Activities & Tours: Louisiana

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Audio-Guided Whitney Plantation Tour with Transportation

Come explore the Louisiana Whitney Plantation and gain a unique perspective on history! This 5-hour tour brings you through one of the oldest plantation sites in Louisiana and provides insight into the lives of slaves and the troubles they faced. This is an educational experience that will stay with you for years to come. Hear about first-hand accounts from those who lived and worked on the plantation, giving you an in-depth look into this important part of American history. As you tour the grounds, you will learn more about what life was like for slaves during that era – their work, their hardships, and their hopes for freedom – as well as how experts are working today to preserve these stories forever. Please note: this tour is not a guided tour of the Whitney plantation. The Whitney Plantation provides a MP3 so all guests can walk through the plantation and learn about the history of the plantation on their own time and at their own pace.

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based on 12 reviews

See Details → Duration :5 hours 30 minutes
From $89.55

N’awlins Luxury: Laura Plantation Tour w/Transportation

Experience the disappearing world of Creole Louisiana on a 75-minute guided tour of the Laura Plantation main house, gardens and slave quarters. Located on the West bank of the Mississippi in the heart of Plantation Country – the main house dates from 1805 and has been restored to the time when it functioned as both a family home and the office for the sugar plantation. Visit the raised basement and galleries, men's and women's parlors, service rooms and common rooms. Walk through the 200-year-old sugar plantation homestead, including 3 gardens: Jardin Français, the kitchen potager & BananaLand grove. Continue the tour on the grounds with 12 buildings on the National Register, including animal barns, overseers' cottages and the 1829 Maison de Reprise. Hear intimate stories about four generations of free and enslaved members of the Creole families who lived here.

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based on 3 reviews

See Details → Duration :5 hours 30 minutes
From $80

Hurricane Katrina: Past, Present and Future Driving Tour

Explore New Orleans and discuss the human and economic impact Hurricane Katrina had on the city's recovery and future in this 2 hour, private driving tour in New Orleans. Drive more than 50 miles around the city while learning about the people, places, and history that comprise one of the most diverse cities in North America. Hear how the storm affected New Orleans and what's being done to mitigate similar disasters in the future while developing a whole new outlook on the place and the people who live there. Note: please contact us BEFORE to booking to confirm availability and changing health and safety status.

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based on 1 reviews

See Details → Duration :3 hours
From $695

Oak Alley Plantation Tour with Transportation

This is not just another drive out to the river road to visit plantations. Your driver/guide will enlighten and educate you along the way on such things as the Louisiana swamp, Lake Pontchartrain and an over view of what the Corp of Engineers have done to prevent the next hurricane Katrina catastrophe. And host of other surprises along the way.

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based on 35 reviews

See Details → Duration :6 hours 30 minutes
From $78

NOLA Distillery Tour

Tour a modern state of the art Distillery and have the opportunity to sample handcrafted spirits, cocktails, daiquiris as well as purchase bottles direct from distillery.

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based on 18 reviews

See Details → Duration :30 minutes
From $29.99

New Orleans City and Cemetery Sightseeing Tour

Trace centuries of history, culture, sights and sounds of the dynamic city of New Orleans on this 2 hour tour by mini-coach and on foot. Drive through the vibrant French Quarter, the beautiful Garden District and Jackson Square — a US National Historic Landmark — to see Creole townhouses, shotgun homes, historic mansions and the longest bridge in the world, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway. Then hear tales of ghosts, voodoo and New Orleans' unique burial traditions on a walk at the legendary St Louis Cemetery No. 3. Choose from multiple tour times to suit your schedule.

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based on 540 reviews

See Details → Duration :2 hours
From $62.57

Citywide Driving Tour with Local Jazz Musician

This tour is meant to be a once-in-lifetime experience! During our half-day customized private tour you, your friends, and family will get to SEE ALL OF NEW ORLEANS IN JUST 4 HOURS. It goes by quickly as we will be driving in a tour vehicle with a bit of walking to take pictures with my 24MP 4KCamera at Beautiful Murals throughout the city. DO THIS ON YOUR FIRST DAY! We will visit local historic landmarks including: - French Quarter - Treme - Garden District - City Park/Cafe Du Monde - St. Louis # 3 Cemetery - Hurricane Katrina Damage/ Musicians Village - Uptown Mansions/Tulane University Delicious Beignets Midway through the tour! You will have the kind of undivided attention you just won't get to have on large group city tours. Please message me to tailor and customize this tour to your exact likes and interests. Whether if its Food, French Quarter Architecture, African American History, Jazz, or Murals. I'll help you leave New Orleans with a unique understanding.

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based on 11 reviews

See Details → Duration :4 to 5 hours
From $83

N’awlins Luxury: Laura, Oak Alley or Whitney Plantation Tour w/Transportation

Take a 5.5 hours round-trip, down to Plantation Country and explore one of three plantations. Self - Guided Audio Whitney Museum Plantation: During the 90-minute walking tour, visitors will gain a unique perspective on the lives of the enslaved people on a Louisiana sugar plantation, learning their stories through the real oral histories recorded by the Federal Writers Project during the Depression. Laura Creole Plantation: The Best History Tour in the United States. Tour includes The Maison Principale (Big House), Oak Alley Antebellum Plantation: Explore the most photographed plantation in Louisiana, this home was built in 1839 and was originally name Bon Séjour. The quarter mile avenue of 28 giant, live oaks leading up to the house, they dubbed it Oak Alley.

