Top 5 Full-Day Tours in New Orleans

1.New Orleans City, Cemetery and Swamp Full-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 188 reviews · 7 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $110Our pick

Spend about 7.5 hours touring New Orleans, St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, and the Barataria swamps. Your guide covers Creole culture, city history, and Cajun life, then a boat captain searches for alligators and other wildlife. Choose a quieter covered boat or a fast airboat when booking.

“Both guides were great. The swamp tour with Rocky was fun and exciting. We did get wet, FYI!!! Saw lots of gators and other wild life.”

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2.Full Day Plantation and Swamp Tour in New Orleans

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 77 reviews · 7 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $137

Spend about three hours at Oak Alley Plantation, then take a 90-minute pontoon ride through Cajun Pride’s swamp. Driver-guide Kindrell, often called Kin, handles transport and local context, while Cajun captains such as Tom, Dustin, or Danny lead the wildlife tour. Pickup, water, and admission are included.

“All great, tour guide, Kindell, picked us up at our hotel and was very timely, friendly, informative and professional. He made a great tour even greater!”

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3.Full-Day Whitney Plantation & Airboat Swamp Tour w/Transfer

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 12 reviews · from $155

Travel from New Orleans to Whitney Plantation for a two-hour visit focused on enslaved people’s stories, then stop for lunch at Segnette Landing before a guided swamp ride. Hotel pickup, admission, and a driver-guide are included. Mrs. D has earned special praise for her warm, informative driving.

“The Whitney Plantation was excellent and really depicted the life on a plantation from a slaves point of view. Lunch was great at the swamp boat tour and the air boat was a great thrill. The only thing that let this tour down was the transport to each. The driver was great but the bus had AC that either froze you or cooked you, nothing in-between.”

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4.Full-Day Oak Alley Plantation & Airboat Swamp w/Transfer

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 5 reviews · from $155

Start with an 8:00 am downtown New Orleans pickup, tour Oak Alley’s oak-lined grounds and slavery exhibits, eat lunch at Segnette Landing at your own cost, then take a 90-minute airboat ride. Dionne may drive your group, and riders must be at least 48 inches tall.

“Entire experience was wonderful and memorable! Tour guide on airboat ride was amazing and gave us the ride of our lives!”

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5.Full-Day Laura Plantation & Airboat Swamp Tour with Pick up

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · from $155

Travel from New Orleans by private vehicle to Laura Plantation and a Cajun swamp. Expect a guided look at Creole buildings, gardens, slave cabins, and first-person accounts, followed by a 90-minute airboat ride about wetlands and alligators. The tour lasts about 8½ hours.

“The company forgot to pick me up at the designated place which made a stressful start to the trip but the driver was very apologetic and thoughtful throughout. The plantation tour mixes information about the home, the family and enslaved people. Could have benefited Read more”

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