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New Orleans Cruises
Your visit to New Orleans wouldn't be complete without a cruise! Here you have an unique chance to take a journey on the Mississippi River aboard a real paddlewheeler and be carried away in times of Mark Twain. During the relaxing journey you'll see New Orleans landmarks and hear interesting facts about the city. New Orleans cruise companies offer multiple tours with daily departures. The most popular New Orleans cruises are listed below:
New Orleans Harbour Cruise
Harbour Cruise is a relaxing one-hour tour, showing the Port of New Orleans and the Riverfront. You will see the historic French Quarter, the St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square and Algiers Point.
Duration: 1 hour
Price: Adults 15$, children 10$
Boarding: Aquarium of the American dock
New Orleans Battlefield Cruise
This cruise is a guided excursion to the site of the 1814 Battle of New Orleans. On the way there you will view the French Quarter and Port of New Orleans. Then you will visit the Beauregard House and enjoy a lunch with Creole favorites. After the lunch your cruise will be continued upriver and back to the city.
Duration:2 hours 30 minutes
Price (lunch included): Adults 27$, children 17$
Boarding: Riverwalk/Canal Street Dock
New Orleans Jazz Cruise
Each evening (except Christmas Eve and Mardi Gras Day) the Paddlewheeler Creole Queen takes its guests to the most romantic of New Orleans cruises - Jazz Dinner Cruise. Sounds of a lively jazzband, New Orleans lights, elegant interiors of the vessel make the evening unforgettable. Guests wil enjoy a lavish Creole buffet and special cocktails, and after dinner - a promenade under the star light on the upper deck.
Duration: 3 hours
Price (dinner included): Adults 53$, children 28$
Boarding: Riverwalk/Canal Street Dock
New Year Cruise
If you're celebrating New Year in New Orleans, keep in mind that the best place to see New Year fireworks is the Misissippi River. New Orleans cruise aboard the 19th century replica riverboat, symbolizing the ravel from the past into the future, will be a wonderful and memorable way of spending New Year's Eve.
Duration: 2 hours
Price (dinner included): Adults 89$, children 49$
Boarding: Canal Street dock at Riverwalk Marketplace