New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Tour - Americas Worst Catastrophe

New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Tour

When the history of the United States was written, New Orleans played a major role. Now New Orleans has another place in the history books - one they would prefer not to have. On August 29, 2005, New Orleans and the Gulf Coast were devastated by a storm that will go down in history as America's Worst Catastrophe. This tour was created in an attempt to Accurately Inform visitors from around the world as to the factors contributing to this cataclysmic event.

"Since so many of our employees, including myself, lost our home and possessions, this tour will be operated with the utmost sensitivity to the thousands of local residents still trying to get their lives back in order." Gray Line New Orleans Vice- President Greg Hoffman explains.

New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Tour

Participants will learn how oil & gas pipelines, man-made levee protection, and America's disappearing coastline combined to create this massive hurricane destruction. The tour has been written by locals, one of whom stayed in New Orleans (next to the Superdome) throughout the storm.

 

Learn the history of the original city, the French Quarter, and why it was built at this particular location along the Mississippi River. The tour will emphasize New Orleans ' importance to the U. S. and global economies through its oil & gas production, traffic through the second largest port in the country, and its seafood harvest. Participants will see and believe not only the devastation, but also the rebirth and rebuilding needed to save America 's Most Interesting City!

We'll drive past an actual levee that 'breached' and see the resulting devastation that displaced hundreds of thousands of U.S. residents. Your tour guide will give a "local's" chronology of events leading up to Hurricane Katrina and the days immediately following the disaster. You'll be amazed at the volume and variety of products "offloaded" in the multimodal port of New Orleans , the second largest port in the country, and then distributed to your hometown.

After this tour, you will have a better understanding of events pre and post Katrina and the "Rebirth of New Orleans."

Hurricane Katrina Tour
January - December: Daily at 1:00pm

Departure Location:

• Gray Line Lighthouse Ticket Office behind Jax Brewery in the French Quarter at Toulouse Street and The Mississippi River - at the steamboat natchez dock. Just one block from Jackson Square in The French Quarter.

Parking:

• Paid Parking is available at The Departure Location. The parking lot fee is approx $11.00 - $13.00 for up to 4 or more hours unless it is a special event. Please allow for extra time due to heavy pedestrian and vehicular traffic in the quarter at all times.

Handicapped Accessibility:

• Tour vehicles are equipped for wheelchair storage. Please submit any special requests at least 48 hours in advance of your reservations.

 

Payment:

Your credit card will be charged the total amount of products and services selected at the time of booking. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express or Discover Cards

Confirmation & Travel Voucher:

This tour must be booked at least 24hrs in advance of your travel date. Your confirmation for this product will be received within 12-24 hours subject to availability. You will receive a confirmation email with a link to your E-Ticket Voucher. Print this voucher on you home/office printer and present SIGNED voucher at departure location. Only one voucher will be created per tour or activity for all travelers.

Cancellation Policy:

Cancellations within 24 hours of the tour are charged in full. Cancellations prior to 24 hours are charged a minimum $10.00 per person administration fee. We charge 100% for No Shows. If the tour is cancelled by the tour operator, the full ticket price will be refunded.

Supplier and Tourcorp assume no responsibility for delays caused by accidents, breakdown, weather, conditions of trails, roads, bays, oceans, rivers, airspace and any other conditions beyond control of Supplier, in addition to insufficient numbers of passengers.

Comfortable shoes, extra layer of warm clothing, hats, visors and sunglasses. Weather: Tour route or activity may be changed depending on local weather conditions. Gratuities and Souvenirs are not included.

All company policies can be found at www.tourcorp.com, and are part of this tour purchase.