All three plantations are located about 70 miles from the French Quarter, which is about an hour drive from there. The pickup starts at 8:30 AM, and the driver goes between each hotel for the pickup service, which takes about 30 minutes. Pickup will be curbside at your hotel. At approximately 9:45 AM and 10:00 AM, the bus will arrive at your first plantation tour, where you will spend around 2 hours. We will then take a short 15-minute drive to plantation #2 after tour #1, which will last about two hours depending on the two tours you choose. There will be time for a quick lunch near or at the Oak Alley Plantation.
We try to take into consideration reservations and other specific excursions to be courteous to guests. If you want to be dropped off at a restaurant or another location somewhere within reason of your original pickup location, we will try to accommodate this. Just communicate with our professionally trained driver. Thank you for choosing Crescent City Tour & Transportation for all your tour needs. Depending on traffic, return to hotels will be around 3:30 PM.
Due to the huge oak trees that go from River Road to the plantation house, the Oak Alley plantation tour resembles the movie Gone with the Wind. It is one of the most magnificent plantation tours near New Orleans because of the 28 evenly spaced, huge oak trees. Dating back to 1837, this is a Greek Revival style home. The restaurant, blacksmith shop, souvenir shop and antique farm equipment are located on the grounds. The Oak Alley tour is a full plantation experience! The Oak Alley house tour is conducted by the plantation’s tour guides and lasts around 35 minutes. Walking is a necessary part of this tour. There is about one block from the plantation house to the restaurant and souvenir shop, and along the path lined with oak trees, there are shaded benches.
Whitney Plantation is the only plantation museum in Louisiana with an exclusive focus on the lives of enslaved people. Visiting Whitney’s memorials and restored buildings enters you into the world of a Louisiana sugar plantation and allows you to remember those who built and worked on this property.
Considered by many in the tour industry as the best historical plantation tour in the Mississippi Valley, the Laura plantation is located near New Orleans. The plantation was run by a Creole woman, Laura, from whom the plantation gets its name, along with other Creole women. They ran the plantation using slave labor for over 60 years. Viewing and entering 1840s slave quarters is part of this tour, and you will hear stories of all aspects of plantation life, including the fact that the book “Br’er Rabbit” was written here. Although the plantation house was nearly destroyed in 2003 by fire, it was rebuilt to the original design using building materials from antique homes that were disassembled and sold off in pieces. There is a story in itself about the rebuilding of the plantation!
Adults: $152
Junior: $92
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