Top New Orleans Plantation Tours

Oak Alley Plantation Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

5 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

Whitney Plantation Tour from New Orleans with Pickup

5 hoursFree Cancellation

Experience different sides of Louisiana and its complicated history on this plantation tour and swamp boat ride from New Orleans. On this full-day journey, visit Oak Alley Plantation or Destrehan Plantation (depending on the time chosen), where you learn about antebellum life. Next, head into the marshy swampland for a boat ride and some wildlife spotting. Enjoy guided commentary as you snap photos of alligators, raccoons, snakes, and native birds.

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Swamp Boat Ride and Oak Alley Plantation Tour from New Orleans

7 hours 45 minutesFree Cancellation

Visit the Whitney Plantation Museum—a former indigo and sugar plantation that is now dedicated to promoting an understanding of enslavement in Louisiana—on this hassle-free trip from New Orleans. Round-trip transit and admission tickets are included for your convenience. Upon arrival, learn about the brutal realities of plantation life through museum exhibits and an audio guide as you explore the site independently. You can also choose to upgrade your experience to include a 90-minute swamp tour.

Whitney Plantation Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

5 hours 25 minutesFree Cancellation

Experience the Lower Mississippi Valley’s oldest documented plantation home with this excursion at Destrehan mansion. Destrehan is the closest plantation to New Orleans (25 minutes from downtown and 10 minutes from the airport) and is the only plantation accessible by rideshare or taxi. Learn about the plantation’s social, political, and economic history, explore an exhibit dedicated to the revolt of 1811, experience a folk-life demonstration on the expansive well-preserved grounds, and stop by the gift shop for locally-made crafts.

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Destrehan Plantation View From River Road

Destrehan Plantation Tour

45 minutesFree Cancellation

Oak Alley Plantation Tour with Pickup from New Orleans

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4 to 5 hoursFree Cancellation

This tour combines the private Manchac Swamp with Whitney Plantation. A decade ago Whitney Plantation, circa 1752, opened its doors to the public for the first time in its history as the only plantation museum in Louisiana completely dedicated to the history of slavery. The experience at Whitney is a self-paced audio tour. Visitors to Whitney will gain a unique perspective on the enslaved people who lived and worked here through museum exhibits, restored historic outbuildings, and hundreds of first-person narratives. Then it's a short ride to a privately-owned wildlife refuge within the Manchac Swamp, where homegrown Cajun captains will take you on a journey back to the early days of swamp exploration. They'll guide the covered pontoon boat through the mystical cypress swamp while showing off the American Alligator and abundant wildlife. Learn the history of the town of Frenier and the Cajun culture of fishing, hunting, and trapping. Get the camera ready gators leaping up for a snack!

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Swamp Boat Ride and Whitney Plantation Tour from New Orleans

Swamp Boat Ride and Whitney Plantation Tour from New Orleans

7 hours 45 minutesFree Cancellation

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Whitney Plantation (Guided Tour) with Bus Ride To & From N. O.

Gain a deeper understanding of American history on this visit to Louisiana’s only museum dedicated to enslaved people. After you are collected from your New Orleans hotel in a luxurious air-conditioned van, your driver will take you westwards towards the Whitney Plantation. On the way, expect to hear an overview on the history of American plantations before arriving to this impactful landmark.

Whitney Plantation (Guided Tour) with Bus Ride To & From N. O.

5 to 6 hoursFree Cancellation

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An interactive way to learn about the history of Destrehan Plantation, this night tour takes you on a journey to delve into the rich history of diverse groups like enslaved Africans, free creoles of color, Acadians, and Native Americans who shaped Louisiana's cultural tapestry. Learn about the 1811 slave revolt, walk among lingering spirits, and trace the evolution of Voodoo in south Louisiana. Uncover the mysteries behind this often misunderstood religion with the help of your personal storyteller.

Destrehan Plantation Haunted Night Tour

3 hoursFree Cancellation

Whitney Plantation & Museum Tour | Pickups from New Orleans

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4 to 5 hoursFree Cancellation

Put New Orleans in context without the self-drive hassles on this enriching full-day tour. First, immerse in the city’s dark history on a self-guided tour of the Whitney Plantation, with time to explore the museum independently. Next, pass by the Evergreen Plantation, where Django Unchained was filmed, and board an airboat for a high-speed swamp adventure. Your package includes small-group transfers from most New Orleans hotels.

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Whitney Plantation and Airboat Tour from New Orleans

Oak Alley or Laura Plantation with Transportation From downtown

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4 hoursFree Cancellation

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St. Joseph and Felicity Plantation Combo Tour

Gain insight into American history–and visit two important landmarks in one day–on this tour of Louisiana’s St. Joseph and Felicity Plantations. Learn about the legacy of enslaved people while seeing inside original plantation houses, visiting their outbuildings, and taking in exhibits at a museum with documents and objects relating to the sugarcane industry. Along the way, look out for locations that have been used to film movies.

