James & James Tours and Transportation - New Orleans city, swamp, airboat and plantation tours and transportation services

New Orleans City Tour Plantation Tour Swamp Airboat Tour New Orleans Transportation

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$49 per person
Groups of 15 or more - $35 per person

New Orleans Jackson Square French Quarter City Tour

New Orleans Katrina flood aerial view

After being picked up at your hotel, you will start in the original city, the French Quarter. See Jackson Square, French Market, and Bourbon Street. Your guide will explain the Creole culture, that unique "gumbo" of French, Spanish, African, Native and other influences, all the while pointing out places to experience its cuisine, music, and flavor.

Then follow the historical expansion of the city past the "country estates" of Esplande Ave. and the Museum of Art, where you will take a rest stop under the moss-covered oak trees of City Park. Then ride by beautiful Bayou St. John and hear the story of the Cajuns and their life on the swamps and bayous of coastal Louisiana.

See Lake Pontchartrain and The Causeway, the longest bridge in the world. Hear the story of Hurricane Katrina and its effect on the city as you witness the devastation and determined rebuilding of one of the hardest hit neighborhoods at the site of the city's largest levee breach.

Next, you will ride through New Orleans' grandest cemetery, where you will be able to take pictures of the most impressive tombs in town, those of mayors, governors, local business people, and world famous personalities. Hear about our unigue burial methods, second lines, and Jazz funerals.

Next see the "American" side of town, the St. Charles Ave. streetcar line and the Garden District where you will be amazed by the great mansions of notable New Orleanians such as Anne Rice, The Manning family, and Jefferson Davis. Hear about Mardi Gras and other uniquely New Orleans festivals.

Finally, return downtown to the "Soho of the South," the Warehouse district, with its many museums, art galeries, restaurants and the ninth wonder of the world The Super Dome. Your driver will drop you off at your hotel or anywhere downtown you wish.

See all of the city, hear all of her story.

Pickup Times:
8:30 a.m and 12:30 p.m. • 2.5 - 3 hours

 

Airboat $80 per person

Swamp Tour $49 per person
Groups of 15 or more - $35 per person

Swamp Tour Jean Lafitte

New Orleans swamp alligator

 

A short ride from the city yet a world away. Explore the Cypress swamps and bayous of Cajun country on a high-speed airboat that can access hard to reach areas. See alligators, herons, nutria, egrets, racoons.

See first hand the erosion of coastal wetlands our first line of defense against hurricanes and hear about various restoration efforts.

Hotel pick up and drop off.

 

New Orleans Swamp Airboat Tour

Times:
9  a.m.            11 a.m.           1 p.m.            3 p.m.


Combo City and Swamp Packages:

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City/Airboat Tour
$100 per person ($29 savings)

City/Swamp Tour
$70 per person ($28 savings)




$50/each


Oak Alley

Oak Alley Plantation

OR

Laura Plantation
Laura Plantation Creole

Your choice of Oak Alley or Laura Plantation.

Take a break from the city and enjoy a relaxing ride up the river road of the Mighty Mississippi to plantation country. Our scenic route will take you past Evergreen, Whitney, Felicite, St. joseph, Laura, and Oak Alley. Tour the interior and grounds of your choice of Oak Alley or Laura.

Oak Alley is the grandest of all the plantations. A stately "American" style home, restored to its original grandeur. It has been open for tour the longest and has appeared in many films and tv shows. After the home tour, try a mint julep and stroll under the canopy of moss-covered Live Oak trees. They have an extensive gift shop and a quick-service cafe for a light lunch.

Laura is an earlier "Creole" style home dating back to 1805, the oldest in the area. Although it was opened for tourism rather recently and endured damage from a fire, it has quickly earned the reputation as "the best history tour in the US." With many original furnishings and slave cabins, the birthplace of "B'rer Rabbit" has a fascinating story drawn from the recovered memoires of Laura herself, the matriarch of the many women who ran this plantation. A unique and insightful look into French Creole Louisiana.

Pickup Time:
8:30 a.m. - 4 hours

 

Convenient and Reliable
Drop Off and Pick Up


22 Passenger Bus
$80 per hour - min. 5 hours
Airport Transfers
$15 per person - 4 person min.
Golf Course Transportation
$80 per hour - min. 5 hours
Dinner Transportation
$80 per hour - min. 4 hours
Chartered Fishing Transportation
$30 per person
Cruise Ship
Transportation
Call for rates


 


All of our tours are narrated by professional and licensed tour-guide drivers

Customized private tours also available.

James & James Tours and Transportation - New Orleans city, swamp, airboat and plantation tours and transportation services
Closed on Christmas day. French, Spanish, Italian and German
speaking tour guides available for additional cost.


For Reservations & Information call
(504) 451-7033 or
click here to email us!