Westbank Plantation Tour

New Orleans, United States of America

Journey back in time to the Antebellum South with a tour of two separate plantations. First, visit Oak Alley Plantation, which has been called the "Grande Dame of the Great River Road". Next, tour Laura Plantation, a historic sugar plantation built in 1805 displaying a different and unique culture.

On your ride out to Oak Alley Plantation, you will see and hear all about Whitney, Josephine, and Evergreen Plantations. Your guided tour of Oak Alley Plantation will allow you time to admire this jewel of Greek Revival architecture. The quarter-mile canopy of giant live oak trees, believed to be nearly 300 years old, forms an impressive avenue leading to the classic Greek-revival style antebellum home.

Next visit Laura, a Creole Plantation and her historic slave quarters surrounded by sugar cane fields. The guided tour transports you with dramatic detail into the charmed yet tragic lives of four generations of Creole owners and their slaves.

USD $85.99

Traveler Reviews

Review by: chickflix	April 2012
These two very different plantations showed two different sides of the industry: Laura focussed a lot on slave life and we toured slave accomodations; Oak Alley represented the grandeur and elegance of owning a plantation. I recommend this tour to anyone visiting New Orleans.

Review by: Jane M	April 2012
Excellent trip. The tour guides and tourbus driver were very friendly and informative. The weather cooperated making it a memorable tour.

Review by: Barbara K	March 2012
Enjoyed everything about this tour! Guides were informative and very interesting.

Review by: Hale G	March 2012
Loved it...the driver was great as well as the tour guides...Thank You

Review by: Dennis R	March 2012
We enjoyed our tour it was Great !!! Only wish we could of had about an couple hours longer at the last plantation so much to see and would of been fun to eat lunch there.Thank you.

Review by: Wilhelm T	September 2011
Great tour!!

Review by: travellady	September 2011
Tour guide very passionate and knowledgable Laura Plantation was much more informative and the guide there brilliant

Review by: Lorraine H	June 2011
I loved this tour. Our guide was great! 5 stars for this one.

Review by: Giovanna G	June 2011
This tour was truly amazing and the people that ran this tour where very informative knowing all its history and very friendly. I travelled all the way from Australia for this tour and l would highly recomend this tour.

Review by: Vicki G	June 2011
The first tour of the Local Creole plantation was excellent. The tour guide brought it all to life and helped you understand the challenges of the family and politics. The second plantation was very beautiful, but the guides did not share the passion that brought it all to life. Still worth seeing for the beauty.

Review by: Jon E	June 2011
Very good guide with good history and beautiful locations. Too bad we could not see the Mississippi!!

Review by: Leslie R	May 2011
Laura plantation tor was fantastice...excellent and entertaining guide. Oak Alley tour was boring and guide was overly dramatic and not likeable...seemed as if she was performing in a play. Would not reccommend Oak Alley tour.

Review by: Ankit A	May 2011
Excellent tour. The plantations were beautiful. The guides were great. Tour company provided transportation from and to our hotel and the driver was also an excellent guide.

Review by: Michael A	March 2011
Ginnie who took us to the plantations was one of the best guides we have ever had, she was very entertaining and taught us so much of the history of New Orleans, she made the long drive go very fast. At Laura the young guide was very good, Oak Alley was more 'touristy' and organised but still great.

Review by: Teresa Z	March 2011
Dianne was an excellent guide and the plantations were well worth the visit.

Review by: Kaylene J	March 2011
Excellent very grand homes and gardens

Review by: Nicholas F	December 2010
Our tour guide Rose made this a very enjoyable and educational experience. Not to be missed. The ride to the plantations was a little longer than anticipated, but Rose kept us entertained.

Review by: Judy C	October 2010
This tour is great. It took most of the day, but it was well worth it. Having the van pick us up and drop us off at our hotel was a big plus! The plantations are beautiful, and it was fun pretending to be Scarlett O'Hara for a while! Our guide was very nice and informative. She answered our questions with great enthusiasm.

Review by: Nancy W	September 2010
Great plantations to visit. Good choice between the Laura Plantation which is very Creole West Indies style, and then Oak Alley which is very Anglo white columns sort of structure. Tour slightly expensive since you are mostly paying for the admission and the ride there. Part of me wishes I rented a car out there and did another 2 to 3 plantations that day. All in all good tour, very worth visiting.

Review by: Christy R	July 2010
Firendly and knowledgable guide. Also enjoyed athe swamp boatride. Several aligators swam to the "marshmellow boat" as we toured the bayou. I highly recommend the full day plantation tour and swamp boatride.

Review by: Richard J M, United Kingdom	May 2010
Nice tour. We enjoyed it.

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	April 2010
Particularly enjoyed the Laura Plantation tour. Guide very knowledgeable - probably he was one of the owners of the property. Lots of history here.

Review by: Steve H, United States of America	March 2010
Very interesting to see the contrast between the Lara Plantation and Oak Alley. Two very different lifestyles by sugar planters of the same era.

Review by: Lauren H	March 2010
Very interesting to see the contrast between the Lara Plantation and Oak Alley. Two very different lifestyles by sugar planters of the same era.

Review by: Zelia M C, Brazil	January 2010
Very good!

Review by: Ma Clara M, Brazil	January 2010
Very good. I loved it

Review by: Ma.Clara M	January 2010
Very good!

Review by: Ma.Clara M	January 2010
Very good. I loved it

Review by: Anonymous, Australia	September 2009
Pleasant, relaxed guide, all worked like clockwork. Both plantations were worth seeing. Laura was my favourite, especially the slave cabins, but it was good to see both to be able to compare them. This was the only tour I could find which visits 2 plantations, and since they're only 5 min drive from each other, it's a very good idea. Great company to choose.

Review by: Justin D, Australia	May 2008
These plantations are fantastic. We originally booked this tour on Viator, but it was canceled due to lack of bookings. We found another operator who did the same tour, though. Don't visit New Orleans without visiting the plantations.