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N’awlins Luxury: Whitney Plantation & Pontoon Swamp Tour w/Transportation

N’awlins Luxury: Whitney Plantation & Pontoon Swamp Tour w/Transportation

Overview

Take a 5.5 hours round-trip, down to Plantation Country and explore one plantations. Whitney Museum Plantation: During the 90-minute self-guided audio walking tour, visitors will gain a unique perspective on the lives of the enslaved people on a Louisiana sugar plantation, learning their stories through the real oral histories recorded by the Federal Writers Project during the Depression.

Have you ever wanted to enjoy an enchanting boat ride across a swamp? If your answer is yes, as it probably is, then the place to go is New Orleans via our guided swamp tours. We take you across all the heavenly Cajun Swamp where you take a 90 minutes low-speed boat ride. The Cajun Captains will navigate their way through the back swamp. You will learn about Louisiana Wetlands, the inhabitants of the swamp, the life and habits of the American Alligators. Our experience Captains will take you back to the history of Louisiana Bayou and Swamp exploration days.

City: New Orleans

Thu 12 Jun

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Starting at $140.00

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Thu 12 Jun

Starting at $140.00

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Driver/guide

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
A moderate amount of walking is involved.
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately.
Please provide hotel pickup information.

What To Expect

Whitney Plantation

(CLOSE ON TUESDAYS) is on the National Register of Historic Places, the site includes the last surviving example of a true French Creole Barn, what is believed to be the oldest detached kitchen in Louisiana, and the Big House, considered the earliest and best preserved raised Creole cottage in Louisiana, all built by slaves. With the original structures nestled in a working sugar cane field, visitors are sure to marvel at the authentic representation presented at Whitney. Through these restored buildings, museum exhibits, memorial artwork and thousands of first-person slave narratives, Whitney Plantation gives a voice and respect to the slaves, who lived, worked, and died here.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (13)

PerfectPair29

Oct 2023

Great day! I could have used another 30 minutes a the plantation. We were picked up and dropped off at our hotel. We enjoyed lunch very much. Would recommend! Air boat tour was excellent too!

Response from Host

Oct 2024

Thanks for your awesome review!

Quanise_S

Jul 2023

The whole thing I have never been to a plantation I am 43 years old. I have family that lives in Louisiana to see the things that slaves had to go back. It’s crazy I may be in a black woman. It hurt me to my core to see the things that children and women had to go through at that time, I cried the whole tour

Response from Host

Oct 2024

Thanks for your awesome review!

Doreen_C

Apr 2023

The Whitney Plantation focuses on the lives of enslaved people and was an invaluable educational experience. The individual audio tour was well done and ensures you don’t miss anything. We enjoyed a nice lunch prior to our swamp tour. My grilled shrimp Poboy was the best I had while in New Orleans. My sons crab cakes were also delicious! Our swamp tour was very nice. However, we were on a pontoon boat when I very specifically signed up for an airboat. There were three options, pontoon boat, medium and high speed air boat. Not sure what happened there, but was a bit disappointing. We did see a lot of gators on our trip, including the big one, Winky, but was hoping for a little more. Luck of the draw, I know. Overall, would highly recommend the tours. It was a great day and we all learned a lot.

Response from Host

Jul 2023

Thanks for the awesome review