Choose a River Road plantation and tour with a local docent
4 Hours
Up to 4 people
Private transport, home tour
Travel up River Road for a guided visit to a French Colonial style plantation home. Choose your preferred plantation, then explore with the site’s own guide while learning about plantation life and the lives of enslaved people.
Whitney Plantation is closed Tuesdays. Total experience is about 4 hours, including drive time.
100% refund with 72 hours advance notice.
You choose which plantation home you want to visit: Oak Alley, Whitney Plantation, Destrehan Plantation, or Laura Plantation.
No. Whitney Plantation is closed on Tuesdays.
A guide from the plantation leads the home tour (a plantation docent).
The guides here genuinely shine. Cassandra, Carl, Ashley, Karl, and Jay all get enthusiastic praise for being knowledgeable, engaging, and incredibly skilled at customizing tours to match different interests and group dynamics. Reviewers consistently mention how their guides made NOLA's complex history come alive, weaving together architecture, music, geography, and culture into memorable experiences. Several visitors note learning new things even after previous trips to the city. What sets these tours apart is the personalized approach. Guides actively encourage questions and adjust routes based on what catches your interest. The mix of walking and driving tours works well, and guides handle everything from torrential rain to last-minute bookings with flexibility. Groups ranging from solo travelers to corporate outings to families with kids all report having excellent experiences. Multiple reviewers mention that the restaurant recommendations alone were worth it, and some guests spent multiple days touring with their guide, saying it felt like exploring with a knowledgeable friend by the end.
A family trip to celebrate a 21st birthday of Paul Jnr and the tour covered every aspect of what you need to know about beautiful NOLA, from the history, geography, geology, culture, where to eat, where to get great music and amazingly you visit every major district in the city. More than that it was personal, customised and very sociable with coffee in a fantastic old hotel in the garden district. Cassandra is simply amazing and meets your every need. Loved every moment of the tour and a charming guide!
Helen Young
July 6, 2026
A family trip to celebrate a 21st birthday of Paul Jnr and the tour covered every aspect of what you need to know about beautiful NOLA, from the history, geography, geology, culture, where to eat, where to get great music and amazingly you visit every major district in the city. More than that it was personal, customised and very sociable with coffee in a fantastic old hotel in the garden district. Cassandra is simply amazing and meets your every need. Loved every moment of the tour and a charming guide!
Helen Young
July 6, 2026