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N’awlins Luxury: Whitney Plantation & Pontoon Swamp Tour w/Transportation
New Orleans, USA
8 hours 30 minutes
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What You Will Do
Take a 5.5 hours round-trip, down to Plantation Country and explore one plantations. Whitney Museum Plantation: During the 90-minute self-guided audio walking tour, visitors will gain a unique perspective on the lives of the enslaved people on a Louisiana sugar plantation, learning their stories through the real oral histories recorded by the Federal Writers Project during the Depression.
Have you ever wanted to enjoy an enchanting boat ride across a swamp? If your answer is yes, as it probably is, then the place to go is New Orleans via our guided swamp tours. We take you across all the heavenly Cajun Swamp where you take a 90 minutes low-speed boat ride. The Cajun Captains will navigate their way through the back swamp. You will learn about Louisiana Wetlands, the inhabitants of the swamp, the life and habits of the American Alligators. Our experience Captains will take you back to the history of Louisiana Bayou and Swamp exploration days.
What's Included?
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Driver/guide
What's Not Included?
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
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Whitney Plantation
2 hours 15 minutes
(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.
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Additional Information
This activity is operated by Nawlins Luxury Tours
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- A moderate amount of walking is involved.
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately.
- Please provide hotel pickup information.
Guide Options
- Audio Guide - German
- Printed Guide - German
- Audio Guide - English
- Guide - English
- Printed Guide - English
- Audio Guide - Italian
- Printed Guide - Italian
- Audio Guide - French
- Printed Guide - French
- Audio Guide - Spanish
- Printed Guide - Spanish
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