New Orleans City, Cemetery and Swamp Full-Day Tour
Description
Spend an unforgettable 3 hours on our comfortable air conditioned Mini-bus and get an overview of New Orleans. No trip to New Orleans would be complete without seeing the highlights of our city and the some of the areas affected by Katrina’s flood waters. Then, head to the swamps to experience the history and culture of the Creoles with your licensed tour guide, in a tour boat or airboat. (You must choose which boat you'd like when making the booking.) You will be on the water for 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Experience a guided bus tour of the French Quarter.
Your guided walking tour of New Orleans' unique above-ground tombs is about 20 minutes.
See the Cajuns of the Bayou living and surviving in harmony with the swamps. Here, the waterways are their highways. From the relaxing comfort of our Covered Swamp Tour Boats, we will drift slowly past a 2000 year old Indian Burial Mound, a Cajun cemetery, and a Fishing village! You may see the wildlife that made the Barataria Swamps the Crown Jewel of the Louisiana Purchase. If you choose the airboat option - you will experience the best of both: a swamp tour and an airboat ride. You will travel at high speeds on the airboat then slow down and stop for pictures. Along the way, you will get a personal tour by your local Captain. Our airboats have stadium style seating, so that the person in front of you does not obstruct your view. Every airboat seat is great for experiencing the tour and viewing the wildlife. Gators will get close…….real close!!!
From New Orleans
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
**You must be out front of your location at the beginning of the pickup window or the bus will be forced to leave.** For pickups, there will be a 30 minute window. Please be on the lookout for a bus that says Alert Transportation between 9:30 AM and about 10:00 AM.
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Important Information
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Folding wheelchairs are allowed on the bus, but the driver is not allowed to pick up a person to help them gain entrance. The customer must get into the minibus by themselves or with assistance from family or friends.
- Service animals are permitted.
- Emotional support animals are not permitted.
- Please note you are not guaranteed to see a gator. They hibernate in winter months but are easily spotted in spring, summer, and fall.
- When traveling with multiple passengers, you must make one booking with all passengers to insure that you are on the same boat. If you did not book together, you are not guaranteed to be together.
- Minimum height requirement for airboats is 48 inches.
- Participants with back problems are not permitted on an airboat
- Participants with heart complications or other serious medical conditions are not permitted on an airboat
- Pregnant women are not permitted on an airboat
- Airboats are not handicapped accessible. There are no lifts or ramps available for use. Guests must be able to get on or off of the boat themselves or with the help of someone in their party.
- Service animals are permitted but not recommended on airboats due to the volume of noise on the boat and threats of surrounding wildlife.
Reviews(197)
City tour was excellent. Very informative. Our tour guide was great. The swamp tour is something you do not want to miss. We did the small group Airboat tour. Our tour guide Ernie was outstanding.
Our tour guide was Gary. The entire 3-hour tour was very informative. He shared a lot of information about the city and its history. He gave us just enough time for breaks and to take photos, like at the cemetery. The tour bus was clean, and the air conditioning was perfect for today's humidity.
The city tour could have been a little slower , felt a bit rushed. I know there’s a schedule to keep, but still….
Thank you for your feedback. Our city tours are scheduled for 3 hours to cover as much of the city as possible. We can understand that it might have felt rushed since our city is rich of history and culture.
I recently went on a bus tour with Alert Tours, and our guide, Gary, was incredibly knowledgeable about the areas we visited. I was especially interested in the Ninth Ward and the impact of the flooding and damage there. Seeing the area as it is today was still heartbreaking. Gary provided valuable insight into why the devastation happened and also shared parts of his own experience. While his outcome was not as severe as that of many other families in the area, I truly appreciated his willingness to share his story.
The driver was friendly and funny, he gave e us a lot of history, but it seemed to be mostly houses. I dont think we went to the French quarter. There was a big section on Katrina.
Thank you for your feedback. There is a big portion on Katrina, as advertise. As far a the French Quarter, there is only a small portion of it because the tour covers a lot more of other areas such as Uptown, Mid City, City Park, Downtown, Ninth Ward, and Lake Ponchartrain.
Great overall tour. Love the added musical additions to the information. Great rainy day activity minus the airboat due to weather.
The bus tour of the French Quarter & information given by Darren was great and educational. I like the way he handled the bus tour. After we got switched to the Airboat bus, Lorraine was fun but not much of an educational ride. Plus the fact that we had to move to her bus we were seated way back and she did not have any microphone so it was hard to hear. The airboat stated disappointing since we were not called and I had to search which airboat we were to ride. We ended up with Capt Bob. He was great with the tour of the bayou and with educational info about the swamp, alligators, & other animals around the swamp.
Thank you for the positive feedback!
I assumed It was with the Louie #3 tour which is the best but, this was different it was a 15min cementary tour that wasn’t like the tour I expected. The swamp tour was decent with Ernie with Louisiana Swamp Tours
Really enjoyed all aspects of this tour.... very informative, courteous and professional guides. Experienced a lot of New Orleans, and surrounding area, in 8 hours. We loved seeing all of the alligators. Experience of a lifetime.
The city and swamp tours were great with knowledgeable guides. The ride out to the swamp was very bumpy and we could not hear the driver talking at all.
