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Oak Alley Plantation: Historic Tour with Airboat Adventure
Experience the magnificence of Oak Alley Plantation, with its iconic oak trees and historic Greek Revival home. Then, embark on a thrilling airboat adventure through the New Orleans swamp, with up-close wildlife encounters.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Great River Road - The Oak Alley Plantation is located 70 miles or about 1 hour 10 min from the French Quarter. Travel along Great River Road and marvel at the antebellum mansions.
- Oak Alley Plantation - You will spend approximately 2 hours at the plantation. The house tour will be about 35 minutes in length. The Oak Alley plantation house tour is provided by Plantation tour guides. The remainder of your time will be spent with self-exploration of the grounds. If you use your time wisely, you can grab a sandwich at the gift shop for lunch and still have time to walk the grounds. You’ll then be brought to the swamp tour dock for your next adventure.
- Barataria Preserve - On this tour, you will experience the best of both: an informative swamp tour and high speed thrill airboat ride. You will travel at high speeds in the airboat then slow down and stop for pictures. Your Captain will give you a tour of a life time explaining the culture, animals, and the swamps. You may even experience a close encounter with some of the local swamp life. Please note: the order of the combination tours may change based upon availability and weather.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off at your New Orleans location
- Guidance from a professional tour guide
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Lunch
- Gratuities
Additional Information
The tour of Oak Alley plantation, positioned close to New Orleans, stands out for its stunning array of 28 giant Oak Trees, equally spaced from the river road to the Plantation House. The Plantation House itself is an example of Greek Revival architecture and was constructed in 1837. The compound also hosts a restaurant, a blacksmith shop, a souvenir store, and displays of vintage farming implements. Next, prepared to be thrilled with our New Orleans Airboat Swamp Tour! It’s not just a tour, it’s also a thrill ride. Along this high-speed journey, your local Captain will offer a personalized insight into the surroundings. Our airboats are designed with stadium seating to ensure unimpeded views for everyone. Every seat is perfect for fully appreciating the tour and observing the local fauna.
- Confirmation received at time of booking
- Children Must be at least 48 inches
- Air-boats are not recommended for people with back or neck problems and pregnant women.
- The order of the activities depends on the tour time chosen at checkout. If the 10:45am departure is chosen, the swamp our portion will be first.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Laura_b
Aug 29, 2024
Fantastic Swamp Airboat tour and Plantation - We really enjoyed this trip especially the airboat swamp tour.
All staff were knowledgeable and helpful especially Captain Ernie
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Kim
Aug 18, 2024
Fun day for all - Gary, our driver, was a skilled storyteller. Oak Ally Plantation was beautiful, with unbelievably large live oak trees. Our swamp guide was kind, funny, and knowledgeable, but regrettably, his name escapes me, it began with 'E'...maybe Earnest?
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Nikita_i
Aug 12, 2024
Best experience - Ome of the best experiences that I ever did. The oak alley was super beautiful and the swamp visit was just incredible and super fun.
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Brandy_g
Aug 11, 2024
Scenery - The scenery was beautiful!! No words can describe it. Very interesting facts about the plantation. Very well kept up and clean.
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Kimberly_v
Aug 9, 2024
Fun day - Our bus drive (Gary) was a great story teller. Oak Ally Plantation was beautiful. The size of the live oak trees was unbelievable!
Our tour guide through the swamps was kind, funny and knowledgeable. I am horrible at remembering names but it began with an E...maybe Earnest?
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Cheryl_h
Jul 30, 2024
Great Excursion - We loved our tour of the Plantation. Very interesting and a lot of detailed information. It was beautiful!
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Maggie_p
Jul 28, 2024
YESSS! - We were on the fence about this but were so happy we did! It is worth every penny. Great way to experience Louisiana while staying in NOLA. The plantation was beautiful and the gator tour was authentic and fun. Much better than the airboat tour we did in Florida!
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Zsolt_p
Jul 9, 2024
Perfect trip, accurate pick up and guide. - Oak alley is a must to visit. Swamp tour great experience lasted longer than planned see all swamp animals.
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Cindy_a
Jul 6, 2024
Great Adventures in the South - The Plantation Tour was really good. Our host was very well versed in the facts and stories of the Plantation.
On the Swamp Tour our “Captain” was great! He really worked to make sure we had a good time. He was very knowledgeable about the swamp and its surroundings. We were able to see “Coolio” the giant 12 ft. Alligator! Our guide was patient and worked with the other guide to find him. It was awesome!
Thank you for 2 awesome and memorable experiences!
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Rhonda_c
Aug 22, 2024
Over all good tour- don’t feed marshmallows to the wild life. - On time pick up and the driver was very good and friendly. The plantation was as beautiful and there was lots of information. The swamp tour was fun and again beautiful. The drivers did feed some raccoons and baby coyotes marshmallows, which I thought was not appropriate for wild life. The animals knew to be there so this a regular thing with all the drivers. This is the reason I gave it a 4 star.
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