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Nola Voodoo Walking Tour with High Priestess Guide in New Orleans

Nola Voodoo Walking Tour with High Priestess Guide in New Orleans

Overview

The majority of the Voodoo tours in the city are offered by those who are either non-initiates, or those who do not have the lineage to support their understanding and service to the religion.
This is the only Voodoo/Vodou tour offered in New Orleans that is lead by a High Priestess of Louisiana Plantation Vodou. Malika/Osheyo Amanzi has additional initiations as an Isefa and Olorisa. Her bloodline can be traced back to the coast of Virgina and the Carolinas, home of the Gullah-Geechee who have their own West African-based religions, as well as Nigeria and Kenya.

City: New Orleans

Tue 30 Sep

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Starting at $40.00

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Tue 30 Sep

Starting at $40.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Thoroughly enjoyable experience with a Vodou Priestess

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What To Expect

Congo Square

Hear about the origins of Vodou in the actual place where the enslaved often worshipped. Explore the impetus of every Hollywood stereotype shown in the media. Learn about why there's so much misinformation about Vodou, and most importantly, the Truth.

Louis Armstrong Park

Visit the Egun tree, and learn all about the role ancestors play in Vodou/Voodoo. Find out what kind of offerings are commonly left and why; which offerings are left to which deities, and for what reason.

French Quarter

Visit the site where Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau lived, healed and worshipped. Learn all about the facts, the folklore, and the mystery surrounding the Spirit of New Orleans. Find out the truth about Voodoo Dolls, and have all your questions answered by an initiated High Priestess of Louisiana Plantation Vodou.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (141)

Jason_G

Jun 2022

This tour was very informative. High Priestess Eshè gave lots of insight into the history, culture and misinformation surrounding Vodou. Highly recommended. This is a tour where you tip what you think it was worth.

Response from Host

Jun 2022

Thanks so much for the review, Jason! We hope to see you next time you’re in town, so we can share more of our amazing city!

168serinam

Jun 2022

I took the walking tour with Malika. It was an amazing experience. She has so much knowledge to share. This tour completed my trip to New Orleans. My teenaged daughter enjoyed this tour as well and she’s not much of a walker.

Response from Host

Jun 2022

I'm so glad you enjoyed the tour! The walk is easy to do with all the amazing ambience that is New Orleans, not to mention the stories. It always feels like walking through a movie set, doesn't it? Thanks so much for the review, and I hope we see you next time you're in town!

Charlie Q

Jun 2022

You have to do this! I NEVER write reviews, but I’ve been on walking tours all over the world (I’m a nerd) and these were THE BEST tours I’ve ever been on! This is what real magic looks like! I went on the Voodoo Tour (which is actually called Vodou🤯), the cemetery tour, and the Treme tour. These tours became most of our trip! I came in for a conference and made some friends at the conferences. We went to this restaurant near our hotel after the conference and our waiter gave us a business card for this brand new tour company (Anansi’s Daughters) where the tour guides are LEGIT High Priestesses of Vodou! The guides are members of his Vodou family!!! We were intrigued and IT WAS INCREDIBLE! New Orleans (NOLA) history is fascinating, and when it comes to the cemeteries, completely insane 😂. I’m bringing my friends back here in October so we can do and redo more tours with this company! Next time I’m also doing their Garden District and ghost tours, and one of our guides, Eshé, said they have a tour where they’ll just talking about the spirits of Vodou in the works too 🥳

Response from Host

Jun 2022

From nerd to nerd, we’re so glad you found us! We gotta stick together! 🤣 We love telling all the stories we come across, and it’s a pleasure to share them with people as thirsty as we are for the magic that is New Orleans. Definitely look us up next time you come to town!