Whitney Plantation: Insightful Louisiana Swamp Tour
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Embark on a 5.5-hour journey to Plantation Country and explore the Whitney Museum Plantation. Take a self-guided audio tour to gain insight into the lives of enslaved people. Then, enjoy a captivating 90-minute boat ride through the enchanting Cajun Swamp in New Orleans.
Duration:
8 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Whitney Plantation - (CLOSE ON TUESDAYS) 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 here.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Driver/guide services
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Embark on a 5.5-hour journey to Plantation Country and venture through one of its plantations. Whitney Museum Plantation: This 90-minute self-guided audio walking tour offers a unique insight into the experiences of enslaved individuals on a Louisiana sugar plantation. Relive their tales through the authentic oral histories documented by the Federal Writers Project during the Depression period.
Always fancied a captivating swamp boat ride? Your dream can come true in New Orleans through our guided swamp tours. Sail through the divine Cajun Swamp for a leisurely 90-minutes boat trip. Our Cajun Captains will skilfully steer through the back swamp as you learn about Louisiana Wetlands, the swamp’s inhabitants, and the behaviours of the American Alligators. Our knowledgeable Captains will transport you back to the era of Louisiana Bayou and Swamp expedition days.
- A moderate amount of walking is involved.
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately.
- Please provide hotel pickup information.
Location
Whitney Plantation
5099 Highway 18
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Brianna_f
Mar 17, 2024
Black Queen Approved - This trip was such a great opportunity. I have already started spreading the word to family and friends. The bus ride with Mrs. D was very informative. If you are looking to look at some real history visit the Whitney plantation and if you want to enjoy a great boat ride and while on the boat eat some really good shrimp and I mean good shrimp go on a pontoon boat ride. I loved our captain!
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Perfectpair29
Oct 27, 2023
Excellent service and tour! - Great day! I could have used another 30 minutes a the plantation. We were picked up and dropped off at our hotel. We enjoyed lunch very much. Would recommend! Air boat tour was excellent too!
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Quanise_s
Jul 19, 2023
Overwhelming - The whole thing I have never been to a plantation I am 43 years old. I have family that lives in Louisiana to see the things that slaves had to go back. It’s crazy I may be in a black woman. It hurt me to my core to see the things that children and women had to go through at that time, I cried the whole tour
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Doreen_c
Apr 23, 2023
Whitney Plantation and pontoon swamp tour - The Whitney Plantation focuses on the lives of enslaved people and was an invaluable educational experience. The individual audio tour was well done and ensures you don’t miss anything.
We enjoyed a nice lunch prior to our swamp tour. My grilled shrimp Poboy was the best I had while in New Orleans. My sons crab cakes were also delicious!
Our swamp tour was very nice. However, we were on a pontoon boat when I very specifically signed up for an airboat. There were three options, pontoon boat, medium and high speed air boat. Not sure what happened there, but was a bit disappointing.
We did see a lot of gators on our trip, including the big one, Winky, but was hoping for a little more. Luck of the draw, I know. Overall, would highly recommend the tours. It was a great day and we all learned a lot.
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Rachelyy8565co
Sep 26, 2022
Plantation and Swamp Tour - Dionne was an absolutely awesome driver and gave lots of interesting information about the area along the way.
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Zulma_o
Sep 25, 2022
Great Tour - Visiting the Whitney Plantation was a truly educational experience. Very moving. Our country needs more places like this to learn about history that has been erased.
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950ritaf
Sep 25, 2022
Great Tour - Everything about this tour was well organized. The tour of Whitney Plantation was very educational. I especially liked that it was self-guided and the recordings were super interesting and offered information about slavery that I wasn’t aware of. Visiting a plantation where so many people suffered was humbling.
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Reggie_y
Aug 6, 2022
Vacation - Educational. Very moving. I highly recommend this tour to anyone who wants to know something about the true history of the United States of America.
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Isaiahw09
Jul 20, 2022
Very amazing experience - Very amazing experience! I had a really nice time touring with N’awlins Luxury. Very sharp with time control. Looking foward to touring again some day.
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Davionw780
Jul 20, 2022
Nice tour & and overall great experience! - This was a very cool experience. Our guide was very knowledgeable and polite. She was punctual with the schedule and the bus was extremely clean!
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