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.)
Hotel pickup offered
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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 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.

Highlights

  • Excellent value for money
  • Family friendly
  • Get up-close to native wildlife
  • Travel by boat and see the sights from the water
  • Informative, friendly and professional guide
  • Hotel pickup included

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4.67
29 reviews

Average 4.67 out of 5 stars based on 27 verified reviews from Cool New Orleans and TripAdvisor

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Voyager20077836102, May 2023 Verified
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!!
farpointak, Mar 2023 Verified
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, Jan 2023 Verified
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.
Deborah_N, Jan 2023 Verified
We had a wonderful tour guide! So knowledgeable about the time period and plantation! She was truly amazing!
ALICE_C, Jan 2023 Verified
Excellent combination for a day trip just outside. Destrehan plantation had a very interesting history well explained by the guide. Much more than a basic fancy house tour, it emphasized the work of the enslaved and discussion of the 1811 German Coast Uprising.The swamp tour was a pleasant ride into the channels with cypress knees, palmettos, and spanish moss. Despite it being January, we saw a sunning alligator. Tour guide also passed around "Justin Case," a baby alligator he brought, not expecting we'd see one in its natural habitat.
maureenw526, Nov 2022 Verified
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!
amykW4652AH, Sep 2022 Verified
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.
J4964JSandrewv, Jul 2022 Verified
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.
cmhull21, May 2022 Verified
Loved the Destrehan Plantation Tour! Our guide wore clothing of the period and had shared knowledge on the architecture, prior owners and the various time periods that it operated.
Julia_Y, Jan 2022 Verified
Everything was very well organized. Our tour guides were very knowledgeable and entertaining at the same time. The plantation tour was an amazing trip to the past. Swamp tour was filled with interesting information about swamp habitat. Our Capitan Reggie was amazing. He showed us alligators of different sizes. Told us interesting facts. Very educational tour for adults and kids alike. Highly recommend.

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