Ragin Cajun Combo Tours
CLOSEST AIRBOAT TOUR TO THE PLANTATIONS !
Check out our combo tours!
Oak Alley OR Laura Plantation
& Air boat Tour Combo
This tour includes roundtrip transportation and admission to the house and grounds of the plantation. Pickup time for this starts at 8:00 am. (Please allow 30 minutes for pickup). Once we have all our pickups made you will head out to Plantation Country ,where you will spend approximately 2 hours. After you tour the plantation of your choice you will get time to explore the grounds including one of the blacksmith’s shop, several different exhibits and the souvenir shop.
Oak Alley Plantation is one of the magnificent plantation tour around because of its 300 year old, evenly spaced, massive live oak trees. Originally named Bon Sejor, Oak Alley was constructed in 1837-39 by George Swainey for Jacques Telesphore Roman, brother of Andre Roman who was twice governor of Louisiana. Joseh Pilie, Jacques Telesphore Roman’s father-in-law, was an architect and is thought to have provided the design of Oak Alley
LAURA PLANTATION
The land on which Laura plantation stands was originally owned by André Neau, who obtained it through a French royal land grant in 1755. In the early 1800s, the plantation became the property of the Duparc family and was divided between two family members in 1876. The house continued in the hands of Duparc-Locoul heirs until 1891, when Duparc-Locoul descendant Laura Locoul sold the property to A. Florian Waguespack. A condition of the sale was that the plantation and house continue to be called “Laura”. Constructed c.1805, the main house at Laura has a raised brick basement story and a briquette-entre-poteaux (brick between posts) upper floor. The house is special because of its Federal style interior woodwork and Norman roof truss. In Louisiana, far more Creole houses with Greek Revival woodwork have survived than have those showing Federal influence.
From there you will go to the Air boat Tour where you will experience the best of both, an informative swamp tour, and a little high speed thrill ride. Your Captain will give you a tour of a lifetime explaining the culture, animals and the swamps. On this tour you will be on one of our small air boats which only holds up to 9 passengers giving you a more personalized tour. This tour returns back to the French Quarter approximately 4:45 pm depending on traffic.
PRICES: $ 175.00 PER PERSON
( UP To 10 PASSENGERS )