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Oak Alley Plantation Tour: Bayou Living Experience
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349 Ratings
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Experience the beauty of Oak Alley Plantation and the Cajuns of the bayou on this full-day tour. Explore the magnificent plantation house and cruise through the Barataria Swamps, home to diverse wildlife and rich history.
Experience the beauty of Oak Alley Plantation and the Cajuns of the bayou on this full-day tour. Explore the magnificent plantation house and cruise through the Barataria Swamps, home to diverse wildlife and rich history.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Oak Alley Plantation - Oak Alley Plantation Tour: The Greek revival home dates back to 1837. Located on the grounds, is a restaurant, blacksmith shop, souvenir shop and antique farm equipment. It is a comprehensive plantation experience. The tour of the Oak Alley’s house is conducted by guides in authentic plantation style apparel. Walking is…
- Oak Alley Plantation - Oak Alley Plantation Tour: The Greek revival home dates back to 1837. Located on the grounds, is a restaurant, blacksmith shop, souvenir shop and antique farm equipment. It is a comprehensive plantation experience. The tour of the Oak Alley’s house is conducted by guides in authentic plantation style apparel. Walking is required for this tour. Plantation house to the restaurant and souvenir shop is about one block in distance. There are benches along the path, shaded by the Oaks.
- Barataria Preserve - The New Orleans swamp tour boats are fully narrated and our captains are natives of the Barataria Swamps with a background of gator hunting, fishing and trapping. They will entertain you and amaze you with the ecology of the swampland. They have lived the life! Here, birds, snakes, turtles, fur animals, and gators are the kings of the swamp and easily spotted in spring, summer, and fall. Gators do hibernate during the cold winter months, but lay on the bayou banks on warmer days. So even in Winter, our native Captains can sometimes find a sunning Gator on our tour. The slow drift of our tour boats through moss draped trees and small waterways, will provide ample opportunity for viewing and photography. Your comfort is guaranteed on our tour boats. They have a roof, restroom, cushioned seats, and windows that can be raised or lowered during cold or rainy weather, along with plenty of standing and walking room. These tours are entertaining, educational and exciting.
What's Included
- Local guide
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Local guide
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Additional Information
This full-day excursion takes participants to the Oak Alley Plantation House, where they can observe the Cajun lifestyle in the bayou, coexisting peacefully with the swamps. Situated approximately an hour and a half from New Orleans, Oak Alley is renowned for its stunning plantation tour, featuring 28 grand Oak Trees that line the path from the river…
This full-day excursion takes participants to the Oak Alley Plantation House, where they can observe the Cajun lifestyle in the bayou, coexisting peacefully with the swamps. Situated approximately an hour and a half from New Orleans, Oak Alley is renowned for its stunning plantation tour, featuring 28 grand Oak Trees that line the path from the river road to the Plantation House. Discover bayou life, where the waterways serve as highways. From the comfort of our covered New Orleans Swamp Tour Boats, guests will leisurely pass by a 2000-year-old Indian Burial Mound, a Cajun cemetery, and a fishing village. Witness the wildlife that makes the Barataria Swamps the Crown Jewel of the Louisiana Purchase.
- A moderate amount of walking is involved at Oak Alley
- Hotel information and valid contact number required at time of booking.
- Most of the house & trails are wheel chair accessible. Foldable wheelchairs are convenient for movement around the grounds and in the plantation house.
Location
Oak Alley Plantation
3645 Highway 18,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.4
(349 Ratings)
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Tatjana_m
May 2, 2025
Great Tour! - I recently took a combined plantation and swamp tour, and it was truly one of the highlights of my trip. The plantation tour was both informative and moving—our guide did an excellent job of presenting the complex and often painful history with respect and depth. The grounds were beautiful, and walking through the historic buildings gave me a real sense of life during that era, from both the grandeur of the main house to the sobering stories of those who lived and worked there under enslavement.
The swamp tour was equally unforgettable. Cruising through the moss-draped cypress trees, we spotted alligators, herons, and even a racoon! Our swamp guide was incredibly knowledgeable, with a great sense of humor and a clear passion for the environment. It felt like stepping into another world—peaceful, wild, and full of life.
Highly recommend this tour for anyone looking to experience both the natural beauty and the historical depth of the region. It was educational, eye-opening, and absolutely worth it.
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Eva_p
Apr 30, 2025
Perfect tour in the swamp - Although the bad weather the trip was very informative and well-organized. The speed, the places and the guide were perfect, we were enriched with many interesting informations, thank You!
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Katrina_c
Apr 12, 2025
Worth your time $ Money - Amy at Oak Alley was wonderful! Presley was a nice touch learning to take Amy’s role one day. The history was fascinating. Beautiful Plantation with rich history.
Captain Ernie was hilarious and informative all at the same time. LOVED that we were able to see Aligators in the real habitat. We are from Arizona and have only experienced them in cages at the zoo! Bucket List item checked. The Bayou was serene, beautiful, captivating. The trees & wildlife were amazing. Thank you Amy(Oak Alley) & Ernie(Boat Tours) for a great day!!
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Nomad14597054559
Apr 24, 2025
Tour 4/25 - There wasn't enough time between the mansion tour and catching the bus at 12:15 for the swamp tour. Our bus drivers were wonderful and our mansion guide was very knowledgeable.
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Isabel_r
Apr 21, 2025
Pick up locations. - Tour was great. Had a wonderful time. Only issue was I provided pick up address and was expecting to be picked up in front of the hotel. They were only picking up on the main street but was not informed about that. They did call me and was finally picked up. Maybe having several designated pick up locations would be helpful.
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Navigate134359
Apr 14, 2025
Happy customer - The Bayou tour was amazing. The guide was so knowledgeable and fun even letting us hold a baby gator. Oak Valley was a very nice plantation and great bourbon drink with a praline cookie. The bus ride was great too. Overall very happy.
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Amanda_w
Apr 14, 2025
Go - The experience was great. But the tour guide at the plantion was extremely hard to understand. The swamp tour was fun.
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Anniez1022
Mar 27, 2025
Long but Informative, Interesting Day - I booked a different tour of a different plantation but was informed that the tour I booked had been canceled. I was rebooked on this tour. The bus was quite late in picking us up. We got picked up at about 11:40. The driver was lovely. He did not talk during the ride but drove efficiently and well. The plantation is about an hour or so from the city. We arrived at 12:30 and had 2 hours to get a quick bite, do a self-guided tour through the slave quarters, and a docent-led tour of the Big House.
The plantation is beautiful and disturbing. I found the self-guided to be very informative. I especially appreciated the listed names of the enslaved. The Big House tour was led by a docent who was very knowledgeable.
After the plantation tour, it was another 90-minute drive to the swamp tour. The swamp tour itself was okay. Our captain made some sexist and inappropriate jokes, which detracted from my enjoyment of the tour (eg, comparing alligators to women because they’re fickle; telling us that the commercial shrimp boat captains come home periodically for a “pickle tickle”). We saw several alligators and a bald eagle. One alligator approached our boat and seemed borderline tame, allowing our boat captain to touch him and feed him marshmallows. All in all, it was a day well-spent.
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Cathy_b
Apr 12, 2025
Terrible not worth the price - Too long of bus ride not enough time with tour guide or history given hurried people through just trying to sell gift shop items and $18 hamburgers
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G6610wkmeganb
Apr 9, 2025
Crap organisation - Crap organisation. Pickup was late, had to change bus, and then spent an age before the tour had even started sitting on a cramped bus in the city centre while the driver took payment for every single party over the radio without having any information about what they had previously paid or deposited so having to manually check with each person. For how much money it was I would expect better. Avoid!
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