Located about 70 miles from the French Quarter, it takes approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes to get to Laura Plantation from downtown New Orleans. At the plantation, guests will have about 2 hours to walk around the attraction. The 2 hours include a guided tour of the Laura Plantation House, which is approximately 70 minutes. The tour focuses on the history of the property, including a walk through the 200-year-old sugar plantation homestead and three gardens – Jardin Français, the kitchen potager, and Banana Land Grove. On the property’s grounds, there are 12 buildings, including animal barns, overseers’ cottages, and the 1829 Maison de Reprise. After their tour, guests will have some time to visit the gift shop. On your way to Laura Plantation, don’t miss spotting the front of Oak Alley Plantation. Guests will return to their pickup location by 2 PM.
The Laura Plantation tour from New Orleans is considered by many in the tour industry as the best historical plantation tour in the Mississippi Valley. The Laura Plantation was run by four Creole women for over 60 years, most notably Laura, whom the plantation gets its name from. The plantation under the management of the four women was operated by slave labor. Visitors will get to view and enter the 1840s slave quarters and hear stories of all aspects of plantation life as part of this tour, including the fact that “Br’er Rabbit” was written here.
In 2003, the plantation house was nearly destroyed by fire but was rebuilt to the original design using building materials from disassembled antique homes that were sold off in pieces. The rebuilding process is a story for another time.
8:00 AM to 2:30 PM (6.5 hours)
The Laura Plantation tour runs from 10 AM until 11:45 AM, and pickup time runs from 8 AM to 8:30 AM. Visitors will be given a guided tour of the Laura Plantation House, which is approximately 70 minutes. At the conclusion of each tour, guests will have an additional 30 to 45 minutes for self-guided time to revisit parts of the property and take pictures.
We provide two Laura Plantation tours per day: the first tour’s pickup time starts at 8:00 AM and the second tour’s pickup time starts at 1:15 PM. We ask for up to 30 minutes for the pickup process, as our driver goes from hotel to hotel to pick up guests. Please be ready at the front of the hotel so you can be picked up as soon as the driver gets to your hotel.
Board our airboat tours to fully enjoy a swamp tour narrated and led by one of our local captains. The Airboat Tour leaves the dock at about 2 PM and returns around 3:45 PM. On this tour, guests will have a chance for close encounters with swamp life as they learn about what it is like to live in the Louisiana swamps. Typically, guests will be dropped off at their hotels around 4:45 PM; in case of traffic, the drop-off time will be slightly different.
Laura Plantation & small airboat + transportation: $175
Laura Plantation & large airboat + transportation: $152
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