New Orleans Voodoo History Walking Tour

ACCESS TO SOME LOCATIONS, Some areas MAY BE RESTRICTED DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
This two-hour walking tour, led by a highly trained historian tour guide, is an essential immersion into New Orleans culture. Major stops and content include: History of Voodoo, Jackson Square, Armstrong Park, Congo Square, Voodoo Cultural site or establishment. This tour branches beyond New Orleans' colonial history, delving into the continued development of New Orleans culture into the 19th and 20th century. Learn about the development of Voodoo and its practitioners’ blending of African tribal spirituality, Catholicism, and magical beliefs as you stroll the city’s oldest neighborhood, the French Quarter.

Meeting Point

540 Chartres St

540 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA

This tour meets outside of Chartres House Restaurant, at 540 Chartres St., the corner of Chartres and Toulouse in the French Quarter

What's included:

• 2 hour walking tour
• Narration by a licensed, professional Tour Guide Historian

Not included:

• Transportation
• Water
• Tour Guide Gratuity

What to expect:

Duration: 2 hours

French Quarter

New Orleans, Louisiana

tour the neighborhood

2 hours

Mississippi River

Louisiana

Learn about the origins of New Orleans and the pre-colonial site of Bulbancha, a well-established and significant site for Indigenous peoples across the Gulf South. Bulbancha and the Mississippi River were pivotal to the founding of the provincial city of French Louisiana over 300 years ago.

15 minutes

Jackson Square

751 Decatur St, , New Orleans, 70181, Louisiana

Learn about the development of Voodoo and its practitioners’ blending of African tribal spirituality, Catholicism, and magical beliefs as you stroll the city’s oldest neighborhood, the French Quarter.

30 minutes

St. Louis Cathedral

615 Pere Antoine Aly, , New Orleans, 70116-3291, Louisiana

learn about the connections of voodoo and catholicism

Pass by without stopping

Louis Armstrong Park

901 N Rampart St, , New Orleans, 70116-3086, Louisiana

While visiting the public park named after one of the city's most storied and iconic musicians, your guide will help us peer into the often unexpected and untold connections of Jazz and Voodoo. Much like Voodoo, the history of Jazz is complex, misunderstood, misrepresented, and rooted in centuries of cultural evolution in the Afro-Caribbean diaspora of New Orleans. But, despite plenty of resistance, it is today embraced by people across culture, class, race, and geography.

15 minutes

Congo Square

701 N Rampart St, Entrance at the Corner of N. Rampart and Saint Peter Streets, New Orleans, 70116-3085, Louisiana

Uncover the brutal realities of America’s largest slave rebellion while tracing the history Congo Square and it’s influence and place from pre-colonial America to present day New Orleans.

15 minutes