Whitney Plantation Tour in New Orleans booking from $84.00

Whitney Plantation Tour

Overview

Visit the Whitney Plantation of New Orleans and step back in time as you explore the 18th-century plantation museum, the only one of its kind in Louisiana. On this 5-hour tour (including travel time from New Orleans,) you’ll see museum exhibits, memorial artwork, and restored buildings. Learn about an important part of American history as recorded from first-person slave narratives.

The Whitney Plantation is a self-guided audio tour experience. Please make sure to download the Whitney Plantation app on your cell phone, tablet, or iPad to listen to an audio tour.

City: New Orleans

Thu 19 Feb

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What's Included

Round-trip transport from central New Orleans

2 hours to spend touring Whitney Plantation

Audio Tour Via Whitney Plantation App

Air-conditioned vehicle

All Fees and Taxes

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Check-in is 15 minutes prior to start time.
If the guest needs a wheelchair lift equipped bus, then special arrangements need to be made with the supplier. This must be arranged 48 hours prior to tour date. Contact details will be on your voucher.
Guests visiting Whitney using a wheelchair will have access to the gift shop, restrooms, and museum. The plantation grounds are accessible; however, there are uneven gravel paths. The main house tour is not accessible to guest traveling in wheelchairs and is not required to be modified as it is a historic home; however, the first floor is accessible. Guests would be able to view the slave quarters, but would not have access to enter.
Tour at Whitney Plantation is Self Guided
This tour includes 2 hours dedicated to exploring the grounds of Whitney Plantation. The remaining time consists of travel to and from the destination.

What To Expect

Lake Pontchartrain

Start the tour at the designated meeting point in New Orleans and journey to the historic Whitney Plantation, one of the antebellum estates located along the Mississippi River. You'll cross the Bonnet Carre Spillway, a flood outlet for the river, and see a panoramic view of Lake Pontchartrain on your way to the plantation. Pass by the Evergreen, Felicity and St. Joseph plantations, where rich crops of sugar cane, cotton, and indigo from these fertile lands once traveled to various ports of trade.

Whitney Plantation

Arrive at the Whitney Plantation, which dates back more than 260 years and is now a working museum dedicated to the understanding of slavery in the American South. Visit museum exhibits and restored buildings including historical slave cabins, some of which remain from the original 22 on-site. See the Big House, which is one of the finest surviving examples of Spanish Creole architecture in Louisiana, and learn about the daily life of former slaves at Whitney as recorded by the Federal Writers' Project. Tour at your own pace, and if you choose, download the Whitney Plantation app for the self-guided tour of the plantation. At the end of your experience, you're returned to central New Orleans.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews (1000)

Chantal_KB

Jun 2019

We decided to booked this sugar plantation because it focused more on slavery. It’s very sad and heartbreaking. I don’t know how I could possibly survive in that era. Don’t even know how people could possibly be that cruel either. Back then, they couldn’t even pray to God or learn how to read and write. If caught, they would get whip, chain and even work in the field with no food. I also learned that the local Indians helped them escape and learn how to survive in the swamp land.

Will F

Jun 2019

The tour is very interesting, humbling and thought provoking. It really set the scene for all the other black history we learnt on our road trip in the south. It make me angry and sickened but so much better than simply looking at a big house owned by a rich plantation owner. I didn't visit any other plantations though so have no comparison. Only advise is to drive yourself if you have a car as you save about £50 on ticket per person using your own transport

Mjlabrat

Jun 2019

This tour exposes the ignorance we still exhibit today regarding human trafficking and its impact on society to present time. The guide was amazing. Full of knowledge and doesn't sugarcoat it. A must if you are in Louisiana for any kind of travel.

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