People

JavaScript is Disabled

For the best experience and to ensure full functionality of this site, please enable JavaScript in your browser.

EXPERT-LED, WITH PASSION

Our mission is to inspire people to celebrate, protect, and advocate for a sustainable natural environment in southeast Louisiana, so our guides receive comprehensive training and ongoing professional development to ensure that all Delta Tours patrons experience unforgettable eco-tours.

PETER YAUKEY

Co-author of The Great Delta Tour, Peter Yaukey is a science professor who chose to move to New Orleans from Georgia 25 years ago to teach at the University of New Orleans and to experience the amazing opportunities for birding that the Mississippi River Delta offers. He brings extensive knowledge of the region’s natural environment. As a writer, and researcher, he specializes in the impact of urban development and hurricanes on wildlife. He has led private birding tours for years and is considered one of the top naturalists in the state, as well as a great story teller.

BARBARA JOHNSON

Founder of the Great Delta Tour Company, Barbara Johnson was born in Ohio but is from New Orleans! With a background in urban and regional planning, Barbara moved to New Orleans to do her graduate at the University of New Orleans in the 1980’s. With over 20 years as a respected practitioner, civic leader and consultant, Barbara brings a passion for building partnerships that move people and communities toward their full potential. Her work has championed a regional system of economic development, a Post- Katrina blueprint for economic recovery and transformation, community redevelopment and resilience projects; and the revitalization of the fisheries sector in coastal Louisiana.

TOUR GUIDES

Tour guides bring rave reviews and credentials in tour guiding in New Orleans, as well as a solid background in what makes this region tick including its people, land, culture and economy. Coming from many different places and with many different backgrounds in teaching, the environment, business development, photography, nursing, birding and bicycling, we all share a common passion and a love for this place we call home. (It takes some of us longer than others to find our passion!) It is this Delta that we are compelled to spread the word to the rest of the world about its beauty, uniqueness, importance, fragility,and promise. We all welcome you warmly to The Great Mississippi River Delta Tour Experience.

uxicached

SUBJECT EXPERTS WHO KNOW NEW ORLEANS

People

EXPERT-LED, WITH PASSION

PETER YAUKEY

BARBARA JOHNSON

TOUR GUIDES

JoAnn Burke