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Stop At: Whitney Plantation, 5099 Louisiana Highway 18, Wallace, LA 70049-2803
Whitney Plantation 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 there.
Duration: 2 hours 15 minutes
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Traveler pickup is offered
5 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
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This tour/activity will have a maximum of 26 travelers
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Posted By : Elizabeth D
This was a very powerful tour. The guide gave great information along the way out to the Plantation area. Then the self guided tour of the Whitney Plantation was wonderfully done. Easy to follow and built a true picture of what life was like for the enslaved people at the Plantation. I highly recommend.
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Posted On : 2024-05-12
Posted By : Mariam_S
The Whitney Plantation allowed us to hear the real hard truths about slavery. I’m so glad we went as a lot of these historical sites are being ruined by hurricanes. Our driver Dionne also gave us a bunch of information about sites along our route. It’s worth the morning!!
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Posted On : 2024-04-04
Posted By : Erin_M
The trip and tour were okay. It was a lovely day and the plantation was worth the visit. Our driver though was just a driver. There was no guide, no professional overview of the history. We simply listened to the radio on a van on the way to and from the plantation. We probably should have saved some money and rented a car.
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Posted On : 2024-04-01
Posted By : Mary_M
This was a fabulous experience and our tour guide was knowledgeable as well as fun! The drive to the plantation was an hour and our driver gave us detailed information about the city as well as the various plantations we passed once we were in the vicinity of our destination. I would definitely recommend this small group experience over a larger tour company!
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Posted On : 2024-03-29
Posted By : Z3300PDjoant
It was interesting to learn about the history and Edward the driver was very knowledgeable and great. The audio tour took just about an hour and a half to complete
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Posted On : 2024-03-02
Posted By : Isaac_B
This was a great way to experience the history of the plantations and see outside of New Orleans! At first I thought I would see less by picking one plantation but our guide was very knowledgeable and explained the history of others along the river and give us good visuals from the van. Highly recommended!
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Posted On : 2024-01-25
Posted By : Dewey_T
The tour driver was excellent: helpful, informative, humorous, and enjoyable. The Whitney Plantation Tour itself was an eye-opener concerning slavery history from a slave's point of view, not a slave owner's viewpoint. It was a hard reminder of the difficulties and brutality slaves experience, but as one person said: "Although it is a painful history, it is a necessary one."
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Posted On : 2023-11-08
Posted By : Bob_L
Our van driver gave us a lot of information on the way to the plantation which was interesting. I really enjoyed being able to take my time and really listen to and read the stories of the slaves. I learned about the slave revolt which I had never heard of or been taught about.
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Posted On : 2023-11-06
Posted By : Henry_L
My favorite tour of the trip. Definitely helped that the weather was perfect. The self-guided audio tour is really well done, and allows you to go at your own pace. A little bit more time at the plantation would have been nice, but it was enough to see pretty much everything. Highly recommend.
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Posted On : 2023-10-29
Posted By : Nichet_P
You must tour if you visit New Orleans! Our driver was wonderful and gave us some history on our trip to the plantation!
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Posted On : 2023-07-05
