The Ultimate New Orleans Bachelorette Party Guide to a Zipline Adventure
LOOKING FOR ITINERARY IDEAS? ZIP NOLA IS HERE TO HELP PLAN THE PERFECT BACHELORETTE PARTY
The first thoughts that run through someone’s mind when they hear New Orleans are usually Bourbon Street, Mardi Gras, and food. New Orleans is known as a party destination, but it has so much more to offer. The city has a cloak of intrigue and mystique that encompasses every inch of its land, from its intrinsic history and revered cuisine to its incredible celebrations and adventurous excursions.
Because of its offerings, New Orleans has become the dream port of call for bachelorette weekends. Brides-to-be can experience all the traditional outings like the best of Bourbon Street’s nightlife and fine cuisine at world-class restaurants. But, it’s becoming more common for bachelorette weekends to include amazing, thrill-seeking adventures during their last hurrah.
Over the last year, Zip NOLA, New Orleans premiere zipline experience, has noticed an increase in bachelorette party groups gracing its location. The swampland ziplining paradise in LaPlace, just a short drive from New Orleans, is the ideal fun alternative to the prosaic and overdone typical outings.
New Orleans is a melting pot of cultures and things to do, and there are many factors to consider before arriving.
Where to Stay in New Orleans During a Bachelorette Weekend
Before coming to New Orleans, the bachelorette party needs to plan somewhere to crash when not exploring and enjoying the city. New Orleans has endless options, from excellent hotels in the French Quarter to quaint Airbnbs in the Garden District and Mid-City.
Every area of New Orleans is absolutely enchanting, so it’s virtually impossible to make a wrong decision as to where to stay. It simply comes down to the preference of wanting to be in the thick of the French Quarter’s nightlife or having a more charming neighborhood feel as you rest.
The French Quarter and Downtown New Orleans are more convenient for some parties, plus it’s the heart of New Orleans. But Uptown, the Garden District, and Mid-City are just a streetcar ride away from the French Quarter, and the passage is an experience to cherish.
Top choices where to stay:
- The Ritz-Carlton New Orleans
- The New Orleans Marriott Warehouse Arts District
- The Hotel Monteleone
- The Historic Streetcar Inn
- The Dauphine Orleans Hotel
- The Hotel Mazarin
- The Ace Hotel
- The Pontchartrain Hotel
- Various rentals on Airbnb
Where to Eat and Drink While in New Orleans
New Orleans is home to 15 James Beard Foundation Award-winning chefs (and counting), classic creole cuisine, breakfast hot spots, and local po-boy shops. The city allows tourists to choose from a plethora of culinary options.
During a bachelorette weekend, there’s so little time to sample all the fantastic restaurants in the city. Here are the top recommendations of where to eat:
- Café Du Monde
- The Camellia Grill
- Restaurant R’evolution
- Cochon
- Paladar 511
- Mother’s Restaurant
- Dooky Chase’s
- Brennan’s
- Parkway Bakery and Tavern
Like its restaurant options, New Orleans is not in short supply of bars. In most areas around the city, you can’t walk two blocks without passing by a bar. From chic rooftop bars to haunted pubs, here are the top choices where to have a drink:
- Pat O’Brien’s
- Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop Bar
- Saints and Sinners
- Bourbon O
- Hot Tin
- Effervescence
- Monkey Board
- Copper Vine
- Delachaise
Things to Do in New Orleans
Sure eating, drinking, and sleeping covers a large portion of a bachelorette party weekend, but that shouldn’t be all. The weekend is also about bonding with future in-laws, celebrating with old friends and family, and experiencing new adventures.
Some options include cooking classes at the New Orleans School of Cooking, pole dancing classes at Pole Perfect Fitness, and karaoke at Cat’s Meow. Tours also provide excellent entertainment. New Orleans Secrets offers an array of historical and cultural walking tours.
On the adventurous side, Tour Big Easy offers airboat swamp tours that encapsulate the South Louisiana experience in a way unmatched by its competition. A bachelorette party will be able to encounter wildlife seldom seen, including alligators, rare birds, and other swampland creatures.
Ziplining in New Orleans
There has been a trend in the last year of bachelorette parties going on fun excursions like ziplining. Zip NOLA is the go-to zipline adventure in the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan Area. At Zip NOLA, Bachelorette parties can get a bird’s eye view of New Orleans’ iconic cypress swamps while safely ziplining over alligators, turtles, and more from tree tops.
In addition to Zip NOLA’s wildlife and iconic view of the Maurepas Swamp, there are five ziplines (totaling a half mile), two sky bridges (tethered between hundred-year-old cypress trees), a 2,000-square-foot elevated deck, a spiral cypress tree staircase, and so much more.
Zip NOLA’s guided tour lasts between one and one and a half hours and costs 89 dollars a person. A shuttle service is also available when booking a zipline tour for 20 dollars per individual. The best bachelorette experience awaits. For more information, visit (www.zipnola.com).