Laura Plantation Creole History Tour from New Orleans
Explore Creole history, restored grounds, and 19th-century buildings
Duration
6 hrs
Includes
Guided tour, transportation
Highlights
Explore Laura Plantation's Creole history and restored sugar homestead on a guided excursion from New Orleans. Discover the stories, architecture, and landscapes that shaped this historic Louisiana site.
- Explore the restored 200-year-old sugar plantation homestead
- Learn how four Creole women managed the plantation for 60 years
- View 1840s slave quarters and hear stories of the enslaved community
- See 12 National Register buildings, including the 1829 Maison de Reprise
- Wander the gardens and browse the plantation gift shop
- View Oak Alley Plantation from the road during the drive
Itinerary
- Morning tour: Pick-up begins at 8:00 AM (allow 30 minutes); drive ~70 miles (approx. 1 hr 10 min) to Laura Plantation; guided tour of the plantation house 10:00–11:45 AM; free time 30–45 minutes; return to New Orleans arriving ~2:00 PM.
- Afternoon tour: Pick-up begins at 12:30pm PM (allow 30 minutes); same guided experience at Laura Plantation; return to New Orleans late afternoon arond 5:00pm depending on traffic
What's Included
- Round-trip transportation from New Orleans
- Guided plantation house tour
Important details
- Pickup may be at an alternate property rather than where you are staying
Cancellation Policy
Tours may be canceled or changed due to weather conditions.
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FAQs
Plan to be ready at 8:00 am. Pickup is scheduled between 8:00 am and 8:30 am, and you should allow a 30-minute pickup window.
No. You pay a deposit to reserve, and you pay the remaining balance at the tour site.
The tour may be canceled or changed due to weather conditions.
Related locations
Laura Plantation
Admission includedStanding along the west bank of the Mississippi River in Vacherie, Louisiana, Laura Plantation: Louisiana's Créole Heritage Site pulls you into a world shaped by four generations of a Créole family and the hundreds of enslaved people who built it. The ochre-painted main house and its surrounding dependencies carry a weight of real, documented history. Unlike many plantation sites, Laura Plantation: Louisiana's Créole Heritage Site centers the full story, drawing on more than 5,000 pages of family documents to illuminate daily life, labor, and culture across nearly two centuries of Louisiana's past.
