Destrehan Plantation and Swamp Tour Combo from New Orleans

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New Orleans, USA

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6 hours 15 minutes (Approx.)
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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 boat ride will be 1 hour and 40 minutes. 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.

What's Included

  • Hotel drop-off
  • Hotel pickup: please list hotel you are being picked up from.
  • Driver/guide
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

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Pickup details

Pickup from most major downtown New Orleans hotels. If you hotel is not listed please list in comments area or reach out to us. If we cannot pickup from that location, we will give you the nearest pickup point to you.For pickups, there will be a 30 minute window. Please be on the lookout for a bus that says Alert Transportation. Pickup will be sometime between 8:15 AM and about 8:45 AM.

Start Time • 8:15 AM

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.
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2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

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.
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2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the activity for a full refund.

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Activity code: C-15200P16

Reviews

4.70
43 reviews

Average 4.70 out of 5 stars based on 43 traveler reviews collected by Cool New Orleans and partner sites such as Cool Destinations and TripAdvisor

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