New Orleans Day Trips & Excursions

Excellent tour very knowledgeable of history

Beautiful place, very interesting. Recommend to see

Really great, knowledgeable tour guide/driver. Beautiful plantation with gorgeous trees and interesting.history. Restaurant and gift shop near plantation. Golf carts available for those with limited mobility.

This was definitely the highlight of my trip! I highly recommend this tour!

Our guide was fantastic. She made this tour come alive. She knew her facts. The home is amazing. The culture and history is crazy

Oak Alley & Laura Plantation. Nice places

The Whitney Plantation Tour was amazing!! It shows plantation life from the eyes of the slave and brings to light some facts that a lot of people want to keep hidden. It touches the heart and opens the mind. It is hard to believe that one human could be so cruel to another. We had Ali as our guide and would highly recommend him. His knowledge and understanding of the history of the plantation and slavery in general was remarkable. The pace of the tour was perfect, giving you time to reflect as you moved along. If you are in New Orleans - don't miss this tour. It is one that, once over, will make you want to bring awareness back home to your family and friends. The Laura Plantation Tour was good as well. It is more about the history of the family but does touch on the slaves. Steve was our guide and was also very knowledgeable. He was very pleasant and gave a very detailed history of the owners and their lives. Our only issue was that the tour felt a bit rushed.

Donald was an excellent driver the entire trip so I was completely relaxed. Ken was very informative as well as entertaining in his knowledge of our two plantations. Thank you so much.

Enjoyed the Plantations, tour guides were great and the tour guide on the bus was very informative.

My small group booked tours at three different popular plantations in the area. I could safely say that while it was hard to decide on which one we liked more in terms of appearance, the tour of this one was far and away better than the others. We were blessed with Phyllis who not only told us about the house itself, she educated us on life in the day. She was incredibly knowledgeable and told it how it was while still being politically correct. She was also dressed for the period which we thought was super cool, as were other guides. On a side note, this plantation is also a hotel. Had we known, I think we would have arrived the night before and stayed into the next morning to enjoy the tour and then move forward. On another side note, if you happen to rent a car to drive out here, this plantation is also pretty close to Baton Rouge. We went right after to enjoy a second city(we were visiting New Orleans). Two big birds with one stone!

Felt a little in the way as they were setting up for a reception of some kind.

Beautiful plantation home and grounds. We would have loved to see more of the grounds, but it was raining. Food was excellent. 5 different meals, 5 happy diners. Loved all the unique and lovely things in the gift shop!

Interesting tour

A very highly recommended tour !

Very well set up. I loved the history even though it saddened me to know how the slaves lived. The memorial walls were amazing. Will definately go again. Our tour guide was also very knowledgeable, an overall wonderful learning experience. Great job guys.

Loved our visit to Madewood Plantation. Tripsjock was easy to use and we had no problem with payment.

Madewood Mansion is a gorgeous home and should be added to anyone's "must see" list! The house is being restored to it's original state and when it's complete we are already planning a trip back! Several movies have been shot on location here including Beyonce's "Lemonade" music video. We even got to sit in her chair! The home is unique in the fact that it was not built by slave labor. The skill and precision craftsmanship is breathtaking. The attention to details in the flooring, the fireplaces, the hallway and staircase... it's really incredible. Our tour guide, Angie, kept as captivated for an hour as she told us stories about the previous owners and all the work put into the house. She even hosts large groups for dinners and events on the property! The house is currently owned by a famous artist and his paintings are everywhere and can also be purchased. Thank you Angie for a great tour!

Pros: good value as most other tours were more expensive. As this tour went to 3 plantations and we booked 2 (Evergreen and Oak Alley), we were able to change our minds on the bus from attending Evergreen and going instead to Lara Plantation as it was raining and Evergreen was a mostly outdoor tour (and on the day of our tour, mostly muddy). Lara and Oak Alley were well worth it. The bus driver/tour guide Jacques was extremely knowlegeable and made the long drive to the plantations very interesting. I was worried about not having any lunch planned (you couldn't eat breakfast or lunch on the bus) but was pleasantly surprised at the variety and quality of food options at the gift shop AND there was a restaurant too. Cons: 1)Car sickness. The bus drive to the plantations made me nauseous. I don't normally get ill on busses (though I do get car sick) but the roads were windy and the windows were fogged. I took Dramamine for the ride back and was fine (plus we took the highway back, not the back roads). 2) Lack of communication on where the bus picked us up was poor! Online and the printed receipt said at our hotel. We called the night before to confirm the exact time and was told we had to be at a DIFFERENT HOTEL as the pick up point. We had to scramble to figure out a way to get to that new hotel. Were told the tour bus left at 8:00 a.m. We arrived at 7:54 a.m. and the driver/tour guide calls us en route to say we were late and made us feel we were holding everybody up! He said he sent a text the night before which at that point we hadn't received. We didn't receive it until 6 pm. that night. We were NOT happy with being made to feel we were at fault when it was miscommunication on their part.

Loved both plantations! Our tour guide at evergreen was awesome!!! Took several tours while I was in town, this one was the best

We visited Oak Alley and Evergreen Plantations. The properties were outstanding and our guides were very good...especially Donna at Oak Alley! The tour itself was organized by Old River Road Adventures and Jacque was our tour guide. He was both entertaining and informative. I would HIGHLY recommend this agency and guide! Do yourself a favor when your in New Orleans. Use this tour company and ask for Jacque!

I highly recommend this tour! We were picked up in front of our hotel and were taken the scenic route. Along the way, our tour guide Jacques explained the...

Excellent! I would definitely recommend booking your tour with them. From pick up to drop off, we enjoyed our 8-5pm day trip. Our tour guide, Jacques, was...

We toured Oak Alley & Laura plantations. Both very different, both amazing! Tour guides: Ann (Oak Valley) & Al (Laura) - outstanding! Both know the history...

My wife and I spent a morning out fishing with Joel, couldn't have asked for a better trip. Caught some nice fish, saw beautiful scenery and were very...

Once again we had a great time fishing. Can't say enough good things about this company.

This was my favorite part of our trip to New Orleans. We had Captain EJ. He was great. Knew where to go to find what we where looking for. It was a very...