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* This tour requires at least one of the following per booking: Adult, Senior
Combine two excellent New Orleans day trips with this 6-hour experience visiting Destrehan Plantation and going on a swamp tour. This Plantaiton is the closest Plantation to the Fench Quarter. Visit the 1787 Antebellum housein the Mississippi Valley, including an 1811 slave revolt museum/cabin on the grounds along with its massive oak trees. Next take a swamp tour in the bayou to look for alligators, turtles, snakes, and other wildlife. The Plantation house tour is limited to 20 persons in each group and the average guided house tour will be about 1 hour. Overall you spend about 1 hour 30 minutes at the Destrehan Plantation grounds and house tour.
Hotel drop-off
Hotel pickup: please list hotel you are being picked up from.
Driver/guide
Food and drinks
Gratuities
Departure Point
Traveler pickup is offered
Pickup from any major downtown New Orleans hotel. For pickups, there will be a 30 minute window. Pickup will be between 8:15 AM and about 8:45 AM.
Traveler pickup
623 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
819 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA
613 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
Elysian Fields Ave & St Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117, USA
628 St Peter, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA
1515 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
533 St Louis St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
701 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
822 Howard Ave, New Orleans, LA 70113, USA
1016 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
925 Common St, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
888 Baronne St, New Orleans, LA 70113, USA
N Rampart St & Esplanade Ave, New Orleans, LA 70116, USA
638 St Ann St., New Orleans, LA 70116, USA
524 Iberville St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
501 Elysian Fields Ave, New Orleans, LA 70117, USA
Destrehan Plantation, Destrehan, Louisiana, United States Pick-up begins at 8:15am with a short 30 minute ride to Destrehan Plantation. Transportation is provided by our sister company “Alert Transportation.” The driver goes hotel to hotel for the pick-up service. We ask that you allow us up to 30 minutes for the pick-up which will be curbside of your hotel. While taking the Destrehan Plantation tour, you will be viewing the oldest standing Plantation in the Mississippi Valley that is surrounded by majestic, 300 year old Oak Trees. The house has been beautifully restored to its original glory. The Destrehan Plantation house tour is approximately 1 hour and is given by professional tour guides that will enlighten and entertain you on this trip through history. A Slave Quarter museum is a part of your tour of the plantation grounds. That will give you 20 minutes after the tour to walk around the grounds and take some pictures. 120 minutes
Barataria Preserve, Marrero, Louisiana, United States The Swamp Tour by Tour Boat leaves the dock at about 12:10pm and returns about 1:50pm. On this tour, you will enjoy a fully narrated swamp tour by one of our local captains in the comfort of a covered swamp tour boat. Our tour boats feature a roof, cushioned seats, windows that can be raised or lowered for the weather, restroom, and plenty of standing and walking room. You will enjoy close encounters with the indigenous swamp life as you learn about what it is like to live in the Louisiana swamps. You will return to your hotel around 2:45pm depending on traffic. 120 minutes
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
Mark_A
06 Apr 2024
Tour guide coaxed an alligator and reached into water to pet him. Tour guide at plantation very knowledgeable and opened our eyes of how brutal slavery was.
Marie_T
14 Dec 2023
Excellent tour. Very informative about plantation life and Louisiana becoming a state. The swamp tour was beautiful. Our guide was fantastic!
Voyager20077836102
29 May 2023
Captain Ernie was a wealth of knowledge about alligators and the swamp land. I liked his candid demeanor and sense of humor. Great tour… we recommend it!!
This tour in
New Orleans
is organized by
Louisiana Tour company
We always double-check the availability with our local partners for each booking. Even though this is usually a swift process, it can take up to 24 hours. Once this process is completed you will receive your voucher or ticket by email. If our local partner is not able to confirm your booking we will offer you the best possible alternative. If the new date and/or time doesn’t fit your itinerary, we will reimburse the full amount paid.
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