Oak Alley Plantation Tour: Enlightening Louisiana Exploration

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Embark on an enlightening Louisiana exploration with the Oak Alley Plantation Tour. Discover the Louisiana swamp, Lake Pontchartrain, and the Corp of Engineers’ efforts to prevent future catastrophes. Book now!

Duration: 6 hours, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Oak Alley Plantation - Once arriving at the tour site travelers we spend approximately two hours at the plantation. Witch will include a 30 minute guided tour of the mansion. Travelers will also will spend time on a self guided tour of the grounds viewing slave cabins, overseers quarters, and an on site Blacksmith shop. If you use tour time wisely…

What's Included

Air-conditioned tour vehicles

Additional Information

This is not merely a typical trip down the river road to see the plantations. The guiding driver will illuminate and instruct you about many things like the Louisiana swamp, Lake Pontchartrain, and the efforts of the Corp of Engineers to avert the occurrence of another disaster like Hurricane Katrina. And that’s not all, you’ll enjoy numerous unexpected…

Location

Oak Alley Plantation

3645 Highway 18,

Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings

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Cornelia_r

Mar 14, 2024

Don't miss this one - The grounds are beautiful and the nearly 200 year old oak trees magnificent. Songbirds are perched in some of the trees and it seems idyllic. Yet, the slaves quarters are a stark contrast. When you see how slaves were forced to live compared to life for their masters in their splendid mansion, it might leave you with a loss for words. We can't erase history and can only endeavor to learn from it. It was a very worthwhile experience. Bryan was our bus driver and he was fun and informative. I highly recommend this tour.

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Jacob_k

Nov 25, 2023

Beautiful - I prolapsed to my girlfriend on the walkway up to the big house. It was truly a memorable experience that will last a lifetime.

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1mausumim

Apr 21, 2023

Oak Alley plantation tour - It was a great experience! Driver Brian kept us entertained! Plantation is beautiful and the trip was managed well.

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Kymberly_m

Apr 12, 2024

Worth it - The tour company and Brian our driver were great. The tour inside the plantation was lack luster and. Rather boring. The plantation is beautiful. I wish I would have picked another plantation to visit. Loved crescent city tours. The swamp Boat tour is a must! Don’t skip it! The extra money is worth it

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Amateursdevelo

Dec 17, 2023

visit to Oak Valley - It's pretty but a short visit. Only 4 rooms to see in the house. The gardens are small. The slave barracks could be presented more vividly. A little expensive after all. The money probably goes mainly to the driver, very nice, it's still an hour's drive from New Orleans.

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Barbara_d

Jun 23, 2023

Expectations Too High - The mansion was mediocre. No ones fault, it's just that I have been to more grandiose mansions. Tippecanoe Place, the Oliver Mansion and the Biltmore. My expectations were high. I thought it would be opulent and dripping in Southern charm like Tara.

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Alexandra_g

Feb 27, 2023

IMPORTANT - Make sure you confirm with the provider by phone prior to the tour - Beautiful place to visit - try the freshly made praline in the shop. CHECK YOUR VIATOR CONFIRMATION CAREFULLY- if you do not confirm with the provider via phone they will NOT BOTHER PICKING YOU UP. Be warned the Driver WILL go in a bad mood if you do not tip him

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Dionnen715

Aug 31, 2024

Plantation great but pick your transportation with care - This is about the tour part not the plantation itself. We were picked up by a different company than we booked with, assume they didn't have enough people for the day and gave our booking to another company. The driver/guide was knowledgeable and I thought he was great telling us a wide range of things. However it was at times hard to hear him through the speaker system. My mum who wears hearing aids really struggled. One of the seats was really uncomfortable, something was definitely wrong with it and I was really stiff and sore after long drive. It also didn't have a seat belt. There was a point I didn't think our van was going to get up the hill it was making such a racket. The whole trip door to door was 4.5 hours. We had exactly 2 hours at the plantation.

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Sabrinamontreal

Jan 22, 2024

Very disappointing - Very disappointing. Albeit the front entrance way with all the oak trees is indeed beautiful, the rest of the exhibit is all redone. Hardly anything original in the main house and everything outside is redone.. Even if they charged half it would still be a tourist trap.

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Raye7701ph

Mar 29, 2023

Disappointed - The tour was very disorganized. I signed up for the Oak Alley plantation tour and was expecting to get a guided house tour with free time to walk around the grounds. Instead, the driver/guide dropped us off at the Whitney Plantation with no directions and we only had a bathroom break at Oak Alley. Super disappointed.

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