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

Mon 23 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)

Elizabeth_R

Oct 2022

This was a great day trip that packed a lot in. The airboat tour was super fun and we saw lots of alligators. Laura Plantation has an excellent tour that tells the lives of the people who lived there. The Houmas House tour focused more on the house - itinerary didn't tell much about the plantation, or show the grounds which are beautiful. I would have preferred the tour have a different focus, but that is just because my interests are a bit different. The house was still interesting. Isabelle was very proactive about communicating. I had sent a question about accessibility and she called me shortly after. That was a nice personal touch. Our hotel pickup was before 8am and we didn't get lunch until 1:30, so you may want to bring a small snack with you.

MdKeller20

Oct 2022

Loved it! Been wanting to do an airboat and gator tour for a long time and Dalton, our airboat driver made it such a fun and exciting experience. Stephen our driver picked us all up right on time and was so nice and very knowledgeable about all the areas he drove us to and around, we all loved him. And the guides at each plantation (Pam and Darrell) we’re so knowledgeable about the plantations.. Pam especially knows her stuff from the history of the place to the people who lived there. We just loved the all of it. Great experience! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Stefanie_K

Sep 2022

Gisele was a wonderful guide. It ended up being a very small group and Gisele made us feel so welcome. The swamp boat portion of the tour was great. It was amazing to see so many alligators around the boat and fun to ride the airboat. The plantations were beautiful and very informative and realistic about a dark time in our history.

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

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