New Orleans Private City Tour: Comprehensive Exploration
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25 Ratings
New Orleans
Experience a comprehensive exploration of New Orleans on a private city tour. Discover the French Quarter, Katrina History, unique cemeteries, and more. Book now!
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Traveling via the tour van allows you to see so much more of the city since many other larger vehicles are not allowed to go deep into the French Quarter, the 9th Ward, or the Garden District. On this private tour, interaction is easy, since we operate with smaller vehicles. The environment here will allow you to sit back, relax, and feel comfortable. We love questions so please ask as many as you want. We can pick you up right in front of any New Orleans Metro Area Downtown/French Quarter/Warehouse District hotel. We will drop you off back at your hotel or any Downtown New Orleans destination.

Some of the places you’ll see include French Quarter, Jackson Square, Saint Louis Cathedral, French Market, Frenchmen Street, Marigny Neighborhood, ByWater, 9th Ward, Musician’s Village, Treme Neighborhood, Esplanade Avenue, Bayou Saint John, City Park, Lake Pontchartrain, 17th Street Canal, 1 of 4 Hurricane Katrina Breach Points, Unique/Historic Above Ground Cemetery, Carrollton Avenue, Oldest Streetcar in the World, Saint Charles Avenue, Tulane and Loyola Universities, Uptown, Garden District, Famous/Historic Homes, Magazine Street, National WWII Museum, and the Arts/Warehouse District.

Points of Interest

  • New Orleans
What's Included
  • Headsets to hear the guide clearly
  • Local guide
  • Bottled water
  • All taxes, fees and handling charges included
  • Private tour
  • Driver/guide provided
  • Live commentary on board
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off (selected hotels only)
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Enjoy a comprehensive glimpse of New Orleans on this private three-hour city tour. Relax as you travel incognito in one of our 15-passenger vans. This tour is fail-safe for any gathering size ranging from 2 to 10 people. But, if you’re at ease with proximity to your group, this tour can be remarkable for up to 12 people. This excursion is perfect for someone who prefers undivided attention from their driver/guide, for those who anticipate dedicating more time to a particular location, or anyone who’d like to pause for snapshots or a brief walk. This tour compasses 30 miles of New Orleans. Sites included are the French Quarter, Katrina History, New Orleans Architecture, one of our unique above ground cemeteries, and the Garden District. We offer two tour slots 10 AM - 1 PM or 2 PM - 5 PM. We can convene right in front of any New Orleans Metro Area hotel. After the tour, we will drop you off back at your hotel or any Downtown New Orleans destination.

  • If your hotel is not listed or if you’re staying at an Air B&B type residence please call to confirm pick-up location and time. We may be able to pick you up from wherever you’re staying even though it’s not listed.
Location
New Orleans
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Venture54399119502
Feb 18, 2024
Five stars - Great tour!! Highly recommend! Very knowledgeable of history of New Orleans and took us all over the city to see things we normally wouldn't have seen on a bus tour
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Inair1938
May 28, 2023
Perfect Tout for First Day in NOLA - Our group of 7 took this Private City Tour with Celebration Tours. Our driver and guide was Ted who was extremely knowledgeable! The van was very comfortable! We learned about the history of the city and visited many different parts of the city on our 3 hour tour. Ted was a terrific guide with a nice sense of humor and lots of patience with all our questions! We would highly recommend Celebration Tours and Ted. Thank you Ted for a great tour!
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996salvadora
Nov 28, 2022
great choice - kindness and explanation of guide were very outstanding, on time, clean and went an extra to make the experience richer
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537anjub
Apr 7, 2022
Trip to New Orleans during NCAA championships - My wife and I took a city tour along with another couple on a Celebration Tours van. We hit a lot of iconic tourist sites including the French Quarter, Bourbon Street, Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, the levy at Lake Pontchartrain etc. The driver Oz was very pleasant and knowledgeable. At the end of the tour, my wife and I were supposed to transfer from one hotel to another but since the NCAA Final Four games were going on, it was very difficult to find a cab. Oz offered to help us out and he drove us to our hotel from where we picked up our bags and then took us to our other hotel. I offered him money for his efforts, but he politely declined. He did not have to do that, but his help and generosity were greatly appreciated.
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T8252nvmaryw
Feb 18, 2022
Now Orleans Tour - Wonderful overview from uptown to downtown. Saw all the highlights and helped us plan the remainder of our stay. Spouse has mobility issues so we didn’t want a walking tour. Loved the stop for beignets and chicory coffee
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Rubior2019
Feb 4, 2022
Great Tour - Excellent tour for a first time trip to New Orleans, to get to know each part of the city and the history. 
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Barefootx2
Nov 19, 2019
Native from New Orleans - Teddy was great! Since Teddy is a native from New Orleans, his history and knowledge of being a resident of New Orleans brought lots of interesting insight and topics to discuss. Excellent tour.
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Gsaltraveler
Sep 30, 2019
A locals knowledge of all things New Orleans - Teddy provided the perfect soundtrack to our family private tour of New Orleans. This was my second time using Celebration Tours and they do not disappoint. I see myself taking the tour a third time as there is always something new to discover.
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Stephen
Sep 22, 2019
Informative and entertaining - As first timers to New Orleans were delighted by the tour. Wanda, the guide was very knowledgeable about the city and delivered the tour with a great deal of humor. If l had one small criticism, it would be that the views from the 8 seater bus were not as good as other tour buses I have used.
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Tod
Oct 25, 2023
Painful - This tour was amazingly boring. We were shocked that it’s received positive reviews. The van’s suspension felt like riding in a stagecoach. The tour took forever and was filled with pointless stops. It’s not worth the money. We had such a disappointing experience. It ended with our guide challenging me to an argument.
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