New Orleans Voodoo: Unique, History-Rich Walking Tour
4.5
29 Ratings
New Orleans

Our tour leaders are unquestionably the most proficient and deeply in tune with NOLA’s heritage and culture, with nobody else offering this unique blend of compelling tour themes.

Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Storyville District - The three remaining buildings of the notorious red light district Storyville, where early Jazz developed.
  • Our Lady Of Guadalupe Church - Your guide will tour you through this oldest surviving church in New Orleans and explain its fascinating history.
  • Congo Square - You will experience this historic gathering place of African slaves, which is where much of New Orleans culture was born.
  • Louis Armstrong Park - You will visit this park named for New Orleans’ most famous son Louis Armstrong.
  • St. Augustine Church - Visit the historic St. Augustine Catholic Church, the oldest predominantly Black Catholic parish in the country.
  • Backstreet Cultural Museum - Across the street from the former, now-closed Backstreet Cultural Museum, visit the Tomb of the Unknown Slave, the only memorial of its kind in America.
What's Included
  • Expert licensed guides
What's Not Included
  • Dinner
Location
Backatown Coffee Parlour
Basin Street
Your tour guide will be at inside or outside the entrance to Backatown Coffee, 301 Basin Street
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(29 Ratings)
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Todd_b
Apr 21, 2024
David Higgins is awesome! - Our tour guide was David Higgins and he was amazing! We met him at the coffee shop and, before we knew he was our guide I told my wife…that guy looks like a cool guy, I wish he was our guide! And he was! We had an entertaining time, he told us lots of interesting information about the history of New Orleans and the areas we walked around. He gave useful historical context to New Orleans, as well as silly stuff like playing Miles Davis to a bird that hangs out along the way. It was a highlight to our trip, we recommend it for everyone!
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Culture54064640556
Mar 16, 2024
This is THE TOUR you want to sign up for! - Mr. David Higgins was an amazing historian and storyteller! My sisters and I were blown away at the history we learned. Like mind blown! This was probably one of the highlights of my trip! I would love to continue to do more tours with this company and would highly highly recommend anyone to sign-up for this tour. I guarantee you would love it!
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836emmaw
Feb 13, 2024
Great tour with a great guide! - We had David as our tour guest. He was incredibly informative, linking everything together beautifully. I loved his humour, and everything about this tour!
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Evhershey
Nov 14, 2023
Great guide who loves his job - This was a really good tour and David is a great guide. He knows a lot about the city, its musical history and he clearly likes his job! He made it fun and interesting and even customized the tour a bit based on things we were interested in. I recommend this tour for early in your trip to New Orleans so you can learn about the city and places that you may want to explore on your own
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343grazinam
Sep 5, 2023
Great ghost tour. - Great ghost tour. If you like mystery without exaggeration and history this is the tour for you. Great tour guide! Absolutely loved this tour! Highly recommend
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Polydeoliveira
Jun 13, 2023
Perfect Introduction to New Orleans - This was our first tour in New Orleans, and we were so grateful for it, since it contextualized the city's history, landmarks, and geography, so that we would have a better appreciation for our stay. David was not only incredibly knowledgeable, but funny, kind, and attentive, even dropping us off at a great gumbo spot at the end of our tour and giving recommendations for the remainder of our trip! Thank you David!
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Melwnz
May 22, 2023
Fantastic informative tour with a wonderful lively guide - We had not originally planned to do this tour, however we had a spare day in New Orleans and it came highly recommended by another traveler we meet and so booked in last minute and it did not disappoint, the guide was entertaining and had loads of character but was also super informative and had a fantastic ability to weave to stories and history of this area of New Orleans together into a very entertaining 2 hour walk. Just a small note for those who don't know; you do not enter St Louis No1 cemetery on this tour as only one tour company can run tours in the cemetery, however the guide will explain the process and history of the cemetery at its gates, if you want to enter the cemetery you need to book a specific St Louis No1 tour, though this is not the fault of this tour company or guide as was a decision made buy the managers of the cemetery a few years back.
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Avrilmo
Jul 14, 2023
Historic tour filled with interesting facts. - Voodoo, jazz and history with an awesome tour guide. Treme is such an interesting neighborhood and not far from the French quarter.
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Carlsondavid
May 15, 2023
No entry - Our guide, David H, was certainly knowledgeable and had an engaging style of presentation - no doubt. However, the key disappointment for us was that this tour does not include entry into the cemeteries. The reasons for this are varied I guess and I don't know the details or if it can be resolved but if we had known that the only view we would have of the cemeteries is through a couple of locked gates and trying to peer over some bricked walls, we would not have gone. I cannot recommend.
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Jamieav1182ef
Mar 22, 2024
Scam - I received a text message a hour before the tour stating that our tour guide called in sick. It has been 3 weeks and I am still trying to get my money back for this. Be careful when booking with this company.
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