Destrehan Plantation and Swamp Tour from New Orleans | La Vacanza Travel

Destrehan Plantation and Swamp Tour from New Orleans

Duration: 6 hours 15 minutes
Destination: United States, Louisiana, New Orleans
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  • 6 hours 15 minutes
  • New Orleans
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

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.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Destrehan Plantation, 13034 River Rd, Destrehan, LA 70047-5202

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.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Barataria Preserve, Marrero, LA

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.

Duration: 2 hours

Inclusions
  • Driver/guide
  • Hotel pickup: please list hotel you are being picked up from.
  • Hotel drop-off
  • Entry/Admission - Destrehan Plantation
  • Entry/Admission - Barataria Preserve

Exclusions
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Most travelers can participate
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Traveler pickup is offered
Pickup from any major downtown New Orleans hotel. If you hotel is not listed please list in comments area. For pickups, there will be a 30 minute window. Pickup will be between 8:15 AM and about 8:45 AM.


Departure Time

08:15 AM

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

6 hours 15 minutes


User's Reviews

Marie_T

14 Dec, 2023

Excellent tour. Very informative about plantation life and Louisiana becoming a state. The swamp tour was beautiful. Our guide was fantastic!

Voyager20077836102

29 May, 2023

Captain Ernie was a wealth of knowledge about alligators and the swamp land. I liked his candid demeanor and sense of humor. Great tour… we recommend it!!

Dorit123

09 May, 2023

We did the Destrehan plantation and swamp tour package (6 hours long) The plantation tour was interesting and worthwhile although the tour guide had minimal knowledge. She had a script memorized and just went through her script. Did not know much beyond that when asked a question. The swamp tour was great! We had a great guide named Ernie and he made the experience very enjoyable. I guess the tour guide you get is the luck of the draw... overall a very good combination of sights (without spending all day touring!)

farpointak

13 Mar, 2023

Both parts of the tour were fantastic! The plantation tour guide was very articulate and extremely well informed about the multi-generational early history of the home, as well as its more recent history. Our swamp boat tour guide provided everything one could ask for: safety, information about the ecosystem there, EXTREMELY funny, and man o man did we see alligators!

Jony837

26 Jan, 2023

Both parts of the tour was great. Very educational and fun If you want food from the plantation you will be better from the cafe due to time The airboat was fun and the guide does his best to find wild gators for you to see. Very knowledgeable as he was born and raised in the area. If it is the younger guide then get him to show you the videos he has of feeding the gators and swimming with them. Recommend sunglasses on the airboat when travelling as you are in an open boat so to block the air rushing to your face.

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Real Swampland Tour

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History of a plantation and its people

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Fun and educational swamp tour

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A simple apology and explanation would have gone so much further and been so appreciated

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Incredible swamp tour

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