Evergreen and Destrehan Plantation Tour

Cost: $86 PER PERSON
9:00 AM - 2:30 PM or 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM

This tour runs any day we reach a minimum of 4 people.
Reservations and availability call: 1-877-665-8687 (TOUR) or visit our Reservations page. Once a tour is confirmed, WE DO NOT CANCEL. We require a credit card number to guarantee reservations.

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Come down the path less traveled and visit both Destrehan Plantation and Evergreen Plantation, including the village of 22 original slave cabins under a 300 year old alley of oaks at Evergreen Plantation.

(Lunch is not included)

Your tour begins with a narrated scenic drive out of the city and along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain to visit two plantations on both banks of the Old River Road; our driver-guide prepares you for a pilgrimage back in time to the Antebellum South.

Your first stop is for a guided tour of DESTREHAN PLANTATION where guides in period costumes will bring to life the stories of generations who lived on and worked this land--both owners and slaves.They will share with you every detail of this mansion's history since 1787. Free time to walk around under a spectacular canopy of live oaks around the mansion and the slave quarters.

Next, cross the Mississippi River on a high suspended bridge, then take a short ride upriver through sugar cane fields which brings you to EVERGREEN PLANTATION, the most intact plantation complex in the entire South with an astonishing 37 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. The personalized guided tour includes the "Big House" but also emphasizes the plantation's dependence on slave labor. As you tour this living history book, you will stroll down an alley of 250-year-old giant moss-draped live oaks shading 22 remarkably preserved authentic slave cabins in their original, double row configuration. Hear the stories highlighting two and a half centuries of family ownership. You will learn about the architectural significance of Evergreen Plantation's many buildings as well as how it is still a privately owned and operated sugar cane plantation today.