Small-Group Airboat and Plantations Tour with Gourmet Lunch from New Orleans in New Orleans booking from $242.00

Small-Group Airboat and Plantations Tour with Gourmet Lunch from New Orleans

Overview

A grand mélange presentation of Cajun and Creole cultures including a high-speed airboat tour of the cypress swamps. Visit Laura Plantation, built in 1804, and learn about Laura's personal family saga. Enjoy a gourmet, unlimited buffet lunch in the elegant dining room of Houmas House Plantation, followed by a guided tour of this grand mansion. The small-group atmosphere ensures a more personal experience.

City: New Orleans

Sun 29 Dec

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What's Included

Transport by 14-passenger air-conditioned van with live narration

Hotel pickup with exact pickup time provided

Fast and fun airboat tour

Tour of Houmas House and Laura Plantation

Gourmet, unlimited buffet lunch at Houmas House

Additional Info

Service animals allowed
Specialized infant seats are available
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Service animals are permitted. Please advise at time of booking to arrange accommodations
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking in the special requirements field
Tour operates in all weather conditions. Umbrellas and rain ponchos are available for use if guests forget their own. If a tour cannot operate due to inclement weather you will be notified
Due to the nature of the airboat, children under the age of 5, pregnant women, people with back or neck issues or recent surgeries are not allowed to participate in the airboat portion of the tour.
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
All of our driver-guides have been fully vaccinated. All high touch areas on our tour vans are sanitized and our vans are thoroughly cleaned between every tour.

What To Expect

Luling

You'll start your day driving out to Cajun Country, where you'll go through wild cypress swamps, over the Mississippi River on an impressive suspended bridge, and along vast sugarcane fields, as the guide tells a unique story of the odyssey of the Cajun people. Next take a thrilling high-speed airboat ride as you comfortably glide over marshes and into deep, secluded bayous. Your Cajun guide, also an alligator hunter and fur trapper, will share his knowledge of the swamp including reptile habits, healing plants, and exotic birds. After your ride, explore his picturesque swamp zoo on Bayou Boeuf.

Laura: Louisiana's Creole Heritage Site

Discover Laura, an 1804 Creole Plantation and learn about Laura's personal family saga. See how the West-African enslaved's work influenced all segments of the Creole culture, best seen today in cuisine, music, family-centered traditions, architecture and life-style. At Laura's Slavery Museum Exhibit, hear personal stories of individual men, women and children who lived there, illustrating how the lives of the enslaved, both Créole and American, were intertwined with those of their owners.

Houmas House and Gardens

After a short drive from Laura Plantation, you'll settle into a seated lunch in Houmas House' elegant dining room. After lunch, walk through the 250 year history of this estate and how a succession of owners and the Mississippi River grew this modest manor house into the estate it is today. A collection of art, furniture, and antique artifacts help tell the story of plantation life. 38 acres of gardens surround the mansion.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (1000)

TrailBlazer67454

Mar 2022

Rene was our guide was awesome; very informative and funny! The kids 10 and 15 really loved the swamp tour. We saw a ton of alligators and riding the air boat was fun. We went to two plantations afterward, Laura and Houmas house. The tours of there was also excellent - very interesting and lots of great history. Lunch was good as well. This tour is a great way to see 2 plantations and a swamp tour all in one day. It was all broken up into 1-1.5 hour chunks so the kids stayed engaged. Highly recommend this tour.

DarlaOrrick1966

Mar 2022

We just returned from our tour and it was FANTASTIC!!!! We started with an airboat ride from Ragin’ Cajun Airboats and we couldn’t have enjoyed it more! Our guide, Dylan, was so knowledgeable about the area and the wildlife and holding the baby alligator was so amazing! He also had a great sense of humor and was an excellent navigator of the waterways. Next, we were on to Laura Plantation where our guide, Renee, really knew her stuff and made history come alive. When talking about the plantation owners and slave women relationships and the treatment of the children of these relationships, made me think a little differently about this part of history. Great job, Renee! From there, it was off to Houma House, a gorgeous plantation home with incredible gardens and beautiful birds everywhere! (Seeing the peacock up close and personal was really cool.). However, before our tour, we were treated to an incredible buffet lunch there consisting of regional fair such as gumbo, crawfish etouffe, and bread pudding. The red beans and sausage, the corn, and the chili chicken were to die for. Our guide for the tour, Susanna, was a delight. She told us about all the quirky rules and traditions of the day (girls, don’t show your ankles and guys, don’t look unless you want a wife) as well as teaching us about the history of this beautiful home. She answered any question we threw her way and the entire tour was a blast. But, by far, the best thing about the day was our van driver and overall tour guide, John. From the get go, his unique personality, knowledge of the area, excellent sense of humor, and total graciousness toward everyone in our group told me we were in for an awesome day. I so enjoyed his stories, especially the one about taking his wife hunting on the roadway, and so enjoyed learning more about him and the area over lunch. He took pictures of my family and the entire group throughout the day and sent them via text before we got back home. That is definitely above and beyond the service I expected. It was also cool getting to meet people from Colorado, North Carolina. And even England in our group. I have taken a lot of tours in my day but this was definitely the best and well worth the money!

cld1825

Mar 2022

My day started off with Stephen picking me up at my hotel. He was very knowledgeable about New Orleans. We made our way to the airboats. It was fun, but comparing it to the Everglades, it wasn’t as good. The airboat guide did not help anyone on or off the boat. I thought that to be a little dangerous. Next we were off to Laura Plantation. Our guide there, Lindie, was awesome. She is a teacher and she knew her stuff!! If you visit here , try to get her as your guide. I loved the way she “taught” you. Next we went to Houmas House. The food, hounds, the house is just beautiful. I enjoyed the tour. Stephen was a wonderful driver and I enjoyed him as my tour guide.

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