We took a the Katrina Tour and Diane was our guide. We had a group of 4 people and paid $60 each with a hotel pickup.

Diane was an excellent tour guide and had lots of information. It was amazing to see the damage done by the broken levees and how little progress has been made in the 'affected" areas.

This is a tour that I recommend and the only reason that I did not give it a 5 star review is because the van was very uncomfortable. The day of our tour- we had 14 people in our van. In my row of the van- I had a larger woman and a man and I was on the end. There was not any room for me to sit properly and had to sit over the edge and ON the seat belt buckle which gave me a slight bruise by the end of the 3 hour tour. There was a family of four in the very back. Very uncomfortable and too many people for such a long tour.

I would call ahead and check to see if they over stuffed the van with adults before you book a tour. They offer two tours a day so just pick the one with the least amount of people and I think you will really be impressed.

After reading about Tours by Isabelle from a travel guidebook, I found the website and reviewed which tours were available. We were curious about the damage experienced from Hurricane Katrina so we booked the Post Katrina tour.

We were picked up at our B&B by Diane, our guide. Within 30 minutes, we were joined by 9 other travelers. The van held about 12 people. The tour was $60 per person for 3.5 hours. During the tour, we stopped for a restroom break.

Very informative, extensive tour. It's amazing how much damage still exists three years after Hurricane Katrina hit. Diane provided maps of the affected area to include where the levees were breached. Also, she provided newspaper articles to emphasize several points during the tour. During the 3.5 hours, we toured the parishes which were hit hard by the flooding and parishes that were saved by functioning levees. Also, we toured the different levees which had been breached. We saw the efforts of reconstruction and areas which appear to have been forgotten about.

Once again, this is a very informative tour. Seeing both the effects of Hurricane Katrina three years after the disaster and the efforts to rebuild was a sobering experience.

Last Friday (02/22/08), I took the Post-Katrina Tour by Isabelle with Diane as the guide. I could not believe the devastation that still exists nearly three years after the fact. Seeing the state that sections of the city are currently in, especially the Ninth Ward and St. Bernard Parish, I cannot believe living the horror that the residents of New Orleans faced immediately following Katrina and continue to experience to this day.

Diana proved as an extremely knowledgeable guide. She told the entire story in a heartfelt, educational, and professional manner.

I wholeheartedly recommend this tour to all visitors to New Orleans.

Tara Baumgardner - Midland, Ontario, Canada

The Tours by Isabelle team of four tour guides was absolutely amazing last Friday when we carried our four buses to the wonderful city of New Orleans. All of our customers were thrilled with the tours and expressed their sincere appreciation for the professional job performed by Madeline, Muriel, Harry and John. We arrived at our site early and your team was ready to go. The knowledge they possessed and conveyed to our customers was extensive and very interesting. We will highly recommend your services and use your company again in the future. Thank you so much for this wonderful experience.