New Orleans · CEMETERY TOURS
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New Orleans buries its dead above ground, and its cemeteries are open-air history. Ranked below are the best cemetery tours, led by guides who treat St. Louis No. 1 and its neighbours with respect: the architecture, the families, Marie Laveau and the real record, with prices and which tombs each tour can actually enter.
Official guided walk through New Orleans’ oldest cemetery, with Marie Laveau’s tomb and Delphine LaLaurie’s dark story. Small group.
“Very informative. Loved our tour guide. Highly recommend. This tour. Learned a lot of new information. Must see NOLA above ground tombs.”
A BYOB night bus tour that reaches New Orleans cemeteries after dark, with Masonic Temple Cemetery #2, City Park breaks, and the Katrina memorial.
“It is very interesting how the burial tradition is in New Orleans. Our guide was very funny! I would recommend the tour.”
A 3-hour New Orleans intro by coach covering the French Quarter, Garden District, and St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, with pickup.
“It was very informative and fun. Gary K. Our driver was very in tune to us as passengers. I would do it again!”
New Orleans Dead of Night ghost and cemetery bus tour: air-conditioned ride, Marie Laveau voodoo stops, St. Louis Cemetery No. 3.
“Christian the tour guide has a lot of energy. Very informative, very animated, just enjoyed his presence and energy.”
Air-conditioned bus tour of New Orleans highlights plus a guided walk in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, with City Park and beignets.
“The tour guide bus driver was amazing and friendly. He kept everyone engaged!Henry you rocked! Very fun tour!”
Night bus tour with exclusive Odd Fellows Rest access, EMF readings, and Katrina-era cemetery stories in New Orleans.
“Tour guide was very knowledgeable and suitably dramatic - access to cemetery was good - made tour interesting”
Nighttime New Orleans cemetery bus tour with exclusive access and EMF readings, plus ghost stories, French Quarter drinks, and history.
“Jeff was very good. He was fun, enthusiastic, and passionate about ghosts and cemeteries. well worth the money. highly recommend.”
Get authorized access to St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 on a 55-minute walking tour with Marie Laveau lore, the Nicolas Cage tomb, and burial customs.
“Very educational! Learn something new every time b we visit!!!”
New Orleans’ oldest cemeteries on a guided walk. Learn above-ground burials, hit the Katrina memorial, and see sacred tombs.
“Very interesting and informative. Vee is an excellent tour guide! Not a ghost tour this is very educational on how death has been handled over the years in New Orleans.”
Air-conditioned French Quarter sights, Jackson Square and Bayou St John stories, St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, plus Garden District mansions.
“We flew to New Orleans from Florida just to take this tour. We were looking forward to it. We checked in and were asked to go wait by the pick up location. 10 minutes after the tour was to begin we were told that they decided to cancel the trip due to not having enough people reserved. We had been waiting for 25 minutes since we checked in. And they said they made the decisions more then an hour beforehand. But No one had told us. So disappointing :( Not recommended. There were no other tours afterwards so this was a Wasted trip and unfortunately wasted money.”
Walk the oldest New Orleans cemetery from the outside on a small-group 1-hour tour. Learn why burials are above ground.
“The story of the types of homes and the cemetery. The information was very informative to the different home types and time period”
Air-conditioned mini-coach plus walking stops through the French Quarter, Garden District, and St Louis Cemetery No. 3 with Marie Laveau.
“My daughter ( who was going to school in New Orleans) and I wanted to get an overview of the city and visit Marie Laveau's burial site. The bus left earlier then scheduled from its pickup point but we were lucky to catch it nearby. The driver/guide had a wonderful creole accent but was very difficult to understand. so the city tour was not enjoyable. We visited A cemetery - but not the one where Laveau was buried so this was OK but in the end pointless. Overall a very disappointing tour.”
Walk through New Orleans above-ground cemeteries on a 2-hour guided route linking death rituals to voodoo and the French Quarter.
“Thorne, our guide was knowledgeable, kind, engaging. Highly recommend this tour!”
Night cemetery and ghost BYOB bus tour in New Orleans with EMF readers, dowsing rods, and guided cemetery rituals.
“Steve was very informative and helpful. He truly understands and cares about New Orleans and its history. We had a great time and I and my 3 friends greatly enjoyed it.”
A 2-hour Garden District walk plus a look at Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 from the gates, led by a local guide for $25.
“We took a lovely walk through the Garden District and saw amazing houses. Our guide, Muriel, was great. It was very interesting to learn about the architecture and history of the area.”
