NEW ORLEANS RECEPTIVE OPERATOR
MACHU PICCHU TRAVEL SERVICES
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NEW ORLEANS RECEPTIVE OPERATOR MACHU PICCHU TRAVEL SERVICES
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TOUR # 8: Garden District Walking Tour $30/person with pick up from your New Orleans based hotel $25/person if you meet us at outside the Tourism Bureau (2020 St. Charles Ave.)10:00 AM to 12:00 PM OR 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Enjoy a relaxing and educational walk through the Garden District, which is one of New Orleans most desirable residential areas. The Garden District was originally a suburb located on a sugar plantation. The beautiful gardens originated from a flood that occurred in 1816. This flood brought a new layer of heavy sediment filled with nutrients encouraging the foliage growth that later became the Garden District. A licensed tour guide will show you elegant Greek revival and Italianate architecture buildings in the Garden district. You will see one of Anne Rice's Homes, the author Interview with the Vampire. You will then proceed to Lafayette Cemetery, where you learn about the above ground burial customs. (Cemetery will be closed Saturday afternoons, Sundays and a few holidays)
Available on request, please call (504) 561-9050 or email us at bestofno@bellsouth.net.
OUR TOURS ARE AVAILABLE IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES (French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and More) Please call us for pricing if requesting a tour that is not in English (504)561-9050 TOUR # 1: New Orleans City Tour $55/person 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM OR 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Discover the Paris of
America! See the glamorous Antebellum years, when New Orleans was
one of the richest cities in America. We will visit the French
Quarter, the Warehouse District, and the
Garden District, where there is a showcase of magnificent houses and
gardens like Anne Rice's Mansion. Next comes St Charles
Avenue, a verdant promenade where you will find the historical
Loyola and Tulane universities and the marvelous Audubon Park.
After that, following the course of the magnificent Mississippi River, we
will visit St. Louis Cemetery Number 3,
the City of the Dead, City Park, Lake Pontchartrain, and then return
to town via Creole Esplanade Avenue.
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TOUR # 3: Swamp Tour on a Relaxing Pontoon Boat ride or an Adventurous Airboat Boat ride $60/person; Airboat $90/person 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM OR 2 PM to 6:00 PM
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Cyprus trees surround this paradise. As their moss will hang over your head reaching to touch the glistening surface of the water, your guide will share his knowledge of Cajun Life pointing out the various flora and fauna of the bayous. You will enter a wild paradise filled with alligators, egrets, mink, nutria and snakes that dominate this marshland. If you choose to take the adventurous airboat tour you will reach up to a speed of 30 knots! TOUR # 2: Longue Vue House & Gardens plus a City Tour $65/person 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Experience the opulence of
New Orleans by doing both the City Tour and visiting Longue Vue
House and Gardens. Longue Vue House and Gardens is a
Classical Revival Estate featuring eight acres of gardens like
the Walled Garden, the Canal Garden, the Wild Garden, etc. and a Palladian
style house and outbuildings with a magnificent collection of American and
English antiques.
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TOUR # 4 EAST: Full Day East Plantation Tour (Destrehan, San Francisco, and Houmas House, $190/person 9:00AM – 5:00PM Click on Image to Enlarge
The East Plantation tour
will amaze you.
Destrehan is the oldest documented
plantation home in the lower Mississippi Valley.
You will be chaperoned around the house by a person dressed in historically
accurate costume, and you will see demonstrations of candle making and
dyeing indigo. San Francisco Plantation was built in 1856 it incorporates five artistically hand painted
ceilings, faux marbling, and faux wood graining throughout and antique
furniture. Houmas House will astound you with it's beautiful
gardens. In 1964, "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte" was filmed in there,
and "All My Children" in 1981. You will enjoy lunch at The Cabin
Restaurant, where lunch will be served in 100 year old slave cabins.
There is a selection of Po-Boys, world famous chicken, andouille gumbo, and
specially prepared seafood. (See
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Make a Reservation TOUR # 4 WEST: Full Day West Plantation Tour (Laura, St. Joseph, Oak Alley, Lunch at Oak Alley) $190/person 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
The West Plantation tour will fascinate
you, with their beauty and history. Laura Plantation is surrounded
by fields of sugarcane. Laura includes the slave cabins where the
West-African folktales of Compair Lapin or later known as Br'er
Rabbit were written. Joseph Plantation is the birthplace of
H.H. Richardson, one of America's most important architects of the 19th
century. This plantation has interesting exhibits such as the token that
were used by the freed slaves to purchase their needed goods. Oak
Alley Plantation will leave you in awe as you walk down a with oaks at
either side. You will enjoy a traditional Louisiana style lunch at Oak
Alley that will entertain your taste buds.
