, we can discuss the necessary changes BEFORE booking. This is a walking tour, followed by lunch. The tour focuses on the homes, architecture and culture in the Garden District and the historical background for its development. In addition to the neighborhood, we visit the Lafayette Cemetery #1 and explain the customs for burials in New Orleans. The walking portion takes between 1.5-2 hours. After the walking segment, we finish with lunch at Commander's Palace (proper attire required). If you choose to finish with lunch, most people spend about $50-60 on lunch in addition to the tour fee.

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based on 10 reviews

See Details → Duration :3 hours
From $350

Activities & Tours: Louisiana

Craft Beer and Garden District Bike Tour in New Orleans

N’awlins Luxury: Laura Plantation Tour w/Transportation

New Orleans Best of Bywater Food, Drinks & History Tour

Private New Orleans Food Tour of the French Quarter

N’awlins Luxury: Laura, Oak Alley or Whitney Plantation Tour w/Transportation

Private Bachelor or Bachelorette Airboat Swamp Tour in New Orleans

New Orleans Garden District Food, Drinks & History Walking Tour

Private Food Tour - New Orleans Historic Culinary, Cocktail & Kitchen Adventure

Half-Day Oak Alley Plantation Tour in Vacherie

New Orleans Holiday Bus Tour: Jingling Through the Crescent

New Orleans Private Vehicle City Tour

New Orleans: A Local's Eat Dat Food Tour

Double Plantation Tour: Oak Alley and Laura

Private French Quarter & Garden District Tour: Walk and Drive Combo

Garden District Walking Tour

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