N’awlins Luxury: Whitney Plantation Tour w/Transportation in New Orleans booking from $80.00

N’awlins Luxury: Whitney Plantation Tour w/Transportation

Overview

Take a 5.5 hour round-trip tour down to Plantation Country and explore Whitney Museum Plantation. During the 75-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.

City: New Orleans

Sat 31 May

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What's Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off

75-minute self-guided audio walking tour of Whitney Plantation

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

Whitney Plantation 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 there.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (20)

John_R

Mar 2025

The N'awlins tour is really a convenient pickup at the hotel and travel out to the plantation. Our driver offered some commentary on the way out that was interesting. Once we were at the plantation, we were turned over to the site guides. We ended up touring the Laura Plantation because Whitney closed for weather. N'awlins travel made us aware of this and gave us an option to cancel. Many thanks. ' At Laura, we were guided around the plantation for about an hour. This was a canned tour. It did not offer in-depth information about slavery, the operation of the sugar plantation or the remaining artifacts. I purchased Laura Locoul's Memoirs form the book store on the way out. The memoirs are interesting from the standpoint that she was not interested in the family business and focused more on getting away from the plantation and being a southern debutant. I am reading How the Word is Passed. The second chapter is an accounting of the Whitney Plantation and how this site currently depicts slavery and plantation operations. I wish we would have had the opportunity to go to Whitney. This is more interesting and in line with what I was expecting. If you are interested in United States slavery and the Southern culture and plantation economy that perpetuated it, you should go to the plantations but be prepared with prereading. You'll get more out of the experience.

Veronica_T

Jul 2024

Driver shared lots of good information with the group in route. Also, picked us up on time. Highly recommend. Thank you!

Response from Host

Oct 2024

Thanks for the awesome review!

Y1929ZMdeborahc

Jul 2024

The Whitney Plantation describes in detail and preserves the history of 1770s - 1800s slavery at a Plantation in Louisiana. For that reason, it is my favorite of all of the New Orleans Plantation tours. I toured the Plantation in 2019, when there was a REAL guide. He was very, very good, and the tour was so much better with an in-person guide. He had an impressive knowledge of the history, and he answered all questions that were asked. The Whitney grounds and buildings are very well-kept.

Response from Host

Oct 2024

Please go to Whitney Tripadvisor page and let them know that you loved when they had the guided tours. When they start seeing more reviews asking to bring back guided tours, maybe they will. Thanks for your review.