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Oak Alley Plantation: Scenic Airboat Tour Experience
Experience the beauty of Oak Alley Plantation and the thrill of a high-speed airboat ride. Explore the historic house, take a swamp tour, and enjoy a personal tour by a local Captain.
Experience the beauty of Oak Alley Plantation and the thrill of a high-speed airboat ride. Explore the historic house, take a swamp tour, and enjoy a personal tour by a local Captain.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Barataria Preserve - Just 35 minutes from New Orleans, this swamp tour offers a unique escape. The New Orleans airboat tour combines high-speed excitement with a guided exploration. Travel swiftly in a 6 or 9 passenger boat, then pause for photo opportunities. A local Captain will provide a personalized tour. The airboats feature stadium seating,…
- Barataria Preserve - Just 35 minutes from New Orleans, this swamp tour offers a unique escape. The New Orleans airboat tour combines high-speed excitement with a guided exploration. Travel swiftly in a 6 or 9 passenger boat, then pause for photo opportunities. A local Captain will provide a personalized tour. The airboats feature stadium seating, ensuring unobstructed views and excellent wildlife observation from every seat. Expect close encounters with alligators, allowing you to gaze into their eyes.
- Oak Alley Plantation - Alongside the airboat tour, visit the Oak Alley Plantation, established in 1837. A quarter-mile path lined with twenty-eight evenly spaced oaks leads from River Road to the plantation house. The grounds offer additional attractions, including a restaurant, cafe, and gift shop. Enjoy a free hour to explore as you wish.
What's Included
- Oak Alley Plantation
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional driver and/or guide
- Airboat ride
- Oak Alley Plantation
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional driver and/or guide
- Airboat ride
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Lunch
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Lunch
Additional Information
Oak Alley Plantation boasts scenic Oak Trees, splendid gardens, a sophisticated 1837 Greek Revival style mansion, a forge, an eatery, and vintage agricultural tools. Visitors are offered a guided tour of Oak Alley’s manor and leisure time to wander around. Following your plantation visit, you will get to partake in a dual experience: an informative…
Oak Alley Plantation boasts scenic Oak Trees, splendid gardens, a sophisticated 1837 Greek Revival style mansion, a forge, an eatery, and vintage agricultural tools. Visitors are offered a guided tour of Oak Alley’s manor and leisure time to wander around. Following your plantation visit, you will get to partake in a dual experience: an informative marshland tour and a thrilling airboat ride. You’ll navigate at brisk speeds on the airboat, pausing occasionally for photo ops. In the course of your journey, you will be guided personally by a local Captain.
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- Service animals are permitted but not recommended due to the volume of noise on the boat and threats of surrounding wildlife.
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- Emotional support animals are not permitted.
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- Participants with back problems are not permitted on an airboat
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- Participants with heart complications or other serious medical conditions are not permitted on an airboat.
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- Pregnant women are not permitted on an airboat.
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- Minimum height requirement for airboats is 48 inches.
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- Folding wheelchairs are allowed on the bus, but the driver is not allowed to pick up a person to help them gain entrance. The customer must get into the minibus by themselves or with assistance from family or friends.
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- Please note you are not guaranteed to see a gator. They hibernate in winter months but are easily spotted in spring, summer, and fall.
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- When traveling with multiple passengers, you must make one booking with all passengers to insure that you are on the same boat. If you did not book together, you are not guaranteed to be together.
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- Airboats are not handicapped accessible. There are no lifts or ramps available for use. Guests must be able to get on or off of the boat themselves or with the help of someone in their party.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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15amaryllism
Jun 29, 2026
Very cool - Very awesome trip, this is a must
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Kenneth_t
Jun 24, 2026
Plantation was beautiful... - Plantation was beautiful and fantastic to see. Lots of driving involved, but drop offs and pickups were well organized. Air boat ride was very fun. We saw many gators that came right to edge of the boat. Guide was fun, friendly, and very knowledgeable about alligators. We got a chance to hold a baby gator, and that was very cool.
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Hiten_p
Apr 29, 2026
This was a fantastic... - This was a fantastic trip, picked up on time and the tour guides at the plantation and airboat captain were knowledgeable.
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Gian_p
Apr 27, 2026
Love the swamps and our guide!!!! - The experience in the small airboat has been one of the best we have done. Our guide Captain B Bob was beyond wonderful. Very happy boxer of the area, the bay, his customs... you can see that he knows it like the back of his hand and made us a pleasant tour, full of data and we saw very closely more than 20 aligators, we had one baby in our hands, Bubbles approached, one of the largest we could see. It was totally FANTASTIC.
The Oakl plantation experience is good but I think it’s a long way from getting the most out of it. It's a long drive from New Orleans and it falls pretty short on history
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Claudia_v
Apr 6, 2026
Swamp Tour did not disappoint - Plantation tour was a bit disappointing. The grounds were beautiful and the oak tree canopy cover drive was majestic. Tour information was not very detailed about the actual workings and history of the plantation itself. Felt the information provided was a bit generic and also lacking any real substance, mostly fluff about unimportant details.
The Swamp tour was fun, interesting extremely informative, our boat tour guide was Amazing and the gators did not disappoint. We also spotted a bald eagle. It was very enjoyable!
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Suzyabcdef61
Apr 5, 2026
Brilliant - This has to be one of the best trips you will do . We were on a small airboat which was brilliant .
Beebop our guide was bery good and made our trip so incredibly interesting introducing Willy the gator , and Frank .
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Laura_m
Mar 25, 2026
Oak Alley Plantation is... - Oak Alley Plantation is beautiful. The grounds are lovely. It seems funny to mention this but the public restrooms are the cleanest I've been in. The Best part of the tour was the Airboat ride. Rocky, our guide, was amazing. He got us up close to gators and let us touch a baby one. It was awesome. I would definitely recommend.
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Brenda_p
Mar 8, 2026
Amazing time on the airboat tour! - Loved loved loved the airboat tour. We had Bebop as a guide and he is one of the best we've experienced.
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O3845maandreag
Mar 7, 2026
Great tour - Absolutely loved everything - especially the airboat tour on the smaller airboat (well worth the extra money to be in a small group). Our guide, Bobby, knew so much about the area and wildlife and made it so much fun. It was easily the best thing we did in New Orleans. The bus drivers were on time, informative, and the bus was comfortable.
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Douglas_b
Apr 1, 2026
A lot of time is spent in... - A lot of time is spent in transit, but the coaches are very comfortable. Oak Alley was OK but a little limited. The airboat tour of the swamp was amazing with Captain Ernie.
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