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Destrehan Plantation and Swamp Tour Combo from New Orleans

Destrehan Plantation and Swamp Tour Combo from New Orleans

Overview

Combine two excellent New Orleans day trips with this 6-hour experience visiting Destrehan Plantation and going on a swamp tour. This Plantaiton is the closest Plantation to the Fench Quarter. Visit the 1787 Antebellum housein the Mississippi Valley, including an 1811 slave revolt museum/cabin on the grounds along with its massive oak trees. Next take a swamp tour in the bayou to look for alligators, turtles, snakes, and other wildlife. The Plantation house tour is limited to 20 persons in each group and the average guided house tour will be about 1 hour. Overall you spend about 1 hour 30 minutes at the Destrehan Plantation grounds and house tour.

City: New Orleans

Sun 23 Feb

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Starting at $115.00

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Sun 23 Feb

Starting at $115.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Hotel drop-off

Hotel pickup: please list hotel you are being picked up from.

Driver/guide

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff

What To Expect

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.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (34)

maureenw526

Nov 2022

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!

Response from Host

Nov 2022

Thank you for the five-star review!

amykW4652AH

Sep 2022

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.

Response from Host

Sep 2022

Thank you for the five-star review, Amy!

J4964JSandrewv

Jul 2022

Great experience overall. The pickup was right on time. The plantation tour was great and informative. And the swamp tour was the highlight. Would highly recommend considering this boat is covered and not an airboat like others wear you are strapped in with ear cover. The tour guide Dewey was great and made the experience great. He alone is the reason this is getting 5 stars. He made the highlight of our whole trip. I would just like to inform whoever runs this, that the partner company who is in charge of the pick up and drop off, might cost them some reviews. When we left the plantation, the driver left 5 minutes earlier than what he said he would, and didn’t even check if everyone was on. He just got on the bus and started driving. Unfortunately he did leave a group at the plantation and they did not get to participate in the swamp tour. I believe they even left groups at the swamp as well. So I HIGHLY recommend to any group, return to the bus before the mentioned time. But both experiences were great and the swamp tour was the highlight of our trip. Would definitely recommend the swamp tour with Dewey alone.

Response from Host

Jul 2022

Thank you for the five-star review!