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.
Posted By : H4174KZwendyw
Darren, the driver on the city tour was the most amazing part of this trip! He was fun, engaging and so knowledgeable! His passion for NOLA and his job is contagious!
The pick up from the hotel was a mess! Our instructions were to look for a bus that said Alert Transportation. The first driver told us to wait for a different bus. The next driver accepted us on but didn’t reference her list and it turned out we were on the wrong bus. We had to switch again and then we set out for the long, bumpy, scary drive to the plantation. The driver for this horrible. He drove SO FAST and carelessly—it was scary (he even ran through a stop sign)! On top of that, the roads were horribly bumpy and we felt like we had been in a two hour car accident by the end. To add insult to injury, the air conditioner started leaking water all over us due to the rough roads. Additionally, his paperwork was wrong and we were down for the swamp tour instead of the city tour, which meant yet another bus switch.
The plantation tour was amazing overall but a little disappointing with only being 30 mins in the house. It seemed rushed and we didn’t get much information. Additionally, the groups were too big so you didn’t get time or space to really look at anything. The time outside the house was sufficient and the views were breathtaking! The history of this place is so interesting and the grounds were gorgeous.
Overall, I would recommend the tour, but be prepared for the disorganization and rough ride!!
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Posted On : 2024-04-17 08:04:51 
Posted By : VALERIE_D
Actually seeing sample of plantation life with HUGE difference between quarters of owners and slaves. The city tour was also very interesting covering a lot of the New Orleans parishes.
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Posted On : 2024-03-22 15:08:09 
Posted By : lucille_h
The lovely building, lunch at the restaurant were excellent and the gift shop had an incredible wealth of items and watching the lady make pralines was entertaining.
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Posted On : 2024-01-18 16:09:57
Posted By : Q2289GUcarrieg
I really enjoyed this tour, the Oak Ally plantation was beautiful, and the trees are amazing. I didn't like that we could not take pictures inside the plantation. Our driver had to be reminded that we were doing the city tour after but dropped us off with the driver just in time for the 2nd tour. The city tour was also good it would have been better if the driver was not also the guide providing the details as it was kinda hard to hear him sometimes.
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Posted On : 2023-09-25 12:26:30
Posted By : Melanie_W
This was a wonderful tour with friendly and knowledgeable drivers/guides. Oak Ally was great history and exhibits. The City tour was a great testament to the strengths of the people
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Posted On : 2023-09-04 09:40:56
Posted By : Kathleen S
We were waiting for pick up in hotel lobby and had to run out to catch the bus to pick us up. The drive to the plantation with Gary was great. He was able to get people quiet so we could hear him talk about his hurricane Katrina experience. We had just enough time to tour the plantation and eat lunch before meeting up with our bus the the city tour. Our guide was highly knowledgeable of the city. This was a great way to really understand the different neighborhoods in the city and what happened during Katrina. Highly recommend this but be prepared for it to take up the day until 5
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Posted On : 2023-07-03 12:06:38
Posted By : susanoc1951
Picked up at hotel. It was a very long drive to the plantation, not enough time after the tour of the house to visit other places, I.e. museum, should have at least half an hour more. Boat on swam with the alligators fun. A good but long day
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Posted On : 2023-06-09 13:39:32
Posted By : Yvonne_S
The Oak Alley plantation and city tour was great. Transportation pickup went well, air conditioned, clean and comfortable.
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Posted On : 2023-03-30 21:48:12
Posted By : Yolanda_M
You was rushed through and there was no true exhibits, except the main house and you was not able see all the house. The slave quarters did not look the way you presented. The slaves live poorly and Shame on you to represent my ancestors that way. You represented a lie to the public and your visitors. I will never return!
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Posted On : 2022-02-20 11:44:14
Posted By : Phillip_C
Way. Way too much time on bus due to swamp tour group taken to their destination, then we were backhanded to start of our city tour. Waste of our time.
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Posted On : 2021-12-11 10:20:14
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