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Oak Alley Plantation Guided Tour With Transportation From The French Quarter

Oak Alley Plantation Guided Tour With Transportation From The French Quarter

40 ratings
Duration5 Hrs.
Experience Oak Alley Plantation, a National Historic site built in 1839, and its beautiful grounds in all of their glory on this guided history and cultural tour through the mansion and grounds. From the moment you arrive, you are treated to the beauty of Oak Alley's quarter-mile-long alley of 28 live oak trees, each over 250 years old. The plantation has even been the setting for such motion pictures as "Interview with a Vampire" and "Primary Colors." Reserve your tour today and take in the plantation's beauty, history, and culture with an expert guide and get transportation to and from the French Quarter.
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Laura Plantation: Louisiana's Creole Heritage Site - Admission & Guided Tour

Laura Plantation: Louisiana's Creole Heritage Site - Admission & Guided Tour

48 ratings
Duration1.5 Hrs.
Drive out to Laura Plantation to enjoy the best history tour in the U.S. This plantation house and Creole Heritage Site is focused on the generations of a real Louisiana Creole family, both free and enslaved, and highlights the reality of the plantation within a larger historical and cultural context. On a guided tour, you'll walk throughout the plantation house, gardens, slave cabins, and the museum dedicated to slavery to read first-person narratives of those who worked the fields. The unique Creole colors and historical elements reflected throughout, paired with the real documented stories provide a true glimpse into the life once lived by many in Louisiana. Book today! **[Browse other Laura Plantation tours here](https://www.tripshock.com/itinerary/Laura-Plantation-Tours-with-Transportation/?utm_source=product&utm_medium=clickthrough&utm_campaign=transportation&utm_term=laura)**
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Airboat & Plantation Combo Tour

Airboat & Plantation Combo Tour

New to TripShock
Duration7 Hrs.
Experience the best of both worlds with an Airboat & Plantation Combo Tour. Take in the historical beauty of Oak Alley or Laura Plantation, your choice, as a knowledgeable guide takes you through the grounds and the mansion. Enjoy a combination of the plantation beauty, history, and culture mixed with an informative swamp tour and high-speed thrill ride. Journey through the bayous and marshlands and keep your eyes open for the cajun wildlife. Alligators, bald eagles, raccoons, wild boars, turtles, snakes, and numerous bird species are all lurking in the bayou. Don't miss out, book today!
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Destrehan Plantation Admission & Guided Tour

Destrehan Plantation Admission & Guided Tour

19 ratings
Duration1 Hr.
Step back in time at the oldest documented plantation along the lower Mississippi River Valley with this guided tour of the Destrehan Plantation. Located just 30-minutes from the French Quarter and 10-minutes from the New Orleans International Airport, drive out to discover the legacy of the Destrehan family. Historical interpreters will intrigue you with the storytelling of the plantation owners, enslaved laborers, and free people of color who made the plantation one of the top sugar producers in Louisiana. Marvel at the unique architectural features designed and built by enslaved master builder, Charles Parquet. Educate yourself on a slave revolt almost lost to history. Breath in the natural majesty of centuries-old oak trees draped in Spanish Moss. Book today to drive out and experience New Orleans' oldest and closest plantation!
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The Cajun Experience - Combo Swamp & Plantation Guided Tour with Transportation From New Orleans

The Cajun Experience - Combo Swamp & Plantation Guided Tour with Transportation From New Orleans

119 ratings
Duration7 Hrs.
From rugged Louisiana bayou to refined Southern majesty, this combination of wildlife and plantation tour delivers the best of both worlds all in one. Adventure out to the Manchac Swamp to visit alligators and other regional wildlife like eagles, hogs, and cranes and then make your way up the historic River Road for a plantation tour packed with amazing scenery and compelling history. Choose between Laura Plantation: A Creole Heritage Site or the iconic Oak Alley Plantation. Don't miss your chance to learn all about culture and the critters of Lousiana, book your spot now!
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Grand Tour: Two Plantations, Lunch & Airboat Swamp Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

Grand Tour: Two Plantations, Lunch & Airboat Swamp Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

9 ratings
Duration9 Hrs.
Take the Grand Tour with a mélange presentation of Cajun and Creole cultures sure to dazzle, with tours of two southern Louisiana plantations and an airboat tour on the bayou. Journey along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain as guests prepare to be brought back in time on this small group van tour. Visit Plantation Country to tour both Destrehan Plantation: the oldest documented plantation along the lower Mississippi River Valley and Houmas House: a grand estate so lavish, that it was described by many as "The Sugar Palace." Experience a thrilling airboat ride with high-speed bursts and gentle cruising on the bayou. Watch for alligators and other wildlife! Make the most of vacation time with this full-day combo tour.
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Destrehan Plantation & Large Airboat Combo with Transportation from New Orleans Hotels

Destrehan Plantation & Large Airboat Combo with Transportation from New Orleans Hotels

1 rating
Duration6.5 Hrs.
Spend a day in plantation country on this combination tour of Destrehan Plantation, paired with a thrilling airboat ride! Enjoy the best of both worlds, a history lesson on southern plantations and an authentic Cajun swamp experience all in the same day. Take a guided tour of Destrehan Plantation, circa 1787, the oldest plantation home in the Mississippi Valley. After a quick (optional) lunch stop, it's off for an exciting airboat tour with the licensed captain. Into the swamps of South Louisiana you go! Don't miss out, book your spot today!
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Laura & St. Joseph Double Plantation Tour

Laura & St. Joseph Double Plantation Tour

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Duration5.5 Hrs.
No trip to Louisiana is complete without a visit to plantation country. Adventure out to Laura & St. Joseph Plantations and learn the history and stories both plantations hold. Explore the location where "12 Years a Slave, "Skeleton Key", and "Queen Sugar" were filmed. See how the enslaved West-Africans' work influenced all segments of the Creole culture but best highlighted today in cuisine, music, family-centered traditions, architecture and lifestyle. Don't miss your chance to learn the valuable history of these remarkable plantations, book your spot today!
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Oak Alley Plantation & Small Airboat Combo Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

Oak Alley Plantation & Small Airboat Combo Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

New to TripShock
Duration9 Hrs.
Take in the beauty, history, and culture of the lovely Oak Alley Plantation, then take a ride on the wild side aboard an awesome airboat! Visit the beautiful Oak Alley Plantation, a Greek revival plantation with a magnificent alley of 28 evenly spaced oak trees. Browse the plantation grounds, gift shop, and stop for lunch! Then, hop on an airboat and zoom through the Louisiana swamps and bayous! Experience it all on this amazing combo tour! Book yours today!
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Whitney & St Joseph Double Plantation Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

Whitney & St Joseph Double Plantation Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

3 ratings
Duration6 Hrs.
Take a full day trip deep into the sugar cane fields of south Louisiana to see two different perspectives of plantation life with this double plantation tour of Whitney Plantation & Slavery Museum and St Joseph Plantation. Known for its focus on slavery, the Whitney Plantation unveils the truth lived by enslaved people. Walk through the grounds to see the various plantation structures, gardens, artifacts, and artwork that pay homage to the plight of the enslaved. St. Joseph Plantation is a Creole-style, family-owned, working sugar cane plantation in operation since 1877. The tour guide will give guests a great glimpse into the daily lives of slaves and owners in 1800s as family members personally guide many of the tours. Both of these destinations offer beautiful plantation homes, unique stories, and first-hand narratives of pre-civil war life in the south.
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