Best New Orleans Tours for Travelers

New Orleans has many tours; from cemetery tours, to swamp tours, to taking a river boat down the Mississippi, it’s hard to choose just one tour to attend. This list will help to highlight five great tours for tourists in New Orleans. Each of these will not only allow you to learn more about this great city, but will also provide quality entertainment. In no particular order:

1) The Steamboat Natchez Riverboat Tour– The Steamboat Natchez tour provides live jazz music and creole food (optional) to its attendees. Enjoy a one of a kind view of the city from a steamboat on the Mississippi River. They offer two-hour tours at both daytime and nighttime to help if you need to attend at a specific time of day.

2) The New Orleans School of Cooking– Located on a side street off Decatur St. this location can be easy to miss, however you would regret it if you did. They offer both hands on and hands off cooking classes to tourists. Enjoy watching a professional chef teach you how to cook either creole or cajun meals while they teach you about the history of New Orleans and its cuisine. Guests not only get to learn how to cook, but also get to enjoy the meal prepared afterwards. This makes this tour well worth the ticket price since it includes a meal and sometimes an ice cold Abita beer to wash it down.

3) Abita Brewery Tour– Located across Lake Pontchartrain, this one hour tour of this local brewery will show you their facilities as well as play you a short video about how their beer is made. The best part of the tour comes after the video, when they open their taps and allow you to sample as many beers as your heart desires.

4) St Louis Cemetery No.1 (Save Our Cemeteries)– Save Our Cemeteries offers a great tour of the St Louis Cemetery No. 1, and the proceeds go directly to restoring the local cemetery. Since visiting these cemeteries alone can be dangerous, this tour provides a great way to visit and learn while still being safe.

5) Cajun Encounters Swamp Tour– Cajun Encounters offers an affordable tour of the swamps surrounding New Orleans. This guided boat tour will teach you a lot about the land and allow you an opportunity to see alligators, turtles, and other swamp life.

Hopefully this list has helped to highlight a few of the great tours available in New Orleans. These five tours should allow you plenty of fun while you enjoy your stay!

For more information:
http://www.steamboatnatchez.com/. Steamboat Natchez Riverboat Tours.
http://www.neworleansschoolofcooking.com/. New Orleans School of Cooking.
http://abita.com/learn/brewery_tour. Abita Brewery Tour.
http://www.saveourcemeteries.org/st-louis-cemetery-no-1-tour/. Save Our Cemeteries.
http://www.cajunencounters.com/swamp_tour.html. Cajun Encounters Swamp Tour.