Paddle & Wheel Tour

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Paddle and Wheel Tour

After your exciting Super City Tour by motorcoach, board the historic Steamboat Natchez,the last Authentic Steamboat on the Mississippi River.

Enjoy a Steam Calliope Concert daily. This two-hour day cruise takes you back to a time when cotton was king and life was as slow and graceful as the current on the Mississippi River.

Enjoy the Captain’s narration of the highlights of one of the world’s busiest ports.

Tour the Historic Steam Engine Room and learn how steam powers the engines to turn the Paddlewheel and provide the energy for the delightful tunes of the calliope.

Cruise past the Chalmette Battlefield, where Jean Lafitte and his buccaneers joined forces with Andrew Jackson to defeat the British in the Battle of New Orleans.

Enjoy a Creole lunch (additional cost-$10.00 per adult/advanced purchase).

Tour and cruise may be taken on separate days.


Duration
  • 2 hour tour + 2 hour cruise
Departure Time
    Super City Tour Departs
  • Jan 1 - Oct 31, 2012
    9am & 2pm Daily

    Cruise Departs
  • 11:30am & 2:30pm Daily
    Please call to confirm sailing schedule.
Departs From
  • Gray Line Lighthouse Ticket Office (Toulouse St.@ the Mississippi River in the French Quarter)
Cost
  • Adult: $63.00
  • Child: $27.00
  • Group: $56.75

Group rates apply to a minimum of 10 adults on our regularly scheduled tours.

Reservations are recommended 24 hours in advance.

For schedule after Oct 31, 2012 please call 504-569-1401 or 800-233-2628.

 

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