Name: Destrehan Plantation Admission & Guided Tour
Brand: TripShock
SKU: 2569
Price: 26 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.9474 (19 reviews)

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Step back in time at the oldest documented plantation along the lower Mississippi River Valley with this guided tour of the Destrehan Plantation. Located just 30-minutes from the French Quarter and 10-minutes from the New Orleans International Airport, drive out to discover the legacy of the Destrehan family. Historical interpreters will intrigue you with the storytelling of the plantation owners, enslaved laborers, and free people of color who made the plantation one of the top sugar producers in Louisiana. Marvel at the unique architectural features designed and built by enslaved master builder, Charles Parquet. Book this experience today!

Destrehan Plantation Admission &amp; Guided Tour

How to Redeem: Print this ticket or show the confirmation details on your mobile device for entry. Please bring a valid ID to confirm order, if needed.
Parking: Free parking available on site.
Departure Details: Tour departs from Destrehan Plantation located at 13034 River Road, Destrehan, Louisiana 70047. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before departure and check in at the Plantation Store (Gift Shop). Hours of operation are typically 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, the first tour begins at 9:30 AM, the last tour begins at 3:00 PM, and the grounds close at 4:30 PM. Tours begin every hour on the hour. Hours are subject to change Please confirm prior to arrival. Any issues, please contact your provider, Destrehan Plantation, at 985-764-9315.
Gratuities: Although not required, it is customary to tip your tour guide.

13034 River Rd

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Destrehan Plantation Admission & Guided Tour

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Step back in time at the oldest documented plantation along the lower Mississippi River Valley with this guided tour of...

Our family loved our visit to the plantation. Our tour guide, Beverly, taught us more about the Louisiana Purchase, the influence of French culture, revolt of 1811 and the importance of the time era than we had ever learned.  It was a beautiful sunny day - great visit with beautiful scenery. ♥️ Highly recommend this tour to visitors.

Destrehan Plantation

The guides knew the history of the plantation and were respectful of the hardships that the slaves endured.

Informative Tour

Very informative, interesting plantation tour

Great!

Good destination

Tour guide was engaged and informative. She spoke loud and slowly and made sure everyone could see and hear. My party enjoyed the tour.

Dont lose Beverly, she is great. i took the tour before (without her) and almost didn’t return, i would not now except for her.

Destrahan Plantation

We had an amazing time touring the plantation. Kathy was an amazing guide!!

Plantation tour

Cheapest price I could find for the tour and easy to redeem the vouchers. Thank you!

Easy and cheap

Thank you for touring Destrehan Plantation. We appreciate the review. Best, Melissa

Destrehan is a great place for anyone's first visit to a plantation. It's very close to New Orleans, only about a 36 min drive. Checking in is easy inside the gift shop and the majority of grounds are handicap friendly. The plantation home itself even has an elevator that can take you to the second floor! Our tour guide, Judy was very nice and dressed head to toe in her period costume despite the 90-degree heat and humidity. Very educational!

Very Educational

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I really enjoyed the Oak Alley Plantation tour it was a great addition to the trip. I went with my husband and we both enjoyed it. Will definitely go back again.

Great for tourists!

Overall our trip was Great.The bus driver was a tour guide so this made our ride to the Plantation fly by.
We learned so much about new Orleans from him.
So pleased that we took this tour..

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Interesting

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My booking process with TripShock was flawless & I will definitely book future activities with them.

Gorgeous Place

This plantation was the best one we visited.  The tour guide was wonderful, the atmosphere relaxed, and the gardens beautiful.  The restaurant was very pretty and had great food. Don’t miss this plantation!

Wonderful plantation to visit

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Amélie was our guide and she was absolutely amazing! Excellent sensibilisation about the dark story of slavery and the past of the plantation. Her French is impeccable and her smile makes the visit even more pleasant. Highly recommended!

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Great Experience!!

Great visit

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Our guide and the others who work there were so nice and full of information. We enjoyed our visit immensely.

Beautiful plantation home!

Very knowledgeable tourguide. Answered all of ourr questions. Highly recommend the tour!

Excellent

We loved this tour. I have three boys (ages 12, 11, & 6) who really got a lot out of this (the older ones more than the younger one) and enjoyed learning about the history. The house was gorgeous and the tour guide was so good and full of knowledge. It really was one of the highlights of our trip.

The tour was amazing

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I wish I could remember our guide's name. She was incredibly engaging and informative, and kept us glued to the tour for the entire time we were there. Definitely expanded my understanding of life during that era.

Fascinating history

Worthwhile tour

The driver bob was great. I enjoyed hearing about the history of the area during our ride to the plantation

Great driver

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This is a must see for all especially the new generations coming up now very educational and sad at the same time but a very important piece of history that should never be forgotten

Must see

History tour

The museum was excellent. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, I believe, it was self-guided. I'm glad, as there was a certain member in my group that I wanted to keep away from. My only complaint is the actual bus that took us there. It was very uncomfortable with rattling windows that prevented me from being able to hear the video that was playing. Closed captioning would have been helpful. I initially got on a different Grayline charter headed to Oak Alley and it was a far better appointed bus. Given that the travel distance to each location is similar, I don't understand why Whitney had the crappy bus.

Have recommended

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The plantations were beautiful and the tour guides were very knowledgeable! Some of the horrific details of our American past are often overlooked or accepted as "that was how things were." The Laura Plantation tour covers the reality of slave life on the Southern plantations and the wrongdoing that was committed. Learning history increases our knowledge, and knowledge is power. Hopefully we as humans use this power to not repeat the wrongdoings of the past.

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It’s a must for everyone especially in the hotter months to experience just a tiny speck of what the slaves felt! I was very put off that they offered weddings and overnights where so many were miss treated and abused. But as I stated above everyone should see and feel how disturbing these plantations were operated. I wish they talked less about how rich the owners and families were and more  memorials of the slaves that were sold like commodities and abused.

Very somber

The tour was the crown jewel of our New Orleans trip. The grounds and building were stunning, but the content of the tour itself was incredible. Our guide, Pam, interwove stories about the house, the owners, and the enslaved people held there. It felt like we were on a walk-through movie and made the tour a million times more valuable for her contextualizing the lives, decisions, and experiences within the time frame. She provided information on everything from family drama to illegally selling the children of slaves to how the homes were build and maintained over time to the process of harvesting and grinding sugar cane, creating a cohesive narrative that was informative, educational, and funny despite the frequently awful subject matter. I can’t recommend this tour enough!!!

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In my opinion, over priced and short. Based on the main house. No history of the rest of the property.

Good tour and tour guide

Wonderful day spent with a true New Orleans native whose family roots went back 300 years. Museum and map room were added delights. A peek into the past.

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Our visit to the museum was enjoyable and enlightening. It was especially nice because we were treated to a guided introduction by the curator’s sister who just happened to be in the foyer when we arrived. Her passion and excitement for the displays and artifacts brought history to life.

Worth the time

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