New Orleans City and Swamp Tour: History and Culture

Explore the vibrant city of New Orleans, witness the impact of Hurricane Katrina, and venture into the mystical swamps on a guided tour. Unforgettable experiences await!

Duration: 7 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • French Quarter - Experience a guided bus tour of the French Quarter.
  • St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 - Your guided walking tour of New Orleans’ unique above-ground tombs is about 20 minutes.
  • Barataria Preserve - See the Cajuns of the Bayou living and surviving in harmony with the swamps. Here, the waterways are their highways. From the…
What's Included
  • New Orleans City Tour + Swamp Boat or Airboat Tour
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Professional driver/guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Enjoy an unforgettable 3-hour journey on our comfortable, air-conditioned mini-bus to explore New Orleans. No visit to New Orleans is complete without experiencing the city’s highlights and witnessing some of the areas impacted by Katrina’s floodwaters. Afterwards, venture into the swamps to immerse yourself in the history and culture of the Creoles…

Location
French Quarter
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Susan_k
Mar 27, 2025
Great experience - So informative felt very safe. Our tour guide was very funny. The swamp tour was probably my most favorite part.
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Peter
Mar 24, 2025
Excellent swamp tour and tour of the city - Excellent tour well worth the money. Guide was very knowledgeable and interesting. Highly recommend the tour, especially the smaller occupant boat
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Serita_b
Jan 15, 2025
We Loved 1/2 the Tour - The bus tour was a little long and boring. Good for the older crowds. The airboat tour was super fun and great for all ages. Our airboat guide was very informative and we would definitely do the airboat again.
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Kim_w
Dec 14, 2024
Excellent! Must do!! - Our Coty tour guide, David, was wonderful. He shared so much information on the history of the city. He was friendly, sweet and courteous. Our second part of the tour was with Jason on the airboat. Jason was very knowledgeable, was able to find gators for us too see even though it was getting chilly out. He was funny, courteous, and hilarious. I would highly recommend these tours. My husband and I greatly enjoyed our time on both parts of the tour!
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Jeffsa9917yt
Dec 9, 2024
Good time on a great trip - Great trip our guide was Dave he was very knowledgeable with info about the city and cemetery - the jet boat ride was great fun
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Judith_t
Dec 8, 2024
Excellent all day tour - Excellent tour!! Our driver for city and cemetery tour was Dave.We learned so much history of Nola, Katrina, and cemeteries . Very knowledgeable!! We switched drivers for swamp tour-no alligators seen but weather chilly.was an enjoyable boat ride ( we did enclosed tour boat due to weather)
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Kelly_m
Oct 24, 2024
Must do experience! - This is such a great tour. Both city and swamp tours were fab! Extremely convenient being picked up and dropped back wherever you want. Highly reccomend!
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Bruce_v
Oct 23, 2024
Airboat tour with friends. - The airboat guide was well organized and very knowledgeable. Great trip. Had a lot of fun and the weather was great.we were able to see a great variety of local wildlife including alligators.
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Debbie_y
Nov 2, 2024
Disappointing - Not what I thought it would be. Was not informed the cemetary stop was canceled due to All Saints Day. If I'd known I would have rescheduled. That was very disappointing. Bus did not drive by many places we wanted to see, disappointing. The roads in some areas were in very poor condition causing the bus to shake, drop and rock back and forth very bad for older bodies we are very sore the next day. We did see a few alligators on the swamp boat tour but since the swamp boat and airboat shared the same waterways at the same time we were subjected to the sound of the very loud airboat motor which disturbed our otherwise peaceful swamp tour. We did not see a Cajun village on the Bayou that was disappointing also. Most of the tour was disappointing. Our Drivers were very knowledgeable and we did learn alot.
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Extraordinary28514
Mar 27, 2025
Driver no show - The driver dropped us off and left us and a whole group that was on the bus. We had to beg another bus driver to let us on to get back to the city.
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