Oak Alley Plantation Tour: Majestic Oaks and History

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Immerse yourself in the beauty and history of Oak Alley Plantation, renowned for its Greek Revival architecture and majestic oak trees. Explore the grounds, visit the restaurant and shops, and step back in time on this comprehensive plantation tour.

Duration: 5 hours, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Great River Road - You’ll be driven to the Oak Alley Plantation House, located about an hour and a half outside the city of New Orleans.
Oak Alley Plantation - The tour of the Oak Alley house is conducted by guides in authentic plantation style apparel. Walking is required for this tour. The distance from the plantation house to the…

What's Included

- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional driver/guide

What's Not Included

Food and drinks (available for purchase)
Gratuities

Additional Information

The splendor of Oak Alley is attributed to its 28 massive, symmetrically arranged oak trees that spread from the river road to the Plantation Home. Constructed in 1837 featuring Greek Revival design, and restored in 1925, the house seems like a scene right out of the movie “Gone with the Wind”. Besides vintage agricultural machinery, the sizeable…

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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476lelandm

Aug 17, 2024

Oak Alley - Gary was very courteous, attentive, friendly and helpful. The drive to Oak Alley was comfortable and Gary pointed out some interesting spots along the trip. He always has the AC on prior to our boarding, a big plus on this hot day. Very interesting visit with many history.

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Steve_a

Aug 9, 2024

Great Excursion! - What a great excursion! I just wanted to visit Oak Alley plantation and that was the best option for me. We were at the plantation for about 2,5 hours and that was enough time to see everything. The guided tour of the mansion was very interesting (Ann is such a great guide, such a nice lady!). I did visit the rest of the plantation by myself, reading all the explanations on site, and I think that it was good (everything well explained). Transportation to/from the plantation is about 1 hour 15 minutes (from the French Quarter); that was great that they actually picked me up at my hotel. Our driver Gary was just awesome, such a great and funny guy! Koodos!!! I highly recommend this tour.

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Augustus25

Jul 31, 2024

Nice way to spend half a day - We were picked up at our hotel by a medium sized nice bus at the time they told us. Driver Gary was a hoot. About an hours drive to the plantation. There is a guided tour through the main house that departs about every 15 minutes. I’m handicapped and would have trouble with the stairs to the 2nd floor, but they gad a “media room” where you could sit in a/c comfort and watch a video presentation of the tour being provided upstairs. Staff were all very nice and accommodating. Several outbuildings to view with interesting displays in some of them.

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Maribelo989

Jul 17, 2024

Best experience ever - I loved the service that Steven gave us. He wasn’t our tour guide only our bus driver but he gave us a little History of the lovely New Orleans. The tour experience was remarkable. I would definitely book them again on my next trip. See you guys soon

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Barbara_s

May 24, 2024

Excellent - Learning about the families who owned the plantation! I walked around after the tour and loved having time to explore

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Anne_s

May 16, 2024

Very much felt back in time - The tour was great and enjoyed having a mint Julip as well and walking around the grounds looking at the graveyard , giant oak trees and being by the Mississippi River

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David_g

May 16, 2024

A tour not to pass up. - A tour not to pass up. An historic view of how they lived. The grounds were beautiful and very scenic. They have gift shops and a little restaurant.

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230gaias

May 2, 2024

Good tour company! - We booked the visit to the Oak Alley plantation with hotel pick-up and return. Everything went perfectly: pick up on time, travel in a comfortable minibus with other participants and the driver who told us a little about New Orleans and its surroundings. Once we arrived at the plantation we were given the entrance ticket to view the main building. The guide was very nice and prepared. We also had some free time to visit the gardens and slave houses and to have something to drink or eat before leaving. The return trip was equally comfortable to our hotel. I recommend this tour company without a shadow of a doubt!

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Emma_r

Jun 27, 2024

Good tour, but would have liked a smaller group and a bit more time! - The bus driver was very friendly and arrived at our hotel on time to pick us up! We loved the plantation and all the history, but felt the house tour was very rushed and the group size was way too big to be able to take everything in. Our guide was very good, although being from the UK, we struggled to understand what he was saying (not his fault of course!), so the majority of the tour we didn’t know what was being said! We only had less than an hour after the house tour to grab some food and look in the gift shop, so ideally would have liked another hour before departing. Overall, a good tour!

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