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15 Best Plantation Tours In New Orleans

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The 15 most popular plantation tours in New Orleans. What each one is really like, what it costs, and who runs it.

15 Best Plantation Tours In New Orleans

Swamp Boat Ride and Oak Alley Plantation Tour from New Orleans - Getting out of the French Quarter: coach time that’s not wasted
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Swamp Boat Ride and Oak Alley Plantation Tour from New Orleans

Oak Alley Plantation Tour with Transportation from New Orleans - The Guided House Tour: What You’ll Actually Spend Time Doing
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Oak Alley Plantation Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

2.Oak Alley Plantation Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

Oak Alley Plantation tour with coach transport from New Orleans and a guided house visit. Optional 90-minute swamp tour for extra bayou time.

4.5

“Oak Alley Plantation was a great way to really see and understand our US History. Leaving the plantation put an entire different perspective on what our southern community went through.”

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Whitney Plantation Tour with Transportation from New Orleans - French Quarter departure and the River Road drive with real scenery
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Whitney Plantation Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

Laura Creole Plantation Guided Tour - Getting There from New Orleans: Great River Road, Easy Drive, No Hotel Pickup
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Laura Creole Plantation Guided Tour

4.Laura Creole Plantation Guided Tour

Guided tour of Laura Plantation near New Orleans: Creole family stories, 1840s slave cabins, gardens, and frank slavery history.

5.0

“Beautiful surroundings, friendly people, and we learned a lot! You get a very interesting picture of all the different kinds of people who lived on the plantation, both free and enslaved.”

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Airboat and Plantations Tour with Gourmet Lunch from New Orleans - Morning drive: Mississippi crossing, sugarcane fields, and Cajun story time
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Airboat and Plantations Tour with Gourmet Lunch from New Orleans

5.Airboat and Plantations Tour with Gourmet Lunch from New Orleans

New Orleans airboat and plantation day: cypress swamps wildlife ride, Laura Plantation stories, Houmas House lunch, and guided gardens.

4.5

“We really enjoyed this tour. Giselle was our tour guide and was fantastic. She was very informative all through the tour even we while we were travelling between locations she continued to tell us about the history of New Orleans. We started the day with an airboat ride where we met many of the alligators…”

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New Orleans: Bayou Swamp Tour and Oak Alley Plantation Tour - Pickup to Manchac Swamp: the smooth start and tight timing
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New Orleans: Bayou Swamp Tour and Oak Alley Plantation Tour

Oak Alley Plantation and Large Airboat Swamp Tour from New Orleans - Beyond the mansion: blacksmith shop, exhibits, and where your free time goes
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Oak Alley Plantation and Large Airboat Swamp Tour from New Orleans

8.Oak Alley Plantation and Large Airboat Swamp Tour from New Orleans

Oak Alley Plantation plus a high-speed airboat swamp tour from New Orleans, with period guides, gator spotting, and hotel pickup.

4.5

“The swamp portion was so much fun. I wish the boys driver pointed out some of the things we passed on the way there which would have improved the experience”

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Houmas House Estate and Gardens Guided Tour - Getting There and Meeting Your Guide at Houmas House
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Houmas House Estate and Gardens Guided Tour

9.Houmas House Estate and Gardens Guided Tour

Tour Houmas House with a costumed guide, explore room-by-room sugar-plantation history, then wander 38 acres of gardens.

4.5

“Took a little longer than an hour coming out of New Orleans . The map instructions says an hour but I would allow at least an hour and a half so you don’t feel like you need to rush and to allow for a stop. Enjoy the trip and give yourselves plenty of time.”

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From New Orleans: Whitney Plantation Ticket & Transportation - The ride to the plantation: where the driver’s local talk helps your visit
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From New Orleans: Whitney Plantation Ticket & Transportation

10.From New Orleans: Whitney Plantation Ticket & Transportation

Ride from New Orleans to Whitney Plantation for a slavery-focused museum visit with audio narratives, historic outbuildings, and Creole architecture.

4.7

“Sobering, eye opening and essential tour to do if you visit New Orleans, the bus takes about and hour but it flys by as the guides talks about things like hurricane Katrina, wildlife, geography and culture on way out. You have about 2 hours to follow the guided trail through the plantation when you arrive.…”

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Destrehan Plantation Tour - Price and time: is $29.70 good value?
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Destrehan Plantation Tour

11.Destrehan Plantation Tour

A small-group Destrehan Plantation tour near New Orleans, with period storytelling, dependency buildings, and the 1811 slave revolt.

5.0

“Really enjoyed the tour. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and clearly enjoyed giving this tours. Besides talking about the history of the plantation and families, it spoke of the enslaved and the unique history of New Orleans. I recommend this tour.”

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Small-Group Laura and Whitney Plantation Tour from New Orleans - Evergreen Plantation: the quick oak-lined photo moment that refreshes the day
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Small-Group Laura and Whitney Plantation Tour from New Orleans

12.Small-Group Laura and Whitney Plantation Tour from New Orleans

Small-group Laura and Whitney Plantation tour from New Orleans. App audio at Whitney, guided Creole stories at Laura. Emotional, practical.

4.5

“While on a trip to New Orleans, I took a day to visit plantations and learn more about the history of enslaved people in Louisiana. Tour guide Gisele was wonderful, explaining the history of the area while also keeping the mood light when needed. She’s also one heck of a good driver, navigating the streets…”

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Oak Alley or Laura Plantation Tour from New Orleans - The ride out of New Orleans: timing, comfort, and what to pack
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Oak Alley or Laura Plantation Tour from New Orleans

14.Oak Alley or Laura Plantation Tour from New Orleans

Oak Alley or Laura Plantation from New Orleans with hotel pickup, admission included, and a guided look at the Big House, slave quarters, and grounds.

4.5

“Morning of tour called twice 1 hour apart then was told they cancelled it . Feel very unsatisfied as had tour booked for 5months would not recommend this company at all . Just hope I get me refund.”

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Oak Alley Plantation and Swamp Boat Tour from New Orleans - Oak Alley Plantation: the 1837 home, the shaded paths, and the interpretive question
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Oak Alley Plantation and Swamp Boat Tour from New Orleans

15.Oak Alley Plantation and Swamp Boat Tour from New Orleans

Oak Alley house tour plus a narrated Barataria Swamp boat ride from New Orleans. Includes pickup, admissions, and a full day out.

4.5

“Tour was great ! Pick up and transfers were wonderful. Drop off was horrible!!!! Our tour operator did not drop us off at our hotel. She said she did not want to sit in traffic. Left us .3 miles from our hotel across a 4 lane street with a disabled 76 year old.”

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