OUR GUIDES
Kalindah Marie Laveau
KALINDAH MARIE LAVEAUX

New Orleans Voodoo Queen Kalindah Marie Laveaux is a native born Afro-Creole, who can give first hand accounts of New Orleans tradition and culture from the inside. The infamous Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau, and founder of the Sisters of the Holy Family, Henriette Delille, are among her ancestry. Laveaux was born into the bloodline tradition of Voodoo. She maintains the Laveaux Legacy of offering readings, blessings, and gris gris to the community and visitors of the city.

The Voodoo Queen can be seen around the city holding community rituals, and dancing with her snake in Congo Square on Sundays. Laveaux also holds the position of Voodoo Queen in the legendary Mardi Gras Indian tribe, Yellow Pocahontas. She has 20 years of experience in the performance aspect of the tour industry. Laveaux does Voodoo folkloric and Mardi Gras Indian performances using storytelling, dance, song, and folk art as her tools to entertain and educate diverse audiences on Voodoo and Carnival traditions in New Orleans. She is also a singer who performs around the city and has an album entitled Soul Beautiful. Laveaux holds a BA in Jazz Studies from the University of New Orleans.

Voodoo Queen KalindahMarie Laveaux may be most recognized for dancing in the Voodoo ritual scene in American Horror Story: Coven, along side Angela Bassett. She has also sung and danced in several episodes of the HBO Series: Treme, as a Mardi Gras Indian Queen. Join her for unique insider's view of the traditions and culture that make New Orleans one of the most mysterious cities in the world.
Tour guide Michael Bill
MICHAEL BILL

Michael is a nationally recognized paranormal investigator and is known for leading exciting ghost hunts deep into the French Quarter. He has been mentioned in Vogue's June 2017 issue. Michael has also been initiated in Vodun (Voodoo) and holds the degree of Hougan Sur pwen (Vodun priest).

Michael has been a New Orleans resident for 25 years, and he is one of our most valued researchers. He attended the University of New Orleans where he studied Theater and was awarded the Kennedy Center Award for excellence in college theater. He is a charming and engaging storyteller with a wealth of personal experience which he enjoys sharing on his tours.
Tour guide Paul Doolan
MR. PAUL

Mr. Paul is a long-haired student of history who taught in the New Orleans public school system for 30 years. His family arrived as orphans during the great Irish potato famine in the 1850s. His family plot is in St. Patrick #2 Cemetery.

Bred, born, and reared in “The City that NEVER FORGOT to CARE”, Paul has Les Bons Temps in his veins (though he bleeds Black & Gold).

In a walk through the French Quarter, Mr. Paul will explain how people from the whole world arrived as runaways, castaways, slaves, pirates, soldiers of fortune, ne’er do wells, and saints. In architecture, history, art, music, food (don’t forget the food), you’ll learn New Orleans is a Big Fat Dysfunctional family that sticks together in ZYDECO times!

New Orleans saw two fires, two wars, hurricanes by the dozens, three floods in the last century, diseases (yellow fever, cholera, Spanish influenza, HIV), but it always builds and re-builds together. One of the great “Comeback Kid Stories” of the world! You’ll leave with a positive smile, and you will look forward to coming back home to “The City that NEVER FORGOT to CARE”.
Tour guide Leslie Compton Johnson
LESLIE COMPTON JOHNSON aka "Tia Lele"

Leslie jokingly refers to herself as a naturalized New Orleanian. Thirty years experience in New Orleans theater, music, and film production and 20 years living in the French Quarter has given Leslie vast exposure to the people, places, food, and stories that make the Crescent City such an exotic and creative city.

Leslie shares her old French Quarter stomping grounds with a sincere joie de vivre. Her stories offer a rich understanding of the city’s history and connects that history with the music, culture, and culture bearers of the Big Easy.

Here with the Family? Enjoy the Royal Tours Family Fun Experience, a custom morning tour specially curated for families. Leslie engages young and old with educational fun and games amidst New Orleans culture and history.
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