Itinerary
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Pass By: Great River Road, Louisiana
You'll be driven to the Oak Alley Plantation House, located about an hour and a half outside the city of New Orleans.
Stop At: Oak Alley Plantation, 3645 Highway 18 Great River Road, Vacherie, LA 70090-7079
The tour of the Oak Alley house is conducted by guides in authentic plantation style apparel. Walking is required for this tour. The distance from the plantation house to the restaurant and souvenir shop is about 1 block. There are benches along the path, shaded by the Oaks. The guided house tour will be about 35 minutes in length. The remainder of your time will be spent self-exploring the grounds. If you use your time wisely, you can grab a sandwich at the gift shop for lunch and still have time to walk the grounds.
Duration: 2 hours
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Traveler pickup is offered
Pickup from any major downtown New Orleans hotel. For pickups, there will be a 30 minute window. Pickup will be between 8:15 AM and about 8:45 AM. Please be on the lookout for a bus that says Alert Transportation..
08:15 AM
5 hours 30 minutes(approx.)
Not wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 28 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : Barbara_S
Learning about the families who owned the plantation! I walked around after the tour and loved having time to explore
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Posted On : 2024-05-24
Posted By : Anne_S
The tour was great and enjoyed having a mint Julip as well and walking around the grounds looking at the graveyard , giant oak trees and being by the Mississippi River
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Posted On : 2024-05-16
Posted By : David_G
A tour not to pass up. An historic view of how they lived. The grounds were beautiful and very scenic. They have gift shops and a little restaurant.
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Posted On : 2024-05-16
Posted By : 230gaias
We booked the visit to the Oak Alley plantation with hotel pick-up and return. Everything went perfectly: pick up on time, travel in a comfortable minibus with other participants and the driver who told us a little about New Orleans and its surroundings. Once we arrived at the plantation we were given the entrance ticket to view the main building. The guide was very nice and prepared. We also had some free time to visit the gardens and slave houses and to have something to drink or eat before leaving. The return trip was equally comfortable to our hotel. I recommend this tour company without a shadow of a doubt!
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Posted On : 2024-05-02
Posted By : Kay_K
This was fun, but it made me sad! However we should always learn about our history so we can learn and grow!
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Posted On : 2024-04-22
Posted By : JoAnn_P
Slave quarters and historical background.
The film in the theater about sugar cane informative.
Beautiful setting with the oak trees.
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Posted On : 2024-04-18
Posted By : Catherine_B
What to expect: if you don’t go on the airboat ride and just take the Oak Alley plantation tour, you will remain on the bus an hour extra to drop off airboat people before you turn back to New Orleans. This was not mentioned in what to expect.
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Posted On : 2024-04-10
Posted By : Susie_B
Excellent from hotel pickup to drop off. Driver Gary was a Katrina survivor and told us his story. Plantation was incredible.
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Posted On : 2024-04-10
Posted By : Zachary_C
Almost missed the trip since the email told us we would be picked up on the opposite side of the hotel. We’d have never seen the bus if hotel employee hadn’t said asked us who we were waiting on. The plantation itself was beautiful and interesting but the guided part was only 30min and his cajun accent was so heavy my wife and I only understood about 1/2 of what was said. Lastly, afterwards they had others doing additional excursion on the same bus so instead of going straight back, we had to go drop them off (added 30-40min to the ride back that we were not planning on.
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Posted On : 2024-04-09
Posted By : Patricia_D
Hotel pickup was convenient. Travel to the plantation was enjoyable with a personable driver.
The plantation tour was informative.
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Posted On : 2024-03-25
