The picturesque beauty and architecture of the Louisiana plantations are a “must” for any visitor to New Orleans, and a great option for locals to explore the history around them. Many of these breathtaking homes are within an hour’s drive from the city. Your tour will begin with a comfortable ride out of New Orleans where your guide will share with you the origin of the Louisiana plantations, along with the effect they had on the city of New Orleans, and its residents. Along with discovering beautiful buildings, luscious gardens and historic artifacts, these homes also represent some of the darker chapters of Louisiana history. Many of the plantations will provide a focus on the lives of the slaves that brought these homes to life, and share some of the realities of the rural south during this time in our nation’s history. Upon arrival, each plantation home has its own guide to bring you through the main house, and share its specific story. Following your home tour, we will escort you around the grounds and answer any questions that may arise.


  • Owner, Benjamin Borden, will be your personal driver-guide

  • The cost of lunch is not included in your tour, however we are happy to build in time for a meal at an additional fee

  • Pricing is inclusive of Plantation Entrance Fees

  • Tours are conducted in a luxury SUV, Wifi available, Bottled Water included


Custom Choices:

  • Single Plantation tours are 3.5 hours in duration

    • Cost is $500.00 for up to 4 guests, with an additional $65.00 per added guest at a maximum of 6.

  • Double Plantation tours are 6.5 hours in duration with a recommended stop for lunch (cost of lunch is not included)

    • Cost is $750.00 for up to 4 guests, with an additional $85.00 per added guest at a maximum of 6.

All tours begin and end at your location of choice within New Orleans city limits.

As a courtesy, a 48 hour notice is requested for any change in tour scheduling or cancellation. Within that time frame, any fees incurred will be non-refundable.


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 Laura Plantation

  • Laura: A Creole Plantation offers a 70-minute tour that is based on 5,000 pages of documents from the French National Archives related to the free and enslaved families who lived here. 

  • Guides will share the compelling, real-life accounts of 7 generations of Laura Plantation’s Creole inhabitants.  

  • With 11 structures listed on the National Register, Laura Plantation offers guests the chance to explore its newly restored Manor House, the formal and kitchen gardens, Banana-Land grove, and its authentic Creole cottages and slave cabins.

  • Laura Plantation is best known for the West-African stories the home’s former slaves related to folklorist Alcée Fortier. Recorded at the slave cabins here in the 1870s, they were later popularized in English and became the “Tales of Br’er Rabbit.”

Oak Alley Plantation

  • "The Grand Dame of River Road"

  • Perhaps the most photographed plantation in Louisiana, this home was built in 1839 and was originally named Bon Séjour (pleasant sojourn).

  • Because of the quarter-mile avenue of 28 giant, live oaks leading up to the house, steamboat passengers dubbed it “Oak Alley.”

Houmas House

  • “The Crown Jewel of Louisiana’s River Road” 

  • Houmas House farmed sugarcane on tens of thousands of acres, and became the largest producer of sugar in the country, deemed "The Sugar Palace"

  • Inside, guests will find history reflected in the many antique furnishings and works of art that grace the home’s 16 glorious rooms.

  •  Outside, visitors can stroll through 38 acres of breathtaking, lush gardens, which are replanted throughout the year to reflect the season.

Destrehan Plantation

  • Established in 1787 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Destrehan Plantation remains the oldest documented plantation home in the lower Mississippi Valley.

  • The plantation exhibits an original document signed by President Thomas Jefferson and Secretary of State James Madison appointing Jean Noel to the Orleans Territorial Council responsible for creating Louisiana’s civil law of government.

  • Located on the historic River Road, this antebellum home with its lush green grounds and moss draped Live Oaks watches over the banks of the Mississippi River just minutes away from New Orleans.

Whitney Plantation

  • Whitney Plantation is the only plantation museum in Louisiana with an exclusive focus on the lives of enslaved people.

  • Visit Whitney’s memorials and restored buildings to enter the world of a Louisiana sugar plantation and to remember those who built and worked this property.

  • On your self-guided audio tour, you will explore slave cabins, a freedmen’s church, detached kitchen and outbuildings, a 1790s owner’s house and memorials built to honor the enslaved.

Nottoway Plantation

  • On the western banks of the Mississippi River, southwest of Baton Rouge and northwest of New Orleans, stands a stunning and truly awe-inspiring Greek and Italianate style “White Castle”.

  • Nottoway Plantation & Resort, a magnificent 1850's sugarcane estate, a AAA Four-Diamond property, and a member of Historic Hotels of America, is the home of the South's largest existing antebellum mansion, now stunningly restored to her days of glory.