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based on 45 reviews

See Details → Duration :5 to 6 hours
From $80

Full-Day Laura Plantation & Large Airboat Swamp Tour with Pick up

Explore the complex pre-war history of Louisiana with a tour of Laura Plantation where a guide will illuminate Creole history and share stories of both the free and enslaved people who lived there. Learn about Louisiana’s Creole plantation life on a history tour Walk around historic homes, cottages, gardens, and slave cabins Learn about the dark history and impact of the American slave trade Includes private transportation from New Orleans hotels After your plantation tour we will head down to Westwego Louisiana where you have a chance to enjoy a sit down lunch (AT OWN EXPENSE). After lunch we will take you across the Cajun Swamp where you take a 90 minutes airboat ride. The Captains will navigate their way through the swamp. You will learn about Louisiana Wetlands, the inhabitants of the swamp, the life and habits of the American Alligators.

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based on 3 reviews

See Details → Duration :8 hours 30 minutes
From $155

New Orleans City and Cemetery Bus Tour

This tour provides an insider’s perspective, with opportunities to walk around on your own and take in the rich history of New Orleans. Relax in our bus with small group sizes and visit historic neighborhoods, including the French Quarter, Treme, Faubourgs St. John and Marigny, Garden and Warehouse Districts as well as a stop in one of our St. Louis Cemeteries. Enjoy a relaxing ride and experience the unique highlights of the Crescent City. The tour is 2.5 hours and offers hotel pick-up.

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based on 364 reviews

See Details → Duration :2 hours 30 minutes
From $54.98

Destrehan Plantation and Swamp Tour from New Orleans

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.

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based on 42 reviews

See Details → Duration :6 hours 15 minutes
From $120

Half-Day Oak Alley Plantation Tour in Vacherie

Hop aboard our luxury-style vehicles to explore the beautiful Oak Alley Plantation. On the morning of your tour, our driver will give you a courtesy call before he arrives to your designated location. While traveling out to the plantation he or she points out interesting facts along the way, listening to various types of New Orleans jazz music. Upon arrival at the plantation, they will check you in and give you information for the beginning to the end of the tour, such as what to explore after the tour and where to meet once the tour is over. The tour is thirty minutes, we allow our guests time to explore the grounds and have lunch at the cafe at your expense if you choose to. This is a half-day tour beginning at 8:00 a.m. to approximately 1:30 p.m., this time includes tour and travel time. Our pick up locations are in the Downtown NO and Garden District areas. Sheraton Canal St. The Quisby Hotel (GD) Best Western Landmark (FQ) Canal & Baronne Poydras & Baronne Poydras & South Peters

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based on 8 reviews

See Details → Duration :5 hours
From $79

Full-Day Oak Alley Plantation & Large Airboat Swamp w/Transfer

Explore New Orlean's history on a guided our of Oak Alley Plantation. Learn all about plantation life from your tour guide and see antique farm machinery up close. Marvel at the long-standing and impressive 28 oak trees that line the road leading up to the main plantation house. Benefit from pick-up at your accommodation in New Orleans, and then make your way to the Oak Alley Plantation in Vacherie for your guided walking tour of its grounds. Oak Alley was named after the 28 huge oak trees that line the road leading up to – and pre-dating the plantation house. After your plantation tour we will head down to Westwego Louisiana where you have a chance to enjoy a sit down lunch (AT OWN EXPENSE). After lunch we will take you across the Cajun Swamp where you take a 90 minutes airboat ride. The Captains will navigate their way through the swamp. You will learn about Louisiana Wetlands, the inhabitants of the swamp, the life and habits of the American Alligators. Riders must be 48" tall.

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based on 4 reviews

See Details → Duration :8 hours 30 minutes
From $155

Oak Alley Plantation & Airboat Tours

Your tour guide will point out many points of interest along the way, Lake Pontchartrain,The vast marsh Land and Louisiana swamp, The site of the largest slave revolt recorded in American history Destrehan Louisiana in 1811 slavery rebellion.

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based on 3 reviews

See Details → Duration :8 hours
From $152

New Orleans Holiday Bus Tour: Jingling Through the Crescent

Give yourself a holiday treat with a fully narrated motor coach tour of New Orleans! You’ll pass the famous French Quarter and learn the history of Jackson Square, home to the Cabildo and Presbytere Museums. Travel through historic neighborhoods such as Treme & Faubourg Marigny and down beautiful Esplanade Avenue. Marvel at stories of voodoo and piracy on Bayou St. John, the waterway used by Jean Lafitte and his band of pirates, as we make our way to City Park, one of the ten largest urban parks in America, which features the largest stand of mature live oaks in the world. Follow the path of our historic streetcars along Carrollton and St. Charles Avenues past Tulane and Loyola Universities across from Audubon Park, stately mansions of former kings and queens of Mardi Gras, and the exclusive Garden District. You’ll also enjoy a walk through the lobby of the beautifully restored Roosevelt Hotel, exquisitely decorated for the holidays!

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based on 6 reviews

See Details → Duration :3 hours
From $54

Activities & Tours: Louisiana

Audio-Guided Whitney Plantation Tour with Transportation

N’awlins Luxury: Laura Plantation Tour w/Transportation

Hurricane Katrina: Past, Present and Future Driving Tour

Oak Alley Plantation Tour with Transportation

NOLA Distillery Tour

New Orleans City and Cemetery Sightseeing Tour

Citywide Driving Tour with Local Jazz Musician

N’awlins Luxury: Laura, Oak Alley or Whitney Plantation Tour w/Transportation

Full-Day Laura Plantation & Large Airboat Swamp Tour with Pick up

New Orleans City and Cemetery Bus Tour

Destrehan Plantation and Swamp Tour from New Orleans

Half-Day Oak Alley Plantation Tour in Vacherie

Full-Day Oak Alley Plantation & Large Airboat Swamp w/Transfer

Oak Alley Plantation & Airboat Tours

New Orleans Holiday Bus Tour: Jingling Through the Crescent

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