After leaving the city at approximately 1:00PM, our buses arrive at the swamp at approximately 1:30PM for a transfer to Oak Alley or St. Joseph Plantation. Guests will have 15-30 minutes of free time to enjoy the grounds at Cajun Pride, browse the gift shop or use the restroom. Buses depart the swamp between 1:35-1:45PM for a 35-minute drive to the plantations.

Choose from St. Joseph or Oak Alley Plantation. Explore St. Joseph Plantation with a 60-minute professionally guided tour of the "Manor Home." St. Joseph Plantation is one of the few fully intact sugar plantations in the River Parishes offering a full historical timeline from the homes' construction to the present day. In addition to the Manor Home, this site features many outbuildings for guests to explore. These include original slave cabins, a detached kitchen, blacksmith’s shop, schoolhouse, and chicken coop. Several buildings have been moved to their present-day location from other parts of the property, but most remain where they were built. Visitors often recognize familiar scenes and landscapes having served as the setting for well-known films and shows like The Skeleton Key, the Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave, Mudbound, Underground, Roots, and Ava DuVernay’s Queen Sugar.

Choose from St. Joseph or Oak Alley Plantation. Explore Oak Alley Plantation, a National Historic Landmark. Take a 30-minute professionally guided tour of the "Big House” and access to the expansive grounds. This historic site is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the history its inhabitants left behind. With an emphasis on its time as a working sugarcane plantation, visitors are invited to experience the exhibits, walk under the iconic Allée, interact with staff, and leave with a richer, more powerful understanding of this plantation’s history. Photography is not allowed inside the mansion.