Tours of New Orleans
While enjoying your time in New Orleans, be sure to dive deep in the immersive experience of a local tour company to explore the city with the help of professionals.
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DuPont & Company Tours & Experiences
French Qtr, Garden District, Cemetery, Witches Coven, Private Tours
Immerse yourself in the rich heritage, vibrant culture, and unique history of New Orleans with DuPont and Company. We are much more than a tour company. Our heart and soul is in promoting and preserving New Orleans.
Gallier Historic House
Preserved Historic Home in the French Quarter
Built in 1860, by local architect James Gallier, Jr. as his private family residence, this Victorian French Quarter townhouse exemplifies architectural features that are not only unique to New Orleans, but also innovative and advanced for the period. Marked by an iconic Paris Green gate, the Royal street home includes an ornate interior décor, running hot and cold water, experimental skylight, intact attached slave quarters, and classic courtyard.
New Orleans Storyville Museum
History Museum Dedicated to the Former Red-Light District of New Orleans
Located in the heart of the French Quarter, the New Orleans Storyville Museum has over 7,000 sq. ft. of immersive exhibits dedicated to preserving and showcasing the rich cultural heritage of New Orleans and Storyville.
Airboat Adventures
Swamp Tours aren't just tours... they're ADVENTURES!
Looking For Something WILD In New Orleans? Venture beyond Bourbon Street to see the REAL Louisiana. See Louisiana’s iconic bayous and swamps with Airboat Adventures. Our personal New Orleans Swamp Tours are kid-friendly, family-friendly adventures!
Destrehan Plantation
The Closest Plantation to New Orleans
Destrehan Plantation, where history unfolds in fascinating detail, will introduce you by name–not just to the people whose portraits hang in this historic home–but to many of the enslaved men and women who built this plantation and made it thrive. Come meet them. Hear their stories. Then go home and share what you’ve learned.
Ghost Adventures
New Orleans Ghost Adventures Tour
Enjoy a New Orleans tour by going on a New Orleans ghost tour! New Orleans Ghost Adventures Tours takes you to real haunted locations that have been explored by real ghost hunters. Take pictures of Lalaurie Mansion and potentially capture something paranormal! Learn about the rich haunted history of New Orleans and the local legends of ghosts, vampires, witches, and Voodoo Priestess’. Hear about the voodoo rituals of Marie Laveau; the most celebrated Voodoo Queen in New Orleans. You’ll find the truth is often scarier than make-believe. In addition, we pair our tour groups appropriately by placing all people with children in the same tour group for a more family-friendly tour.
Hermann Grima Historic House
Preserved Historic Home in the French Quarter
This restored French Quarter home built in 1831, includes a Federalist architectural façade, original operating open-hearth kitchen, urban slave quarters, and expansive courtyard. The Urban Enslavement Tour at Hermann-Grima House, looks at the experiences of those who were enslaved in an urban setting, how that differed from those enslaved in rural settings, and how the contributions of people of African descent have shaped New Orleans. Condé Nast Traveler voted it one of the best tours in New Orleans and the only tour listed from a museum. We believe that nothing tells a story like a home. In addition, the property’s 19th-century carriage house is home to the The Exchange Shop, originally founded in the 1881 by The Woman’s Exchange and one of the oldest women-led non-profits in the South.
Houmas House
Historic Estate & Gardens
Plantations in Louisiana are one of the most sought after attractions throughout the state. Located between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, The Houmas House Estate allows visitors to experience the life on a sugarcane plantation in the 1800’s. The mansion has been restored to the antebellum era, reflecting the opulence and wealth this sugarcane farm boasted in the 1880’s. The guided mansion tour walks through the 250 year history, showing the architectural evolution of this manor house and how it became a grand estate. Rare and period artwork and artifacts are displayed and used to explain plantation life.