The 10 Best Day Trips from in Marrero, Louisiana (LA)

Experience two great New Orleans day trips in one with this 6-hour trip including Destrehan Plantation and an airboat swamp tour. Visit the oldest documented plantation in the lower Mississippi Valley followed by an exciting ride in a 16-passenger airboat.

Inclusions: Driver/guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off

Exclusions: Food and drinks, Gratuities

Spend an unforgettable 3 hours on our comfortable air conditioned Mini-bus and get an overview of New Orleans. No trip to New Orleans would be complete without seeing the highlights of our city and the some of the areas affected by Katrina’s flood waters. Then, head to the swamps to experience the history and culture of the Creoles with your licensed tour guide, in a tour boat or airboat.

Inclusions: Professional driver/guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off

Exclusions: Gratuities

Combine two excellent New Orleans day trips with this 6-hour experience visiting Destrehan Plantation and going on a swamp tour. This Plantaiton is the closest Plantation to the Fench Quarter. Visit the 1787 Antebellum housein the Mississippi Valley, including an 1811 slave revolt museum/cabin on the grounds along with its massive oak trees. Next take a swamp tour in the bayou to look for alligators, turtles, snakes, and other wildlife. The Plantation house tour is limited to 20 persons in each group and the average guided house tour will be about 1 hour. Overall you spend about 1 hour 30 minutes at the Destrehan Plantation grounds and house tour.

Inclusions: Driver/guide, Hotel pickup: please list hotel you are being picked up from., Hotel drop-off

Exclusions: Food and drinks, Gratuities

The Oak Alley plantation tour is one of the most magnificent plantation tours near New Orleans because of the 28 evenly spaced, huge Oak Trees that go from the river road to the Plantation House. The Greek Revival home dates back to 1837. Located on the grounds is a restaurant, blacksmith shop, Souvenir Shop and antique farm equipment. Next up is an airboat tour - hold onto your hat! Our New Orleans Airboat Swamp Tour is a high speed adventure that is part tour and part ride. Along the way, you will get a personal tour by your local Captain. Our airboats have stadium seating, so that the person in front of you does not obstruct your view. So, every airboat seat is great for experiencing the tour and viewing the wildlife.

Inclusions: Professional guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off (Please indicate New Orleans Hotel and Valid cell phone number)

Exclusions: Food and drinks, Lunch, Gratuities

Oak Alley Plantation features picturesque Oak Trees, beautiful landscaping, an elegant 1837 Greek Revival style plantation house, a blacksmith shop, a restaurant, and antique farm equipment. Guests will get a tour of the Oak Alley’s house and time to explore. After your plantation tour, you will experience the best of both: an educational swamp tour and a high speed airboat ride. You will travel at high speeds on the airboat, but also slow down and stop for pictures. Along the way, you will get a personal tour by your local Captain.

Inclusions: Driver/guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off

Exclusions: Gratuities, Food and drinks, Lunch

Experience two types of New Orleans day trips in one excursion, with this 6-hour trip including Destrehan Plantation and a 6-9 passenger airboat swamp tour.

Inclusions: Driver/guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off

Exclusions: Food and drinks, Gratuities

Discover the Mississippi Valley's historic but turbulent past at Laura Plantation on this guided, 5.5-hour tour from New Orleans. Laura Plantation is a restored, Louisiana Creole plantation on the west bank of the Mississippi River near Vacherie. The plantation was run by four Creole women, most notably Laura, for whom it is named. See unique architecture, colorful gardens, and sugar cane fields, and hear stories about all aspects of plantation life along the way. Round-trip transportation and plantation entry fee included.

Inclusions: Driver/guide, Professional guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off

Exclusions: Food and drinks, Lunch

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. Located about an hour and a half outside the city of New Orleans, Oak Alley is one of the most magnificent plantation tours because of the 28, evenly spaced, huge Oak Trees that go from the river road to the Plantation House. Experience bayou living where here, the waterways are their highways. From the relaxed comfort of our covered New Orleans Swamp Tour Boats, you will drift slowly past a 2000 year old Indian Burial Mound, a Cajun cemetery and Fishing village! You may see the wildlife that made the Barataria Swamps the Crown Jewel of the Louisiana Purchase.

Inclusions: Hotel pick-up and drop-off, Local guide, Transport by air-conditioned minivan

Exclusions: Food and drinks, Gratuities

Oak Alley Plantation features picturesque Oak Trees, beautiful landscaping, an elegant 1837 Greek Revival style plantation house, a blacksmith shop, a restaurant, and antique farm equipment. Guests will tour the plantation, then spend an unforgettable 3 hours in a comfortable air conditioned Mini-bus and get an overview of New Orleans. As part of this tour, you will visit the area that was damaged when the levee broke during Hurricane Katrina and swept the residents and their homes away.

Inclusions: Hotel pickup and drop-off

Exclusions: Food and drinks, Gratuities

Oak Alley is one of the most magnificent plantation tours because of the 28, evenly spaced, huge Oak Trees that go from the river road to the Plantation House. Built in 1837 using Greek Revival architecture, and restored in 1925, this house could to be straight out of the movie “Gone with the Wind”. In addition to antique farm equipment, the twenty-five acre grounds also feature a restaurant, blacksmith shop and a souvenir shop, of which you'll enjoy some free time to peruse at your leisure. It is a comprehensive plantation experience.

Inclusions: Professional driver/guide, Hotel pickup and drop-off

Exclusions: Food and drinks (available for purchase), Gratuities