St. Joseph and Felicity Plantation Combo Tour

3 hoursFree Cancellation

Laura Plantation Tour: Real Stories of Creole History

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1 hour 10 minutesFree Cancellation

Houmas House Estate and Gardens Guided Tour

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1 to 3 hoursFree Cancellation

Soak up the atmosphere of the bayou on this 8-hour cultural tour from New Orleans. Visit the Oak Alley Plantation House, dating from 1837, and view the stately row of 28 evenly spaced mature oaks that line the driveway. Follow your guide, dressed in period costume, through the mansion, the blacksmith shop and the onsite restaurant. You'll also learn about life in the bayou's waterways aboard a swamp and wetlands boat tour. See the amazing variety of flora and fauna native to the area and hear about life in the Barataria Swamps from your native guides. Round-trip transportation from New Orleans is included.

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Oak Alley Plantation and Swamp Boat Tour from New Orleans

Oak Alley Plantation and Swamp Boat Tour from New Orleans

Uncover Louisiana’s rich and complicated past on this small-group plantation tour. Travel along Lake Pontchartrain to the Whitney Plantation, where a self-guided app offers powerful insight into enslavement and history. Then explore the Creole heritage of Laura Plantation with a guided visit. Along the way, stop for photos at Evergreen and other historic sites, passing through scenic sugar cane fields and iconic oak-lined roads that tell stories of the South.

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Small-Group Laura and Whitney Plantation Tour from New Orleans

6 hoursFree Cancellation

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Visit a former plantation and ride through the swamp during this two-in-one tour. Start with a visit to Oak Alley Plantation for a tour of the antebellum mansion. Follow the oak-shaded paths to the blacksmith shop during your free time. Lunch is available to purchase at the restaurant on-site. Next, head to the dock for your swamp tour. Search for alligators and other wildlife and stop for photo ops while aboard an airboat. Round-trip hotel transport provided from New Orleans.

Oak Alley Plantation and Large Airboat Swamp Tour from New Orleans

Experience the elegance of New Orleans’ antebellum south on this full-day historical plantation tour. In a small group, visit Destrehan Plantation, Whitney Plantation, then Houmas House Plantation, where you’ll view stunning architecture, oak‐lined esplanades, and former slave quarters while hearing fascinating – and often somber – pre‐Civil war histories from expert guides. You'll also enjoy a private, unlimited gourmet buffet luncheon, served exclusively for your group at Houmas House.

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New Orleans Small-Group 3 Plantation Tour with Gourmet Lunch

Visit a real Louisiana sugar plantation that's off the radar of most New Orleans visitors. St. Joseph’s Plantation was sold after the Civil War and has remained in the same family ever since. It's now used as a living museum, and has been featured in many TV shows and films. Explore the well-preserved main house on a guided tour, and learn about the free and enslaved people who have lived here throughout its long history.

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St. Joseph Plantation Tour

1 to 2 hoursFree Cancellation

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Witness black history that can’t be erased.

Gain deep, meaningful insights into American history on this combination full-day tour. After being collected from your New Orleans hotel in an air-conditioned van, you’ll arrive at the Whitney Plantation and tour Louisiana’s only museum dedicated to enslaved people with an audio guide. Afterwards, head back to the city and join the Soul of New Orleans tour, for a deep dive into the move from plantation to city life, showing how enslaved people turned their struggle into the powerful music, food, and culture that still defines the city today.

Whitney Plantation and Soul of New Orleans City Tour Combo

8 to 9 hoursFree Cancellation

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Oak Alley Plantation and Small Airboat Tour from New Orleans

Airboat Swamp and Destrehan Plantation Tour from New Orleans

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Small-Group Airboat Ride and Plantation Tour from New Orleans

5 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

Tour the Oak Alley Plantation, named for the alley of centuries-old oaks leading up to the antebellum Big House. Follow the oak-shaded paths to the blacksmith shop and a souvenir shop during your free time. Alcoholic drinks and lunch are available to purchase at the restaurant on-site, with round-trip hotel transport provided from New Orleans. Upgrade your experience to include a 3-hour city tour of New Orleans with a stop to tour the above ground tombs at St. Louis Cemetery No. 3.

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Oak Alley Plantation Half-Day Tour from New Orleans

Oak Alley Plantation Half-Day Tour from New Orleans

5 hours 30 minutesFree Cancellation

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Whitney Plantation Tour from New Orleans with Pickup

Peggy_B, Jul 2026

Whitney Plantation

Take a fan on hot days. Beautiful old building. Love that they give you a hand held device to listen to a narrator about the people, land and history. They also had spray mist areas to cool off. You can leisurely walk the property at your own pace or have a guilded tour.

Oak Alley Plantation Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

Evelyn_B, Jul 2026

Historical immersion

The grounds being so well preserved and the tour and volunteers sharing so much more information really gave us a feel for how the plantation came to be and how it operated. The restaurant and gift shop were wonderful and the food and service was fantastic.

Oak Alley Plantation Tour with Pickup from New Orleans

Jennifer_C, Jul 2026

Can’t rate Kin highly...

