Destrehan Plantage Tour

Beverly was such a pleasure to have as a tour guide friendly, informative, funny, and animated when speaking and explaining things. Truly a very memorable experience of history.

It was extremely educational. We toured through the house with our amazing guide Peter and then walked the rest of the grounds by ourselves. This is the only plantation I’ve ever visited, but the lack of POC was both disappointing and unsurprising. I imagine it’s common for workers to dress like the time period, but I can’t help but consider the souls watching modern white people.

My husband and I found the tour extremely informative. I highly recommend doing the tour with Beverly. She has such a charm about her and she was a wealth of knowledge that made for an amazing experience. Our only regret was that we hadn’t planned more time on our trip to be there.

Everything you would expect and more!! Both our guides (Ann and Parker) were wonderfully versed in all things Destrehan Plantation and history around it. If you can keep teenaged girls interested then you’re doing something right 😉

A very interesting, thorough, and well organized tour. Our tour guide Brenda was very knowledgeable. I thought it was a good combination of guided tour and ability to roam yourself through the outer buildings. I've toured many plantations in Virginia as that's where my family's from. I really enjoyed learning the difference between the LA system and that of the rest of the US. Also, half an hour closer to NO than the he others!

This is a walking tour and there are stairs. The narrator was very knowledgeable and accommodating to me offering the elevator for bad knees. The history of how the plantation was made is awesome. Great experience.

This was a great experience are host. Jim was very knowledgeable and entertaining. This is also a very truthful experience. No sugarcoating.

The Destrehan tour is one of the best plantation tours in Louisiana. I appreciate the full attention paid to the plantation's full story - from the family who had it built (and their dramatic story) to the man who constructed the house to the lives of the enslaved to the role the Destrehan family played in the history of the United States. It is a gorgeous house. The gift shop has a lot of neat items, and the Indigo Cafe offers delicious food. Our tour guide, Jim (with one M) was delightful and never lets the tour get boring.

Jim was great. He had so much knowledge and was entertaining. Too bad this beautiful historic place had the history of the people o be rebuilt after vandals destroyed it. Make sure you check Groupon for a nice discount. Also the food in their cafe was tasty.

An unforgettable tour filled with lots of history, that isn’t taught in school but should be, and a welcoming environment. You are with your tour guide for roughly an hour and it goes by very fast. Afterwards you get to roam freely. Our tour guide, Beverley, was an angel filled with lots of knowledge and contagious smile. Beverley emphasized they are funded by non-profit whose goal is to preserve history. If you’re a history lover this is the perfect place to visit!