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The 15 Best Self-Guided Tours in New Orleans

15 tours  ·  from $5 a head

Your own phone, your own pace and no group to wait for. The 15 below cover the Quarter, Treme and the haunted routes, priced in single figures, with a note on how long each audio track runs.

Avery Island Experience- Tabasco & Jungle Gardens Self-guided tour - Jungle Gardens follows a three-mile route
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Avery Island Experience- Tabasco & Jungle Gardens Self-guided tour

1.Avery Island Experience- Tabasco & Jungle Gardens Self-guided tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 297 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) Our pick

Tour Tabasco’s Avery Island factory, taste its sauces, and explore Jungle Gardens with alligators, birds, oaks, and bayous.

“The whole place and it’s atmosphere was great. The tour was informative and I highly recommend drivibg through the park area. We saw beautiful landscaping and also two alligators .”

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Ghosts of New Orleans: Self-Guided Haunted Audio Walking Tour - Starting at LaLaurie Mansion on Royal Street
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Ghosts of New Orleans: Self-Guided Haunted Audio Walking Tour

2.Ghosts of New Orleans: Self-Guided Haunted Audio Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 32 reviews · 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes (approx.) · from $6

Explore New Orleans ghost lore on a low-cost, GPS-guided French Quarter walk with spooky stories, flexible timing, and no tour group.

“Great experience with an amazing tour guide! Loved that it would give specific directions of how to get to the next stop! Even through a freak thunderstorm and pouring rain, it was a great adventure! Ponchos saved the day! My entire group had a blast! Loved that we could pause and go at our own pace while checking out the shops along the way! Highly recommend!”

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Walking the Tremé: A Self-guided Audio Tour of New Orleans - Saint Augustine Church and the War of the Pews
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Walking the Tremé: A Self-guided Audio Tour of New Orleans

3.Walking the Tremé: A Self-guided Audio Tour of New Orleans

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 24 reviews · 1 hour (approx.) · from $9

Explore Tremé’s churches, museums, jazz roots, and Mardi Gras traditions on a flexible one-hour VoiceMap audio walk for $9.99.

“It was an incredible informative tour I would highly recommend this I learned so much and felt like the orator was holding my hands through the experience I loved in interactive nature of the tour”

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Baton Rouge Historic Downtown Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour - Starting near the Old Governor’s Mansion
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Baton Rouge Historic Downtown Self-Guided Audio Walking Tour

Self Guided Walking Tour of New Orleans' Historic Garden District - Starting at the Rink Shopping Center
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Self Guided Walking Tour of New Orleans’ Historic Garden District

Self-Guided Walking Tour French Quarter In New Orleans - The Mississippi River from Washington Artillery Park
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Self-Guided Walking Tour French Quarter In New Orleans

6.Self-Guided Walking Tour French Quarter In New Orleans

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 13 reviews · 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $9

Explore New Orleans French Quarter at your own pace with an affordable GPS audio tour covering voodoo, jazz, food, and local legends.

“This walking tour was well worth the money. It was very informative and introduced us well to the various parts of the French Quarter so we could go back later and see some of the things it highlighted that we definitely would have missed otherwise. It could definitely be updated, however. There are some establishments that have moved since the tour, and some of the directions around royal street were confusing, but it's pretty easy to troubleshoot and figure out where you're supposed to go next.”

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Self Guided Audio Ghost Tour in New Orleans in 6 Languages - Following the haunted locations at your own pace
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Self Guided Audio Ghost Tour in New Orleans in 6 Languages

A Walk in the Park: City Park New Orleans Audio Tour - The Botanical Garden and a WPA Story
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A Walk in the Park: City Park New Orleans Audio Tour

Metairie Cemetery Stories: A Self-Guided Audio Tour - Key points to know before you go
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Metairie Cemetery Stories: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

9.Metairie Cemetery Stories: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 12 reviews · 35 minutes (approx.) · from $8

Explore New Orleans’ Metairie Cemetery with a 35-minute offline audio tour, GPS guidance, flexible pacing, and lifetime access for $8.99.

“I was looking for a self guided audio tour and this seemed like a perfect option. So I bought it and then went through the lengthy process of creating an account, downloading the app, entering the code that was emailed to me, and then started downloading the tour. I work as an IT tech and this was even confusing and frustrating for me. Even worse, the tour would not start and kept looping me around. I spent 45 mins trying to get it to work but it never did. This was a horrible experience, DO NOT get this!”

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New Orleans: City Park Exploration Game and Tour - Starting at the New Orleans Museum of Art
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New Orleans: City Park Exploration Game and Tour

10.City Park Exploration Game and Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 10 reviews · 1 hour 10 minutes (approx.) · from $7

Explore New Orleans City Park with an offline puzzle game, visiting the art museum, botanical gardens, and Singing Oak for $7.18.

“It was great to see interesting details about City Park that we had never seen before! We learned a lot about the art in the park and the history of the park and had a great time finding the solutions to all the clues. We did it on a super hot day - definitely wear sunscreen and bring water!”

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New Orleans Self-Guided Kayak Bayou Swamp Tour - Watching Herons, Turtles, and Alligators
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New Orleans Self-Guided Kayak Bayou Swamp Tour

11.New Orleans Self-Guided Kayak Bayou Swamp Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 9 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) Top rated

Paddle Bayou Bienvenue near New Orleans at your own pace, spotting herons, turtles, alligators, and a distant city skyline.

“First off: great communication. They called me in the morning to make sure I had the correct address (there are two identical street addresses with different cities). We did the unguided tour but Becks (the employee who got us set up) was fantastic and made sure we were oriented and where to go. The kayaking was very easy, the water extremely calm, and plenty of wildlife and interesting terrain to look at. So many herons! The day we went it started out foggy which gave a spooky mysterious vibe (seen pic) but it cleared up an hour later so we got to experience the bayou in full sun as well.…”

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Nutty New Orleans Scavenger Hunt - French Quarter Clues and Local Details
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Nutty New Orleans Scavenger Hunt

13.Nutty New Orleans Scavenger Hunt

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 8 reviews · 2 hours (approx.)

Explore New Orleans with a live-hosted scavenger hunt through the French Quarter, solving clues, earning points, and tackling playful challenges.

“That is wasted the majority of our day because locations were closed and instead of just accepting things as they happened being compared to OTHER NOLA players that didn’t have the same experience. I consider this being very rude and inconsiderate. Bad experience all the way around and wish we would have decided to do another activity for my son’s 18th birthday. This was not well put together”

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Amazing Scavenger Hunt: Lafayette In Full Bloom - Starting at 217 W Main Street
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Amazing Scavenger Hunt: Lafayette In Full Bloom

14.Amazing Scavenger Hunt: Lafayette In Full Bloom

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 7 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $12

Explore Lafayette landmarks at your own pace with a two-hour app-based scavenger hunt featuring riddles, photo tasks, and team challenges.

“Did not realize it was an App based self tour. I also did not realize that Viator is a third party. Once on the App it began to ask for additional money to “earn” rewards. I have requested a refund.”

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Creative Soul Scavenger Hunt of New Orleans - The French Quarter as a game board
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Creative Soul Scavenger Hunt of New Orleans

15.Creative Soul Scavenger Hunt of New Orleans

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 6 reviews · 2 hours 15 minutes (approx.) · from $33

Explore New Orleans with Tara’s creative French Quarter scavenger hunt, solving clues, meeting locals, and sharing a lively team adventure.

“We had a great time on the New Orleans Adventurer Scavenger Hunt. What an amazing way to experience the city!”

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