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.
Posted By : Marie_T
Excellent tour. Very informative about plantation life and Louisiana becoming a state. The swamp tour was beautiful. Our guide was fantastic!
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Posted On : 2023-12-14 12:26:08 
Posted By : Voyager20077836102
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!!
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Posted On : 2023-05-29 15:30:12 
Posted By : Dorit123
We did the Destrehan plantation and swamp tour package (6 hours long) The plantation tour was interesting and worthwhile although the tour guide had minimal knowledge. She had a script memorized and just went through her script. Did not know much beyond that when asked a question. The swamp tour was great! We had a great guide named Ernie and he made the experience very enjoyable. I guess the tour guide you get is the luck of the draw... overall a very good combination of sights (without spending all day touring!)
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Posted On : 2023-05-09 22:36:22
Posted By : farpointak
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!
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Posted On : 2023-03-13 16:57:34
Posted By : Jony837
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.
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Posted On : 2023-01-26 10:22:52
Posted By : Deborah_N
We had a wonderful tour guide! So knowledgeable about the time period and plantation! She was truly amazing!
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Posted On : 2023-01-23 10:06:48
Posted By : ALICE_C
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.
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Posted On : 2023-01-12 11:09:23
Posted By : maureenw526
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!
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Posted On : 2022-11-27 11:07:55
Posted By : amykW4652AH
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.
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Posted On : 2022-09-09 13:39:38
Posted By : J4964JSandrewv
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.
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Posted On : 2022-07-08 19:05:46
