Audubon Park Tours and Activities

Experience the highlights of New Orleans on this sightseeing bus tour, including the bustling French Quarter, the opulent Garden District and St. Charles Avenue. Absorb the sights and sounds of the city as you learn about its fascinating history and eclectic contemporary culture from your friendly local guide.

Customized tours of New Orleans are our specialty. For a local, insider's glimpse of the city, authentic, unscripted...you have come to the right place. We will show you New Orleans through the eyes of a native. Though each excursion is tailored to your interests, notable stops will include the French Quarter and Jackson Square, historical neighborhoods such as the Faubourg Marigny & Treme, as well as the magnificent homes in the Garden District. Ride along St. Charles Avenue and the streetcar line, pass the ancient live oaks in Audubon Park, as well as a view of Tulane and Loyola Universities. Learn about our unique cemeteries and the history of our "Cities of the Dead", journey through the New Orleans City Park, one of the oldest urban parks in the nation, and along Bayou St. John, which flows through the heart of the city. History, architecture, voodoo, tales of piracy, whatever your taste, we can create the perfect tour for you!

- Experience 60 miles of aerial views around The Big Easy. - Approximately 60 minutes of flight. - Magnificent sights of the swamps and wetlands. - Tour aerial views around NASA. - Breathtaking glimpses of the Crescent City Connection and the Mississippi River.

Join us for the only motorized scooter tour in New Orleans. We'll meet at Avenue Scooters for a brief safety lesson and intro, sign some legal paperwork, and head off for a 3 hour tour of the Garden District and Uptown neighborhoods. We start off slowly in the Garden District to get a full view on the magnificent mansions in the area, including some celebrity homes. As we scoot through the Garden District, we'll take the smaller side streets to get you acquainted with the scooter and off the beaten path. We will see the outside of world famous Commander's Palace and venture by foot into Lafayette Cemetery if it's open. On our way to the Carrollton neighborhood, we drive briefly on St. Charles and see Tulane and Loyola University as well as the Creole Cottages and Shotgun homes of Uptown. About halfway through, we stop for a 15-20 min coffee break on Oak street at the site of the former Marine Bank. On our way back to Avenue Scooters we ride through Audubon Park.

Explore New Orleans’s most famous sights and lesser-known treasures on a private combo tour of the French Quarter and outlying neighborhoods. Stroll past historic landmarks like Jackson Square and the Cabildo on a walking tour, and then get an authentic glimpse of the city often missed by visitors on a comprehensive driving tour.  A private guide and comfortable transport make it a great way to delve deep beneath the surface of this one-of-a-kind American city.

Take the historic hop on hop off streetcar - at your own additional cost - into the neighbourhoods of New Orleans and beyond the French Quarter. Come along to discover the flavor of the Warehouse District, the Irish Channel, the Lower Garden District, and Uptown. Check out national museums, historic graveyards, southern Gothic mansions and fabulous local haunts. Most of all check out the local, off the beaten path New Orleans. Places to stop along the way include The World War II Museum, Ogden Museum, Commander's Palace, Lafayette Cemetery No 1, Coquette, Basin, The Bulldog, The Balcony, Fleurty Girl, Magazine Street Antique Mall, Blue Cypress Books, Live Oak Cafe, Oak, The Magnolia Grill and Rum House. The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline. Simply buy a ticket for the streetcar and hit play to enjoy the tour.

For those visitors who want someone to do the planning for them, handle the details and help visitors avoid unintended consequences, this is the tour for you. In addition to the tour as outlined, we will help you make a good hotel choice, make restaurant reservations, provide insight on local attractions, and efficiently use your time over a two-day period.

The French Quarter may get all the attention, but New Orleans’ Garden District is bursting with southern charm if you know where to look. Get a customized introduction to this historic neighborhood on a walking tour of antebellum mansions, celebrity homes, movie locations, and more, with a private guide alongside to share insight and answer all your questions. Bonus: The tour also stops at the legendary Lafayette Cemetery #1 for a lesson in above-ground burial.

Witness the diversity of New Orleans on a private half-day city tour. With a personal guide, you’ll see New Orleans’ great contrasts like the historic French Quarter, opulent St Charles Avenue, the devastated Ninth Ward, a cemetery, City Park and more. On this private tour, enjoy the flexibility of choosing your own start time and duration, as well as designating stops for refreshment, photo ops or to see a favorite attraction up close.

Your private tour guide will take you on an overview excursion of the city, with an estimated duration of 3 hours. Make the most of your time in New Orleans and combine our Private Citywide Driving Tour with Destrehan Plantation.