Oak Alley Plantation Day Trip with Transportation from New Orleans
by Gray Line New Orleans
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✓Confirmation before Wed, 9 Sept - card's only charged if it's a yes. If it's a no, still time to book on Viator.
Book on Viator Confirmed right away, but you pay full price.$151.30Overview
This half-day bus tour covers about five and a half hours and begins with round-trip transportation by coach from New Orleans to Oak Alley Plantation, a Southern estate built in 1839. Guests walk beneath a quarter-mile alley lined by 28 oak trees, each more than 250 years old, and take a guided tour of the plantation home. The guide explains the history of the estate and its role in the region's past. Visitors can also see cypress trees in nearby swamps and may buy food from the café and ice cream parlor to eat at picnic tables or on the coach, though lunch is not included. Optional upgrade adds a 90-minute pontoon swamp tour. Along the route, the tour passes Lake Pontchartrain, a large brackish lagoon connected to the Gulf of Mexico, and views the Mississippi River spillway, a flood control structure west of New Orleans. The tour also drives by St. Joseph & Felicity Plantation, a family-owned sugar plantation dating from the 1830s and 1840s, and Laura Plantation, a Creole sugar cane plantation with 12 historic buildings listed on the National Register. The tour includes a local guide, air-conditioned coach transport, and the guided plantation home visit. It excludes gratuities, lunch, and parking fees. Accessibility accommodations require prior arrangement, and some plantation areas have uneven paths and limited wheelchair access. The main house is not wheelchair accessible, but the basement and some grounds are. Oak Alley Plantation is smoke-free. The departure point is a short walk from most downtown New Orleans hotels to reduce vehicle traffic in the French Quarter.
Highlights
What's included
What's not included
Itinerary
Oak Alley Plantation
Visit Oak Alley Plantation, built in 1839, featuring a quarter-mile alley of 28 oak trees over 250 years old. The guided tour of the home covers the history of the estate and its surroundings, including Louisiana cypress swamps near the Mississippi River. Guests can buy snacks or sandwiches at the café and ice cream parlor to eat at picnic tables or on the coach. The tour here lasts about two hours.
120 min
Lake Pontchartrain
Pass by Lake Pontchartrain, a large lagoon and brackish estuary covering 630 square miles (1600 km2), fed by freshwater rivers and connected to the Gulf of Mexico.
Drive-by
View the Mississippi River spillway west of New Orleans, a flood control structure that channels excess river water into Lake Pontchartrain and then to the Gulf of Mexico when open.
St. Joseph & Felicity Plantation
Drive past St. Joseph & Felicity Plantation, a family-owned working sugar plantation established around 1830 and 1846, still operating today.
Laura Plantation: Louisiana's Creole Heritage Site
See Laura Plantation, a historic Creole sugar cane plantation dating to about 1805, with 12 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Meeting point
Departs from the Gray Line Lighthouse Ticket Office at Toulouse St. and the Mississippi River, just one block from Jackson Square in the French Quarter. Please arrive 15 minutes before boarding.
End point
Departs from the Gray Line Lighthouse Ticket Office at Toulouse St. and the Mississippi River, just one block from Jackson Square in the French Quarter. Please arrive 15 minutes before boarding.
Languages
Cancellation policy
- Cancel at least 24 hours before start for a full refund.
Additional info
Oak Alley Plantation Day Trip with Transportation from New Orleans
by Gray Line New Orleans
Choose from 2 available options
How do you want to book?
✓Confirmation before Wed, 9 Sept - card's only charged if it's a yes. If it's a no, still time to book on Viator.
Book on Viator Confirmed right away, but you pay full price.$151.30Overview
This half-day bus tour covers about five and a half hours and begins with round-trip transportation by coach from New Orleans to Oak Alley Plantation, a Southern estate built in 1839. Guests walk beneath a quarter-mile alley lined by 28 oak trees, each more than 250 years old, and take a guided tour of the plantation home. The guide explains the history of the estate and its role in the region's past. Visitors can also see cypress trees in nearby swamps and may buy food from the café and ice cream parlor to eat at picnic tables or on the coach, though lunch is not included. Optional upgrade adds a 90-minute pontoon swamp tour. Along the route, the tour passes Lake Pontchartrain, a large brackish lagoon connected to the Gulf of Mexico, and views the Mississippi River spillway, a flood control structure west of New Orleans. The tour also drives by St. Joseph & Felicity Plantation, a family-owned sugar plantation dating from the 1830s and 1840s, and Laura Plantation, a Creole sugar cane plantation with 12 historic buildings listed on the National Register. The tour includes a local guide, air-conditioned coach transport, and the guided plantation home visit. It excludes gratuities, lunch, and parking fees. Accessibility accommodations require prior arrangement, and some plantation areas have uneven paths and limited wheelchair access. The main house is not wheelchair accessible, but the basement and some grounds are. Oak Alley Plantation is smoke-free. The departure point is a short walk from most downtown New Orleans hotels to reduce vehicle traffic in the French Quarter.
Highlights
What's included
What's not included
Itinerary
Oak Alley Plantation
Visit Oak Alley Plantation, built in 1839, featuring a quarter-mile alley of 28 oak trees over 250 years old. The guided tour of the home covers the history of the estate and its surroundings, including Louisiana cypress swamps near the Mississippi River. Guests can buy snacks or sandwiches at the café and ice cream parlor to eat at picnic tables or on the coach. The tour here lasts about two hours.
120 min
Lake Pontchartrain
Pass by Lake Pontchartrain, a large lagoon and brackish estuary covering 630 square miles (1600 km2), fed by freshwater rivers and connected to the Gulf of Mexico.
Drive-by
View the Mississippi River spillway west of New Orleans, a flood control structure that channels excess river water into Lake Pontchartrain and then to the Gulf of Mexico when open.
St. Joseph & Felicity Plantation
Drive past St. Joseph & Felicity Plantation, a family-owned working sugar plantation established around 1830 and 1846, still operating today.
Laura Plantation: Louisiana's Creole Heritage Site
See Laura Plantation, a historic Creole sugar cane plantation dating to about 1805, with 12 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Meeting point
Departs from the Gray Line Lighthouse Ticket Office at Toulouse St. and the Mississippi River, just one block from Jackson Square in the French Quarter. Please arrive 15 minutes before boarding.
End point
Departs from the Gray Line Lighthouse Ticket Office at Toulouse St. and the Mississippi River, just one block from Jackson Square in the French Quarter. Please arrive 15 minutes before boarding.
Languages
Cancellation policy
- Cancel at least 24 hours before start for a full refund.