One of our favorite spots on The Great Delta Tours reopened June 1, 2020! The Sidney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden at the New Orleans Museum of Art in City Park is one of the finest and most unique sculpture gardens in America with 90 works of art created by world-renowned artists located in aRead More
An exciting new public infrastructure project opened in May to the public along Lake Pontchartrain. It is the new Bucktown Wetlands Boardwalk located within a 3.4-acre man-made marsh in Jefferson Parish near the 17thStreet Canal. Right in our own” backyard”, residents and visitors will now be able to learn about and experience- first-hand- a beautifulRead More
Recently, we had the chance to catch up with a special group in town for an American Queen Riverboat Cruise. These fun and interesting folks wanted to check out Louisiana’s sights #BeyondTheFloodwalls – and of course we were happy to oblige! Venturing out around New Orleans and down to St. Bernard, we took in theRead More
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival turns 50 this year, and we’re excited to celebrate the occasion alongside everyone in town! Yesterday, we hosted a VIP Jazz Fest EcoTour with a very special group of amazing women. Going Beyond the Floodwalls has never been so fun and inspiring! We had a blast on the excursion,Read More
Our team at The Great Delta Tours partnered with Peter Martinet, Ph.D, at a Xavier University and Dinah Magarden, Ph.D, at UNO’s Coastal Education and Research Facility (CERF) in Bayou Sauvage Wildlife Refuge to provide a fun and enlightening group excursion for their students. Our goal was to expand the walls of students’ ecology classRead More
It was a beautiful Sunday down here in South Louisiana… a perfect opportunity to get out and explore on a tour! (Well, any day is perfect, really.) We had the chance to welcome a wonderful group from Tampa, Florida, Portland, Oregon, and Piqua, Ohio down into the delta. We had so much fun with theRead More
It’s a beautiful time of year to visit the Great Mississippi River Delta, and we’ve been having a blast doing it! Getting out, seeing the sights around the bayou, and catching view of the culture and wildlife around here is an experience for the memory books. It’s also a joy to meet our guests fromRead More
Did you know that our tours are group friendly? That’s right – we’ve welcomed family groups, convention groups, school groups, and even customized tour groups from all over the United States (and beyond) right here down in the Louisiana Great Delta. So what exactly is a “group tour” and how is it different from justRead More
Recently, we were delighted to host Virginia Miller and her guests for a special VIP birthday adventure down in the Mississippi River Delta. Lots of green anoles were sighted – so you can tell that Spring is definitely in the air. There were tons of Louisiana eco cultural sites to see and we had aRead More
The Great Delta Tours has officially launched our 2019 pre-cruise tours for the American Queen Steamboat Company! We’ll be providing eco excursions for their boat trips docking in New Orleans, and look forward to many more trips like our recent inaugural venture out. On our tour last week, guests were treated to a special dish of anRead More
