Spooky Family Ghost Tour, New Orleans Walking Tours

A Haunted Experience for Everyone.

Taking the whole family on vacation to New Orleans? We offer a kid-friendly and just-scary-enough ghost tour of NOLA that the whole family can enjoy.

All ages of chill-seekers will love this guided tour of the French Quarter, a neighborhood brimming with eerie secrets and supernatural activity. As you walk to some of the most haunted locations in the city, experience spooky stories and unexplained events—all made appropriate for adults and kids alike.

We’ll take you and the little ones on a storytelling adventure through the beautiful- and haunted- French Quarter that your kids will talk about the whole way home!

Tour Details:

Unique NOLA Tours offers a spooky tour that the whole family will love. From stories from the Andrew Jackson Hotel to tales of the LaLaurie Mansion, we’ve got you covered. We love telling “just spooky enough” stories that your kids will enjoy but won’t cause them sleepless nights. Our Spooky Family Ghost Tour is the perfect fall or Halloween activity. 

If you’re looking to take a tour of the French Quarter but want to keep the kids entertained, this is the perfect tour for you. By the time you’re done with this approximately 2-hour tour, your kiddos will be tuckered out and ready for bed.

Tour Info:

• Content is for all ages
• Daily Tours at 5pm
• Tour is designed to be 2 hours but, can run over.
• Check in is 15 minutes prior to start.
• For everyone’s courtesy, tours leave on time.
• Tours go on rain or shine.
• Tours are about a mile walk.
• Tour does not end where tour starts. Guest will be helped after the tour with directions to where they are going next.
• Children must be accompanied by an adult
• Kids under 5 are free
• Starting Location: 815 Toulouse St., New Orleans, LA 70112

Why Kids Love Scary Stories 

If you’ve got kids you know they’re sometimes inclined to hear spooky stories. In the scary stories for kids, a lot of the main characters are experiencing big feelings like isolation and new environments. These are things that kids relate to on a deeper level. 

Of course, there are normal, non-scary stories that explore these feelings, however sometimes that’s not engaging enough for them, and they need something more engaging. The world is a scary place and mild-kid-friendly scary stories are a great way to introduce them to new things in a fun and engaging way. 

The Science Behind Kids and Scary Stories

After hanging out with kids, whether they’re yours or someone else’s, you’ve likely experienced them telling you that they’ve seen a “ghost” or “monster” in their closet or under their bed. This is completely normal according to, child and adolescent psychiatrist, Aleta G. Angelosante. Children, in their formative years, often need something to fill up the gaps of what they see. A shadow under the bed is a monster. Something moving out of their peripheral vision is a ghost. Children learn through imagination and they can easily slip between fantasy and reality. This makes them much more likely to see something spooky around the corner than adults. 

Surprisingly, there is science behind how scary stories help kids’ development. Reading a fictional scary story can allow children to rehearse so to speak how they might feel in an actual scary situation. Reading scary stories allows children to experience big emotions in a safe setting rather than a scary place for the first time. So, if your kid feels like there’s a monster under the bed, make sure you check to give them peace of mind and keep them excited to experience spooky things!

You may not want to show your child blood and gore which is perfectly fine! However, this spooky family ghost tour is the perfect introduction to scary stories. Read on to learn more about our tour!