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Oak Alley Plantation Half-Day Tour from New Orleans

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Duration5h 30m

GroupUp to 32

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

The Oak Alley House & 28 Massive Trees: Half-Day from New Orleans

You're picked up from your hotel and driven to Oak Alley Plantation, where you walk through a restored 1837 Greek Revival house with a guide in period dress, then spend the rest of your time exploring the grounds and the twenty-eight oak trees at your own pace. Lunch and the gift shop are on-site. If you add the upgrade, you also get a three-hour New Orleans city tour with a cemetery stop, all with hotel return included.

5h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Drive to Oak Alley Plantation
Guided tour of plantation house
Self-explore grounds and shops
Optional lunch at gift shop

The Experience

You're picked up from your New Orleans hotel and driven ninety minutes out to Oak Alley Plantation, a Greek Revival house built in 1837 and restored in 1925. The moment you arrive, you see what makes this place different — twenty-eight oak trees, evenly spaced, running from the river road straight to the house like a natural cathedral. They're massive, old, and they frame everything. The guides wear period clothing, and the house tour itself runs about thirty-five minutes, walking through rooms filled with the kind of detail that makes the architecture actually stick with you instead of blur together.

After the guided portion, you've got the rest of your time to move through the twenty-five acre grounds on your own. There are benches shaded by the oaks if you need to sit, and the walk to the restaurant and souvenir shop is about a block — flat, manageable. Most people grab a sandwich at the gift shop and eat while they wander, which gives you enough time to see the blacksmith shop and actually feel the place instead of just checking it off. The grounds aren't crowded the way city attractions are, so you can move at your own pace.

If you choose the upgrade option, your day extends to include a three-hour New Orleans city and cemetery tour before or after the plantation, with a stop at St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 to see the above-ground tombs. That turns it into a fuller day — you get both the plantation and the city's older burial grounds without arranging two separate bookings. Your driver handles the transport the whole time, which means you're not navigating between stops or figuring out parking.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off from your New Orleans accommodation.
professional driver for the full duration.
guided thirty-five-minute tour of the Oak Alley house conducted by guides in period dress.
access to twenty-five acres of grounds with the historic oak trees.
time to explore the blacksmith shop, restaurant, and souvenir shop at your own pace.
optional three-hour New Orleans city tour with St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 stop if you choose the upgrade.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPets welcome

Operated by Louisiana Tour company

Is this one for you?Best for travelers staying in New Orleans who want to see a major plantation without renting a car or arranging separate transport — the pickup and fixed schedule handle the logistics, leaving you to focus on the house and the grounds.