Tour choices

We will be there next Sat and are really confused about which tour to take!!! We thought a plantation (Oak Alley and Laura) with a swamp tour...but after reading the posts...I%26#39;m thinking about dropping the swamp. I found Cajun Pride city/plantation combo or Great River Plantation/jazz cruise combo. Help!!

We want to do at least 1 tour outside of the Quarter and want to do it right. No car rental while we are there (per alot of advice here)

Thanks for any advice. This is a great site!!!!!

Tour choices

I think that how people feel about a swamp tour might depend on how the weather was when they took a swamp tour. My husband and I went on one in March one year....it was very cool (cold actually) and as a result of the cool weather, we did not see any alligators, which of course is what everyone wants to see. If we had taken that same tour during a warmer month and seen alligators, we would have enjoyed it much more. Even in spite of the cold, parts of the tours were very interesting. Our guide was very conjenial and knowlegable, and we passed by shrimping vessels and trapper%26#39;s shacks, which was very interesting to us %26#39;city folk%26#39;. Still, my overall memory of that tour is the cold! It would have been a lot more enjoyable in warmer weather.

Tour choices

http://www.toursbyisabelle.com/index.html

Take the Westbank Plantation Tour with Tours by Isabelle. You will see Oak Alley and Laura. They are just a few miles apart. My favorite is Laura but both should be seen.