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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.
Swap the city for Oak Alley or Destrehan plus a private Manchac Swamp pontoon ride with wildlife spotting and photo-friendly commentary.
Most Popular“It was a great and heartfelt experience. It’s just a bit silky that you can’t take pictures inside the house.”
Oak Alley Plantation tour with coach transport from New Orleans and a guided house visit. Optional 90-minute swamp tour for extra bayou time.
“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.”
Self-guided Whitney Plantation visit from New Orleans with round-trip transport and tickets, plus optional 90-minute swamp tour.
“Bus Driver knowledgeable, comfortable bus, would recommend to give longer time at the Whitney plantation, perhaps another 30 minutes”
Guided tour of Laura Plantation near New Orleans: Creole family stories, 1840s slave cabins, gardens, and frank slavery history.
“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.”
New Orleans airboat and plantation day: cypress swamps wildlife ride, Laura Plantation stories, Houmas House lunch, and guided gardens.
“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…”
New Orleans combo day trip: narrated Manchac Swamp boat tour with gators and wildlife, plus guided Oak Alley Plantation visit.
“This was fun and a great way to explore a bit of the bayou and the history of plantations.”
Oak Alley’s guided house tour meets an airboat ride through Barataria Basin swamps, with hotel pickup and wildlife spotting from New Orleans.
Oak Alley Plantation plus a high-speed airboat swamp tour from New Orleans, with period guides, gator spotting, and hotel pickup.
“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”
Tour Houmas House with a costumed guide, explore room-by-room sugar-plantation history, then wander 38 acres of gardens.
“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.”
Ride from New Orleans to Whitney Plantation for a slavery-focused museum visit with audio narratives, historic outbuildings, and Creole architecture.
“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.…”
A small-group Destrehan Plantation tour near New Orleans, with period storytelling, dependency buildings, and the 1811 slave revolt.
“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.”
Small-group Laura and Whitney Plantation tour from New Orleans. App audio at Whitney, guided Creole stories at Laura. Emotional, practical.
“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…”
Half-day bus tour to Oak Alley from New Orleans: guided walk, Greek Revival big house, 18th-century oak avenue, antebellum restoration story.
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.
“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.”
Oak Alley house tour plus a narrated Barataria Swamp boat ride from New Orleans. Includes pickup, admissions, and a full day out.
“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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