Our Available Tours
You want your New Orleans experience to be the highlight of your trip, and we deliver that. Your walking tour will be led by a true local expert in a smaller more intimate setting. Instead of being just another face in a group of strangers, your tour is limited to no more than 8. Smaller group sizes mean you can easily hear the guide, ask questions, and have a much more personal experience. Smaller groups also make your tour a safer tour experience.
Our Most Popular Tours
Strange True Tour
The original French Quarter walking tour that dared to talk about the taboo subjects of history. With over 300 years of history, the truth is always stranger than fiction. From madams and prostitutes to mafia and burlesque, no subject is off-limits in this 2-hour walking tour of the French Quarter.
The Garden District Tour
Enjoy a leisurely stroll among live oaks and magnolias in this 2.5 hr walking tour. The Garden District is a beautiful uptown neighborhood that has some of the most beautiful architecture in the city. Stately Greek mansions and Victorian-era townhomes are an architecture lover’s dream. The shady sidewalks offer a comfortable tour as you go beyond architecture to hear the stories of the people who occupied the homes. Celebrities such as Sandra Bullock have homes in this historic neighborhood.
French Quarter Walking Tour
Enjoy a family-friendly walking tour of the French Quarter in this 2-hour walking tour. The French Quarter is the heart and soul of New Orleans that offers so much entertainment. Walk along the art galleries and antique shops as you hear about the people and events that have made the French Quarter an international destination. With architecture that reflects her European beginnings, a private tour of the French Quarter is a “must do”.
“There are only three great cities in America, San Francisco, New York City, and New Orleans, everywhere else is just Cleveland.”
True Crime And Conspiracy Tours
Lee Harvey Oswald Walking Tour
Go down the rabbit hole in this 2-hour walking tour about Lee Harvey Oswald. Few people realize that Oswald was a son of New Orleans and he returned home during the summer of 1963. This walking tour of the CBD and French Quarter explores where Lee was that summer and who he met. The tour also takes you to the scenes of Oliver Stones movie “JFK” about the local DA and his findings. The first tour to focus on Lee Harvey Oswald and the New Orleans connections to the fateful day in Dallas.
New Orleans Mafia Tour
The only tour to concentrate on organized and disorganized crime in New Orleans. Jeffrey is the local expert on the rise and fall of the organizations that controlled much of New Orleans. From the rise on the docks to the heady days of Prohibition to an assassination of a police chief. This 2-hour walking tour takes you deep into the underworld of the French Quarter.
Specialty Bespoke Tours
Women of New Orleans History Tour
Not a sappy chick flick! This walking tour focuses on the feminine side of history and the contributions of women. Textbooks often overlook the contributions of women and their experiences, this tour helps to rectify this. Women in New Orleans had both advantages and disadvantages, as well as laws and societal expectations to overcome. You will hear the stories of women from all aspects of New Orleans society. From nobility to the enslaved and the Creole to American, all women had a story to tell. Join your guide Historian Jane as she leads you on an uplifting and inspiring tour of the Distaff of New Orleans.
The Big Sleazy Tour
This unique walking tour was originally written for the world’s largest “swinger’s convention” but now is available. This 2-hour walking tour explores the sexual history of New Orleans. From the sexual appetites of the French family, New Orleans is named for, the history of prostitution, Storyville, LBTQA+ community, burlesque, and everything sexy in between. Enjoy the sexier side of New Orleans in this unique walking tour of the French Quarter.
Small-Group Tours Are The Safest And Best Way To See New Orleans
1. Easily Understand Your Guide
Don’t waste your precious money and time on a tour where you cannot even hear the guide! Small groups mean you will always hear your guide.
2. Avoid The Crowds
All tours are kept intentionally small. The smaller groups allow for a more intimate and enjoyable tour as well as being a safer tour experience. Do not share your tour with 20 other strangers all jostling to hear the guide.
3. Expert Local Experts
You are guaranteed to have either Jane or Jeffrey has your guide. No faceless guide who is “next” to take a group out. Both Jane and Jeffrey are local historians, both are published authors, and both have been leading private and small group tours for years.
Contact Us
All of our tours are on a private basis. To guarantee your New Orleans experience either book now or contact us to set up your private New Orleans experience.