New Orleans Airboat and Plantation Tour: Gourmet Experience
4.7
1,185 Ratings
Luling
Experience the best of Cajun and Creole cultures with a thrilling airboat tour, a visit to Laura Plantation, and a gourmet buffet lunch at Houmas House Plantation. Book now!
Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • 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.

What's Included
  • Air-conditioned van transport for 14 passengers with live narration
  • Convenient hotel pickup with scheduled time
  • Exciting airboat tour experience
  • Exclusive tour of Houmas House and Laura Plantation
  • Gourmet buffet lunch with unlimited options at Houmas House
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Experience a splendid blend of Cajun and Creole cultures, with an exhilarating airboat ride through the cypress swamps. Take a trip to the Laura Plantation, constructed in 1804, and discover the intimate familial narrative of Laura. Relish a well-crafted, all-you-can-eat buffet lunch in the sophisticated dining hall of Houmas House Plantation, complemented with an informative guided expedition of this majestic mansion. The intimate group size guarantees a more individualized interaction.

  • 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.
Location
Luling
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Josef_h
May 18, 2024
Great Tour and Sightseeing - Our Guide René was awesome. We saw a lot and it was a good mix of the difference of the creolian and American plantations
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Jacqui_c
May 7, 2024
Super & Worth It! - Wow, this is the BEST tour! Our group loved it. Giselle is a fabulous host, she obviously loves history and knows her stuff. Air Boat ride was awesome 👏🏻 fun, alligators galore !! thanks Zach 👍🏻 The two Plantations are so interesting & focus in different areas. Super informative. And you just have to mention lunch. Yum yum happy tums… Note to self- have cash for multiple guide tips during the day
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357michelleh
May 1, 2024
Best Tour in NOLA - My 18 year old daughter and I had an amazing time. Giselle picked us up promptly at the time indicated in front of our hotel. We were the last to join the group so by the time they got to our hotel, we went straight to the airboat tour. Giselle talk to us in route to our first stop about the history of New Orleans and did a wonderful job. She also told us places to visit if we had time later on in our trip as we drove by certain places like the World War II museum, which I had no idea there was one here in NOLA. The airboat ride was better than the one I had just recently done in Florida and I really like that. It was first thing in the morning because that’s when the alligators are out the most and we saw at least seven alligators. Giselle continued to provide us with additional history of this area enroute to the first and second plantations. Both of the plantations were beautiful and the tour guide for both of those locations did a wonderful job. The gardens at the second plantation were very impressive and lovely to walk-through. The gumbo at the restaurant was the best in Nola and this was in comparison to three other places we had eaten gumbo app so when I say it’s the best, it literally was the best! The buffet lunch was nice cuz we got to try everything. After the last plantation, Giselle drive us back and had more stories to share with us. All the information was very insightful. She used a headset to talk to us which was wired to the speakers for us to hear her perfectly in the back of the 15 passenger van. This tour was by far our favorite tour while we were here. It’s worth every penny and Isabelle and Giselle are such sweet ladies that they make the entire experience that much better, from booking the tour, having to reschedule it for six months down the road and then the actual tours, driving to and from, and during the tours.
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Carolynalioto
May 1, 2024
plantations and alligators - wonderful day! our guide Giselle, was charming and so informative. the airboat was so much fun with lots of alligators, birds and fauna. both plantations were different and fascinating. great lunch also. i highly recommend Isabells’s tours and Giselle.
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Paulettew425
Apr 24, 2024
Fabulously entertaining - This tour was amazing loved the alligators and the plantations and the food was great Gisele went above and beyond for all of us She knew her subject material well and made the tour most enjoyable with her incredible personality and stories She also went out of her way to retrieve the phone my husband accidentally left behind She is truly dedicated I highly recommend Tours by Isabel during your stay in the French quarter Isabel treats you like family and is extremely hands on We would like to thank Isabel and Gisele for helping us make our trip to New Orleans memorable
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Scott_q
Apr 17, 2024
Lovely day out of the city - Isabelle’s organization and communications were excellent and only topped by guide Giselle’s passion for local history and her amazing personality. The two plantations toured gave us very different experiences, both great but without any overlap. The swamp was good fun and a nice way to get the day started.
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Laura_d
Apr 17, 2024
So memorable! - Gisele was both delightful and informative! The tours were great, but having her guidance and well researched historical perspectives put the experience in a whole other category!
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Nicole_b
Apr 17, 2024
Fun day - We had so much fun, every part of the tour was entertaining and educational! Giselle was our tour guide and she was so fun, I highly recommend her and this tour.
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Zhengyan_w
Apr 7, 2024
Wonderful experience - Gisele is a very nice guide, who’s both helpful and knowledgeable. We saw gators in the interesting airboat trip, knew the history in Laura and enjoyed a delicious lunch in Houma.
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Joan_b
May 1, 2024
Take the tour! - This tour was well worth it. There are so many things to see and do in New Orleans, but this was well worth the day out of the city. The airboat ride was lots of fun (I honestly could have spent the whole day doing that). Laura Plantation and guide were excellent, very informative and personable. Lunch at Houmas House was delicious. The only down side to the day was our tour at the last plantation. It was crowded and felt rushed. Focused on the owners of the house and changes to house over the years but no mention of the obvious slaves that had kept it running. And the only reason I gave this four instead of five star rating. Rene, our tour guide/driver extraordinaire for the day was fun and very informative, even sharing his family gumbo recipe!
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