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Oak Alley Plantation and Small Airboat Tour from New Orleans

Oak Alley Plantation and Small Airboat Tour from New Orleans

Overview

Oak Alley Plantation features picturesque Oak Trees, beautiful landscaping, an elegant 1837 Greek Revival style plantation house, a blacksmith shop, a restaurant, and antique farm equipment. Guests will get a tour of the Oak Alley’s house and time to explore. After your plantation tour, you will experience the best of both: an educational swamp tour and a high speed airboat ride. You will travel at high speeds on the airboat, but also slow down and stop for pictures. Along the way, you will get a personal tour by your local Captain.

City: New Orleans

Sun 23 Feb

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Starting at $174.00

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Sun 23 Feb

Starting at $174.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Oak Alley Plantation

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Driver/guide

Airboat ride

Additional Info

Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Confirmation received at time of booking
Must be 48 inches tall to ride airboats
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.
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
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

Barataria Preserve

Your swamp tour is only 35 minutes from New Orleans, yet a world apart. This New Orleans air-boat tour is a high speed adventure that is part tour, part thrill ride. You will travel at high speeds in the 6 or 9 passenger boat, then slow down and stop for photo opportunities. Along the way, you will get a personal tour by your local Captain. Our air-boats have stadium seating, so that the person in front of you does not obstruct your view, and every seat is great for experiencing the tour and viewing the wildlife. Yes, gators will get close, very close. So close, that you will be able to look into those reptilian eyes. Alligators do hibernate in the colder months, but our experienced captains know where to look for them. On average, during the winter, you'll have better than a 50/50 chance of seeing a "gator". In the warmer months, you will see a gator. Every New Orleans air-boat tour is unique and we never know what will be around the next corner. The area toured is a combination of swamp, marsh and lake. So, you may see anything from a Bald Eagle to a pelican to Osprey to an owl. It really is that diverse. The air-boats are driven by a 454 Chevy Engine that will produce speeds of up to 35 miles an hour. They are propelled by a huge fan that will blow air from the back of the boat in excess of 200 miles an hour. These tours are truly a blast! They ride in inches of water and go where traditional boats cannot go. These boats were designed to take you to inaccessible areas of the swamp, places that you cannot reach by foot or car. It is truly a unique experience.

Oak Alley Plantation

In combination with the airboat tour, you'll also visit the Oak Alley Plantation, which was built in 1837, with a 1/4 mile path, from River Road to the plantation house, lined with twenty-eight evenly spaced Oaks. There are additional attractions on the grounds which includes a restaurant, cafe and gift shop. The choice is yours how you would like to use your free hour.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (87)

Tony_L

Dec 2022

The home and surroundings are well worth a visit. The tour guide of the home, Jackson, provided us with a link to the past, the family that owned it and more about the people who worked on the land. Don't forget to walk down Oak Alley when the tour of the home is over!

Richard_N

Dec 2022

Plantation very pretty. Boat ride awesome. If you can only do one take the airboat. Gorgeous scenery, and see the driver play with a gator.

Response from Host

Dec 2022

Thank you for positive review, Richard!

MKlecan

Dec 2022

We had a fantastic experience! It was a lot more time in driving than we were prepared for but that was on us. There was no wasted time on the tour. We got to the swamp tour, got our tickets and got on the water right away. It was a little gray & chilly & drizzly but an amazing experience. I can't remember our Captain's name but he was very good. Thank goodness we got something to eat there because there wasn't food available when we got to the plantation. Loved the plantation grounds and the house tour. I think we were the last tour of the day so most everything was shut down by the time we were done with the tour and it was getting dark. The tour guide was knowledgeable and cared about the home and the history. Our bus driver had lots of information to share and we loved learning more about the area.

Response from Host

Dec 2022

Thank you for the five-star review!