2019

journey type:
days
5
from
$4,790
Pace:

Activity Level:
2

Pace Level:
3

What's This?
Activity:
- LEVEL 1: May include climbing some stairs and walking for up to an hour at a time over primarily level ground, interspersed with periods of standing.
- LEVEL 2: Guests should be able to easily walk one to two miles, which may include climbing one or two flights of stairs and walking over uneven pavement, groomed hiking trails or cobblestones. Standing up to one hour or more may be required.
- LEVEL 3: Active components such as hiking, bicycling and walking longer distances may be included, and hills and/or uneven terrain may be encountered on several days. Guests should be able to walk two to three miles and stand for long periods of time with no difficulty.
- LEVEL 4: Designed for fit, vigorous travelers capable of easily walking three miles or more. Many days might include active pursuits such as hiking, bicycling or sea kayaking for one to three hours at a time. Guests should be capable of walking three or more miles over terrain including hills and rocky or uneven terrain.
Pacing:
- LEVEL 1: Generally easy, with occasional free time for rest and rejuvenation.
- LEVEL 2: Moderately paced, and may include some early morning hotel departures, one or two on-tour flights, and extended motorcoach travel.
- LEVEL 3: Pacing is sometimes robust, and may include several long days with early hotel departures, active sightseeing and evening activities. Opportunities for daytime rest and rejuvenation may be limited on most days. May include significant motorcoach time, two or more on-tour flights, and/or occasional travel via non-traditional means such as safari vehicles, Zodiac ship tenders, rickshaws/pedi-cabs, etc.
- LEVEL 4: Pacing is consistently robust with very full and active days, early hotel departures most mornings, and possible evening activities as well. Little free time may be available for rest and rejuvenation. Travel within the destination may be taxing and could include extended motorcoach time, multiple flights, and/or frequent use of non-conventional transport (safari vehicles, Zodiac ship tenders, rickshaws/pedi-cabs, etc.).

Traveling Well Includes:

TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Keynote address by Ken Burns at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), followed by an opportunity to meet him at a private open house reception
TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Private performance by New Orleans-born jazz trumpeter, composer and producer Christian Scott, a Grammy-nominated recording artist and a graduate of NOCCA and the Berklee College of Music, at NOCCA
TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Private performance “The King of Nouveau Swing,” Donald Harrison and the Congo Nation Band
TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Private performance for our guests only at legendary Preservation Hall
TAUCK EXCLUSIVE – Private gala Farewell Evening at The Roosevelt New Orleans – including an open-bar cocktail party in The Blue Room and dinner in the opulent Waldorf-Astoria Ballroom, with dancing to the big band sounds of noted New Orleans-born jazz trumpeter Wendell Brunious and his band
Daily themed sightseeing tracks (The Roots of Jazz, Jazz in the Quarter, Jazz & the Story of Survival) in intimate small groups of approximately 35 guests accompanied by a Tauck Director and local guides
Sightseeing tracks are identical for each group, but will occur on different days for different groups; your specific, detailed day-by-day itinerary is provided at time of booking
Private performance by New Orleans-based clarinetist, bandleader, composer, jazz historian and educator Dr. Michael White and his band
Welcome dinner at the world-famous French Quarter restaurant, Arnaud’s
A music and New Orleans history tour at the historic Presbytere by Louisiana State Museum Music Historian Charles Chamberlain
Special lunch featuring fine Creole cuisine at Dickie Brennan’s Tableau on Jackson Square
Private, behind-the-scenes tour of the New Orleans Jazz Museum with historian and Jazz Archive Director Greg Lambousy, with time to explore the jazz collections in the Old U.S. Mint, including instruments played by jazz greats
Private lunch featuring Southern specialties at the Little Gem Saloon in the historic 400 block of South Rampart Street, a neighborhood that a young Louis Armstrong once called home
Talk by environmental architect Nellie Watson on living below sea level & post-Katrina New Orleans
Visits to key sites including Basin Street Station, the Presbytere, St. Louis Cemetery #1, Le Musée de f.p.c., the New Orleans Jazz Museum, Old U.S. Mint, Tremé, Petit Jazz Museum, Preservation Hall and the French Quarter
All guests attend lectures outside of the sightseeing tracks and special evening events together
Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted
9 meals (4 breakfasts, 2 lunches, 3 dinners); service charges, gratuities to local guides, admission fees, taxes and porterage