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Destrehan Plantation: New Orleans Swamp Tour Combo
4.5
43 Ratings
Destrehan
Experience the best of New Orleans with a combo tour of Destrehan Plantation and a swamp tour. Visit the historic plantation and learn about its history, then explore the bayou and spot wildlife.
Duration:
6 hours, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Destrehan Plantation - 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.
- Barataria Preserve - 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.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup: please list hotel you are being picked up from.
- Hotel drop-off
- Driver/guide
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Embark on a 6-hour adventure that combines two popular day trip experiences in New Orleans, visiting Destrehan Plantation and going on a swamp tour. Destrehan Plantation is conveniently located closest to the French Quarter. Explore the Antebellum house, built in 1787 in the Mississippi Valley, which includes an 1811 slave revolt museum/cabin and is surrounded by ancient oak trees. Follow this with a bayou swamp tour to spot alligators, turtles, snakes, and various other wildlife. The guided tour of the Plantation house admits only 20 people in each group and lasts about 1 hour. In total, you will spend approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes experiencing the Destrehan Plantation house and grounds.
Location
Destrehan Plantation
13034 River Rd
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(43 Ratings)
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Marie_t
Dec 14, 2023
Excellent tour. Very... - Excellent tour. Very informative about plantation life and Louisiana becoming a state. The swamp tour was beautiful. Our guide was fantastic!
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Voyager20077836102
May 29, 2023
Real Swampland Tour - 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!!
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Farpointak
Mar 13, 2023
Sign right up, you won’t be sorry. - Both parts of the tour were fantastic! The plantation tour guide was very articulate and extremely well informed about the multi-generational early history of the home, as well as its more recent history. Our swamp boat tour guide provided everything one could ask for: safety, information about the ecosystem there, EXTREMELY funny, and man o man did we see alligators!
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Jony837
Jan 26, 2023
Gators and sugarcane - Both parts of the tour was great. Very educational and fun
If you want food from the plantation you will be better from the cafe due to time
The airboat was fun and the guide does his best to find wild gators for you to see. Very knowledgeable as he was born and raised in the area. If it is the younger guide then get him to show you the videos he has of feeding the gators and swimming with them. Recommend sunglasses on the airboat when travelling as you are in an open boat so to block the air rushing to your face.
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Deborah_n
Jan 23, 2023
Wonderful! - We had a wonderful tour guide! So knowledgeable about the time period and plantation! She was truly amazing!
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Alice_c
Jan 12, 2023
Great Combination - Excellent combination for a day trip just outside. Destrehan plantation had a very interesting history well explained by the guide. Much more than a basic fancy house tour, it emphasized the work of the enslaved and discussion of the 1811 German Coast Uprising.
The swamp tour was a pleasant ride into the channels with cypress knees, palmettos, and spanish moss. Despite it being January, we saw a sunning alligator. Tour guide also passed around "Justin Case," a baby alligator he brought, not expecting we'd see one in its natural habitat.
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Maureenw526
Nov 27, 2022
History of a plantation and its people - Guide was informative about the families and how the house was built. It was a rainy day but the people who work there know their history. Kiddos to the worker in the gift shop who could answer my question about the land ownership after the Civil war!
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Amykw4652ah
Sep 9, 2022
Fun and educational swamp tour - Captain Matt was such a fabulous tour guide! The respect he showed for the wild life and the environment and his knowledge was superb. He was entertaining as well. The plantation tour was canceled due to attendance but we received a full refund since we had booked the combo.
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Mark_a
Apr 6, 2024
Alligator Petting and Plantation Education - 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.
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Dorit123
May 9, 2023
Overall a good package! - We did the Destrehan plantation and swamp tour package (6 hours long) The plantation tour was interesting and worthwhile although the tour guide had minimal knowledge. She had a script memorized and just went through her script. Did not know much beyond that when asked a question. The swamp tour was great! We had a great guide named Ernie and he made the experience very enjoyable. I guess the tour guide you get is the luck of the draw... overall a very good combination of sights (without spending all day touring!)
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