Top New Orleans Day Trips

Nowhere is Louisiana’s wildlife more abundant than in the swamps and bayous of New Orleans. After crossing the Mississippi River, take a boat ride through ... 

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Duration: 4 hours

A grand mélange presentation of Cajun and Creole cultures starting with a boat tour of the cypress swamps. Enjoy a traditional lunch at one of the oldest ... 

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Duration: 9 hours

Go beyond New Orleans to tour two grand Louisiana plantations on the banks of the Mississippi River. Watch guides in period costume bring to life the history ... 

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Duration: 6 hours

See a variety of wildlife on a swamp boat ride and explore an authentic southern plantation on this tour from New Orleans. See alligators, egrets, raccoons and ... 

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Duration: 5 hours 30 minutes

Tour both Oak Alley and Laura Plantation during one trip. This day trip from New Orleans is perfect for the traveler looking to see two pieces of history in ... 

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Duration: 6 hours 30 minutes

This is a small narrated group tour by van. At Whitney Plantation's Louisiana Museum of Slavery, see the harsh realities and raw historical facts of a dark ... 

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Duration: 6 hours

Explore two historical Louisiana plantations on this day tour from New Orleans. You'll travel along the Great River Road, which winds along the Mississippi ... 

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Duration: 7 hours 15 minutes

On this full-day tour, you'll be driven to the Oak Alley Plantation House, then see the Cajuns of the bayou living and surviving in harmony with the swamps. ... 

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Duration: 8 hours

Visit the Whitney Plantation of New Orleans and step back in time as you explore the 18th-century plantation museum, the only one of its kind in Louisiana. On ... 

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Duration: 5 hours

Enjoy the flexibility of combining the Swamp and Bayou Tour and the Oak Alley Plantation Tour and SAVE! Travel across the Mississippi by coach for a boat trip ... 

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Duration: Flexible

Get a taste of antebellum Louisiana on this morning or afternoon half-day tour from New Orleans to two of the finest plantations on the Mississippi River: San ... 

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Duration: 6 hours

Combine two excellent New Orleans day trips with this 6-hour experience visiting Destrehan Plantation and going on a swamp tour. Visit the 1787 Antebellum ... 

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Duration: 6 hours 15 minutes

Oak Alley Plantation, 3 hour city of New Orleans, cemetery, and Hurricane Katrina tour.

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Duration: 8 hours 30 minutes

Hop on "Santa's Bus” for a narrated tour to New Orleans’ City Park, one of the ten largest urban parks in the country, home to the largest collection of ... 

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Duration: 3 hours

Enjoy a small-group 6-hour tour to Laura and Oak Alley plantations in Vacherie, Louisiana on a day trip from New Orleans. Experience a unique contrast between ... 

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Duration: 6 hours