Can’t rate Kin highly enough, he was engaging, informative and fun. Travelling with 2 teenagers and my parents everyone loved him. We left gift shop items on the bus and Kin arranged to meet me the following day so I could get them. In Scotland we Kin means family and that’s certainly what the tour felt like, being looked after as if you were family.

Swamp Boat Ride and Oak Alley Plantation Tour from New Orleans

Roxie_F, Jul 2026

Excellent Oak Alley plantation and Swamp tour

The Oak alley tour was so beautiful and I learned so much. Our tour guide who traveled from Gray line to Oak Alley was so knowledgeable and sweet. Her name was Dionne and she was a native to New Orleans who knew everything about New Orleans and its history. Oak Alley plantation was absolutely beautiful and so many beautiful Oak trees that I couldn't count. There were a lot of beautiful photo opportunities. We went to the restaurant at Oak Alley and the food was delicious. We had fried green tomatoes and gumbo. Soooo Yummy. When we got to the Swamp tour "Cajun Pride" it was so fun. We had a great Swamp captain named Tom. He was the coolest. We got to see many Alligators, raccoons, boars, turtles, and birds. We were able to hold a baby Gatorade and we watched Captain Tom feed them. Captain Tom also had the best stories and accent. We loved him and the tour. Soooo much fun.

Whitney Plantation Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

Brenda_B, Jun 2026

.Whitney Plantation Tour

My experience was emotional and somber. But, I would strongly recommend this tour. Although my tour was a self guided excursion, I recommend using the guided version. The guides are knowledgeable and can provide you a much deeper understanding of the artifacts and living and working situations.

Oak Alley Plantation and Swamp Boat Tour from New Orleans

Nikki, Jun 2026

Excellent experience!

Both parts of the tour were great. Wish we could have seen more of the Oak Alley house. The swamp tour with Captain Ernie was terrific! You could tell he knows the ecology and biology of the area. Very educational, and fun. He explained why May-September are the best months for this tour if you want to see alligators. I will never look at a swamp or bayou the same way again. The only thing I would improve on is making sure guests know that the pick-up time is a 30 minute window.

Destrehan Plantation Tour

Corey_H, Jun 2026

A very interesting,...

A very interesting, thorough, and well organized tour. Our tour guide Brenda was very knowledgeable. I thought it was a good combination of guided tour and ability to roam yourself through the outer buildings. I've toured many plantations in Virginia as that's where my family's from. I really enjoyed learning the difference between the LA system and that of the rest of the US. Also, half an hour closer to NO than the he others!

Oak Alley Plantation and Large Airboat Swamp Tour from New Orleans

Rindi_F, Jun 2026

Air boat for the win

The self guided tour at the plantation was good but not what we expected. Only house had a guided tour. The property was beautiful and the gifts hope staff so friendly. The Airboat tour was amazing but uou are taken by bus to another bus for this part of the tour. This is not explained in the booking so it was a little confusing. The airboat was absolutely hands down worth it. Captain Duey was amazing and so much fun. I would ask for him hands down

Destrehan Plantation Haunted Night Tour

Jacqueline_L, Jun 2026

Do not miss!

This tour was much more than expected! We experienced a full tour of Destrehan Plantation along with time to explore the grounds. Having visited before, this was an exciting twist being able to see everything at night. Trish was a fantastic guide, giving us the history, spirit stories and fun along the way.

Oak Alley or Laura Plantation with Transportation From downtown

Tabitha_W, May 2026

Christopher !!!!!!!!was...

Christopher !!!!!!!!was HANDS down theeeee BEST tour guide/bus driver EVER!!!! He was SO knowledgeable about different areas of Louisiana. I plan on using this company ( CITY TOURS ) again! Chris thank you so much for your GREAT SERVICE AND your wonderful hospitality! Can’t wait to get back and tell all my family n friends about u!

Laura Plantation Tour: Real Stories of Creole History

Aazram_A, Mar 2026

Laura Plantation...a storytelling delight!

I had originally hesitated booking back to back plantation tours ...concerned it might be history overload for my family, but to the contrary, Laura plantation was a perfect complement to our tour of Oak Alley, just down the road. Our guide, Laura ( seriously, a fond coincidence!) was such a passionate storyteller! She brought the plantation to life by sharing the origin stories of the families who had dwelled there as well as the slaves who had built the place..brick by brick, plank by plank. I have arthritis, so it was challenging to stand and walk through a one hour plus tour, but my swollen feet and knees were well worth the experience. There was the occasional chair or bench on the way. Thankfully, the house is air-conditioned. The grounds has beautiful, fragrant flowers. Don't miss the lilac tree in the courtyard. Allergy sufferers: take your antihistamines.! Still, I highly recommend it for history buffs with a penchant for storytelling.

Houmas House Estate and Gardens Guided Tour

Marilyn_C, Feb 2026

Excellent tour of Houmas House and Gardens

Excellent tour. The house and gardens are beautiful, especially at night when lit up. Our guide, Susanna, was knowledgeable and pleasant. We stayed at the Inn on the premises and toured the museum as well which was wonderful and extremely well done. Could have spent half a day there. Highly recommend.