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Stop At: Whitney Plantation, 5099 Louisiana Highway 18, Wallace, LA 70049-2803
(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.
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes
Stop At: Ultimate Swamp Adventures, 450 Laroussini St, Westwego, LA 70094, USA
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.
Duration: 3 hours
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Traveler pickup is offered
08:00 AM
8 hours 30 minutes(approx.)
Stroller accessible
Most travelers can participate
Not wheelchair accessible
A moderate amount of walking is involved.
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately.
Please provide hotel pickup information.
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 26 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : TheBuyBackPodcast
We had a fill in driver but he was kind and welcoming and never felt nervous with his driving.
The Whitney itself I enjoyed very much, based on my research it focused more on slave life than the families of the households and that’s what I wanted to learn about.
The pontoon boat tour was a blast. Wild ride.
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Posted On : 2024-04-26
Posted By : Brianna_F
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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Posted On : 2024-03-17
Posted By : PerfectPair29
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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Posted On : 2023-10-27
Posted By : Quanise_S
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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Posted On : 2023-07-19
Posted By : Doreen_C
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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Posted On : 2023-04-23
Posted By : rachelyY8565CO
Dionne was an absolutely awesome driver and gave lots of interesting information about the area along the way.
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Posted On : 2022-09-26
Posted By : Zulma_O
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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Posted On : 2022-09-25
Posted By : 950ritaf
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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Posted On : 2022-09-25
Posted By : Reggie_Y
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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Posted On : 2022-08-06
Posted By : Isaiahw09
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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Posted On : 2022-07-20
