Our Life At Destrehan Plantation Tour and is available in French, Spanish & English.
Few Southern plantations bring the past to life as brilliantly as the costumed historic interpreters at Destrehan Plantation. They’ll take you from room to room in the Big House, sharing tales of the people both free and enslaved, who lived here during outbreaks of yellow fever and before and after the Civil War.
You’ll learn about plantation architecture, view one-of-a-kind documents, and discover history in a way you just can’t get from a book. You’ll get a chance to view family treasures. You’ll see a registry listing the names of the enslaved people who lived and worked on the plantation, and you’ll step inside an actual slave cabin, where you can see how the enslaved lived.
After your tour, you can explore several self-guided exhibits, dependency buildings, and the grounds. Our Miller-Haydel Museum (once an overseer’s cabin) hosts the 1811 German Coast Uprising exhibit, the largest slave revolt in U.S. history. The event led to the execution of 44 people trying to escape slavery, including three from Destrehan Plantation: 30-year-olds Gros and Petit Lindor and 45-year-old Jasmin.
The day’s first tour is at 9:30 am, then every half hour after. The last tour of the day is 4:00 pm and the grounds and gift shop close at 5:30 pm.
Private Tours:
Want the plantation all to yourself? Plan on asking lots of questions and want to go at your own pace? We provide private tours fifteen minutes before and after the hour, so they do not interfere with our regularly scheduled tours. We require a minimum of four people to book a private tour. A reservation is required two weeks in advance. The admission cost is $38.00 per person. Note: If your private tour is booked by a tour operator, their admission is free.
Group Tours:
The admission cost for a group of 20 or more adults is $19.00 per person, plus one complimentary admission for the tour director and bus driver. A reservation is required at least two weeks in advance.
Student Field Trips:
No history book or documentary will capture your students’ imaginations like a tour of Destrehan Plantation. Student Field Trips are booked through our Heritage Education Program. Please see our “Education” page for more information or contact our Heritage Education Coordinator, Brenda Benoit, at (985) 764-9315, ext. 3 or brenda@destrehanplantation.org
All proceeds from private and group tours go to the restoration and preservation of Destrehan Plantation and its dependency buildings.
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If you would like to make a reservation or require additional information regarding group rates, please contact: Melissa Monica |
Before you come, please note the following:
- If you book your tour for a specific time and arrive early or late, we honor your booking for the entire day. This means you can take the tour that is available when you arrive.
- Groups of 20 or more people require a reservation.
- All major credit cards accepted
- Photography is welcomed at Destrehan Plantation as long as it does not delay the tour.
- Video and audio taping are prohibited during guided tours.
- Cancellation Policy: If you cannot make the tour, we require notice in writing/email 24 hours before the date of the tour. We do not refund any no-shows.