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TOUR #5A: Half day Southern Plantation Tour (San Francisco and Oak Alley) $90/person 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Go beyond the Antebellum south, go Creole! San Francisco Plantation will captivate you with its memoirs of wealth, tragedy and treachery. Its uniqueness in architecture, language, cuisine, morals, music, business, family life, and tradition is what makes it unforgettable. Then, your next plantation is Oak Alley, well known for its 28 live Oaks.(See More)
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On the adventurous airboat tour you will reach a speed of 30 knots/hour! Your adventure will intrigue you as your native Cajun Guide shares his knowledge of Cajun life pointing out to various flora and fauna of the bayous. You will become one of the species of this wild paradise and share it with alligators, egrets, minks, nutrias, and snakes that dominate this marshland. After exploring the flora and fauna of the Swamps, we will immerse ourselves in the historical Oak Alley. This Greek Revival Plantation with the best panoramic view of any plantation in the south will mesmerize you. Lunch will be serves at Oak Alley, where over 7 movies were filmed in part or entirely. Returning to town, we will visit San Francisco plantation. This plantation will captivate you with its memoirs of wealth, tragedy and treachery. Its uniqueness in architecture, language, cuisine, morals, music, business, family life, and tradition is what makes it unforgettable. (See More) TOUR #6B: Airboat on the Bayou Swamp and Creole Plantation Tour (Airboat+Oak Alley with lunch+San Francisco) $190 per person 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Click on Image to Enlarge
TOUR #6A: Pontoon Boat on the Bayou Swamp and Creole Plantation Tour (Pontoon boat+ Oak Alley+ San Francisco) $160 per person 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Click on Image to Enlarge
On a pontoon boat will take you deep into the wild swamps. Your adventure will intrigue you as your native Cajun Guide shares his knowledge of Cajun life pointing out to various flora and fauna of the bayous. You will become one of the species of this wild paradise and share it with alligators, egrets, minks, nutrias, and snakes that dominate this marshland. After exploring the flora and fauna of the Swamps, we will immerse ourselves in the historical Oak Alley. This Greek Revival Plantation with the best panoramic view of any plantation in the south will mesmerize you. Lunch will be serves at Oak Alley, where over 7 movies were filmed in part or entirely. Returning to town, we will visit San Francisco plantation. This plantation will captivate you with its memoirs of wealth, tragedy and treachery. Its uniqueness in architecture, language, cuisine, morals, music, business, family life, and tradition is what makes it unforgettable. (See More)
TOUR #7 Garden District, Cemetery and Mardi Gras World Tour $60 per person, Ten or more people, call for group rates (504) 561-9050 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM OR 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Discover
the Paris of America, and see the glamorous antebellum years, when New
Orleans was one of the richest cities in America. We will visit
the Garden District, a showcase of magnificent houses and gardens like
Anne Rice's Mansion. Then following the Mississippi River, we
will visit Lafayette Cemetery. Next we will visit Mardi Gras
World, a showcase of the Mardi Gras floats, Mardi Gras souvenirs, and
learn about the Carnival of Mardi Gras.
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TOUR #5B: City Tour and Oak Alley Plantation (Including Lunch) $120/person From 9:30AM – 3:30PM
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Discover the Paris
of America, and see the glamorous antebellum years, when New
Orleans was one of the richest cities in America. We will visit the
French Quarter, the Warehouse District, and the Garden
District, a showcase of magnificent houses and gardens like Anne
Rice’s Mansion. Next comes St. Charles Ave, a verdant
promenade, Loyola and Tulane, historical Universities, and
Audubon Park.
We follow the Mississippi River
and come to St. Louis Cemetery Nº
3, City of the Dead,
City Park, Lake Pontchartrain,
and return to town via Creole
Esplanade Ave, and also see the
Superdome, Sports Arena, and Convention Center, and Medical
District. After this city tour, we will go to Oak Alley Plantation.
More than ten movies were filmed at this plantation – An Interview with
the Vampire, Sweet Charlotte, and Primary Colors
are some of them. In addition to this fact, the view from the front door
of this plantation towards the Mississippi River is fantastic.
Twenty eight Live Oak Trees will welcome you, and the tradition,
culture, and opulence of this plantation will teach about the
antebellum southern life.
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