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Best Day Trips from New Orleans

Beignet mornings, jazz clubs at night, river boats that keep their own time. Curated day-trip ideas from New Orleans — sights you can comfortably see and return for dinner. All bookable through Viator.

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5h 25m

Whitney Plantation Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

Visit the Whitney Plantation of New Orleans and step back in time as you explore the 18th-century plantation museum, the only one of its kind in Louisiana.

  • 4.6★ · 1430 reviews
  • Free cancellation
From $89 a person
4h 15m

Large Airboat Swamp Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

Experience the thrill of riding a 16-passenger airboat on a 1 hour and 40 minute New Orleans swamp tour, with informative narration provided by the captain.

  • Top-rated · 4.9★
  • Bestseller
From $90 a person
3h

New Orleans City Tour: French Quarter, Garden District & Cemetery

Spend an unforgettable 3 hours exploring New Orleans aboard our comfortable, air-conditioned mini-bus.

  • Top-rated · 4.7★
  • Bestseller
From $40 a person
Oak Alley - Alley of Oaks
7h 45m

Swamp Boat Ride and Oak Alley Plantation Tour from New Orleans

This combination tour combines the best of the best!

  • Top-rated · 4.8★
  • Bestseller
From $111 a person
5h 30m

Oak Alley Plantation Half-Day Tour from New Orleans

Oak Alley is one of the most magnificent plantation tours because of the 28, evenly spaced, huge Oak Trees that go from the river road to the Plantation House.

  • Free cancellation
  • Instant confirmation
From $75 a person
Azaleas in bloom at Oak Alley
5h 30m

Oak Alley Plantation Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

Experience the grandeur of New Orleans’ antebellum south on a half‐day tour of Oak Alley Plantation.

  • Bestseller
  • Free cancellation
From $76 a person
Captivating views of the New Orleans skyline
3h

New Orleans Steamboat Natchez Jazz Cruise with Dinner Option

Welcome aboard the Steamboat NATCHEZ or Riverboat CITY of NEW ORLEANS!

  • Bestseller
  • Free cancellation
From $58 a person
Explore the Honey Island Swamp
5h

New Orleans Swamp and Bayou Boat Tour with Transportation

Meet your guide for pickup in downtown New Orleans and head for a 2-hour boat tour in Honey Island Swamp, a wildlife preserve that is one of the last protected wetlands in...

  • Top-rated · 4.9★
  • Bestseller
From $76 a person
1h 45m

New Orleans Premier Ghost, Voodoo and Vampire Walking Tour

Discover the supernatural side of the French Quarter with our spine-chilling New Orleans ghost tours.

  • 4.5★ · 13539 reviews
  • Bestseller
From $36 a person
Garden District
2h to 2h 30m

New Orleans Sightseeing City Tour

Experience New Orleans with us on an approximately 2.5-hour sightseeing bus tour.

  • Top-rated · 4.8★
  • Bestseller
From $50 a person
1h 40m

New Orleans Swamp Tour Boat Adventure

Take a New Orleans swamp tour and wetlands adventure!

  • Top-rated · 4.8★
  • Bestseller
From $35 a person
4h

New Orleans Swamp Tour Boat Adventure with Transportation

See the Cajuns of the Bayou living and surviving in harmony with the swamps.

  • Top-rated · 4.8★
  • Free cancellation
From $60 a person
Whitney Plantation
8h

Whitney Plantation and Airboat Tour from New Orleans

This is a half day tour of the Whitney Plantation and a Tour of the Louisiana swamp in a 16 to 20 passenger airboat through the marsh and swamps of southeast Louisiana.

  • Top-rated · 4.8★
  • Free cancellation
From $152 a person
The impressive story of this slave child can be told at the Whitney Plantation.
5h

Whitney Plantation Tour from New Orleans with Pickup

Hop aboard our luxury style vehicles to explore the iconic Whitney Plantation.

  • Top-rated · 4.8★
  • Free cancellation
From $79 a person
2h

New Orleans Steamboat Natchez Jazz Cruise

Board your riverboat to the delightful tunes of the Steam Calliope.

  • Bestseller
  • Free cancellation
From $37 a person
2h

New Orleans Garden District History Walking Tour

This New Orleans Historic Garden District Walking Tour highlights the American settlement and their beautiful homes, gardens, wealth and how life was changed because of their...

  • Top-rated · 4.9★
  • Bestseller
From $37 a person
8h

Oak Alley Plantation and Swamp Boat Tour from New Orleans

On this full-day tour, you'll be driven to the Oak Alley Plantation House, then see the Cajuns of the bayou living and surviving in harmony with the swamps.

  • Free cancellation
  • Instant confirmation
From $130 a person
1h 45m to 4h

Airboat Ride with Optional Transportation from New Orleans

Take a thrilling airboat ride through the wetlands near New Orleans and plenty of alligators on this active, family-friendly tour.

  • 4.6★ · 425 reviews
  • Free cancellation
From $59 a person
Oak Alley and TourBoat Swamp Tour
8h

Oak Alley Plantation and Large Airboat Swamp Tour from New Orleans

The Oak Alley plantation tour is one of the most magnificent plantation tours near New Orleans because of the 28 evenly spaced, huge Oak Trees that go from the river road to the...

  • 4.7★ · 741 reviews
  • Free cancellation
From $160 a person
Travelers cruise through a cypress swamp on a flat-bottomed airboat.
2h to 4h

New Orleans Airboat Ride

Take a break from the hustle-bustle of New Orleans and escape to nature on this exhilarating, family-friendly airboat ride!

  • Top-rated · 4.7★
  • Bestseller
From $59 a person
Oak Alley Plantation
4h

Oak Alley or Laura Plantation with Transportation From downtown

Come take a journey back in time and see Louisiana's beautiful plantations.

  • Free cancellation
  • Instant confirmation
From $69 a person
4h

Small-Group Bayou Airboat Ride with Transport from New Orleans

An airboat tour through Louisiana’s famous swamps is the perfect way to experience the untamed side of New Orleans.

  • Top-rated · 4.8★
  • Free cancellation
From $130 a person
1h 15m

New Orleans 75-Minute Riverboat Sightseeing Cruise

Step aboard the Riverboat CITY of NEW ORLEANS for a 75-minute, family-friendly Mississippi River Cruise!

  • Free cancellation
  • Instant confirmation
From $26 a person
1h

New Orleans French Quarter and More Carriage Ride

You and your guests are going to love the opportunity to sit back and relax while your carriage driver unfolds 300 years of fun-filled history on your mule-drawn carriage ride.

  • Top-rated · 4.8★
  • Free cancellation
From $65 a person

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