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6 hours 15 minutes (Approx.)
Pickup from select hotels
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English
Good for avoiding crowds
Keeping you safe during COVID-19
What you can expect during your visit
Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
Gear/equipment sanitized between use
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Regular temperature checks for staff
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(888) 651-9785
Overview
Explore Louisiana’s unique history and ecology on this combo day tour from New Orleans. Travel along the oak-lined River Road to Destrehan Plantation, where you can tour the 1787 sugar plantation home, grounds and slave quarters while learning about life in the antebellum South and the site’s changing role during the Civil War. Then, venture into the bayou on a narrated swamp cruise through wild wetlands that are home to turtles, otters, snakes and famous Louisiana gators.
- Visit the historic Destrehan Plantation, a 1787 sugar plantation listed on the National Register of Historic Places
- Learn about antebellum plantation life on a tour of the restored home, grounds and an old slave cabin
- Cruise through the wild Louisiana swamps on a narrated boat tour
- Includes hotel pickup and drop-off from New Orleans
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- "There was a minimal amount of walking or stair climbing involved (being somewhat mobility limited, I appreciated this)." See review
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Product code: 15200P16
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