Itinerary
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Pass By: Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, LA
Your trip back in time to the Antebellum South begins with pickup from your New Orleans hotel. Travel with your small group by van along the shores of Lake Ponchartrain as your guide shares facts and stories about plantation culture.
Stop At: Whitney Plantation, 5099 Louisiana Highway 18, Wallace, LA 70049-2803
Recently opened to the public, it exposes the harsh realities and raw historical facts of this dark side of American history. On your self-guided walking tour, you will see slave cabins, a freedmen’s church, detached kitchen and a 1790s owner’s house. Guests will use their own cell phones to access a special Whitney Tour App. All ticket confirmations will include a link to download it. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own headphones for sanitary safety.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Oak Alley Plantation, 3645 Highway 18 Great River Road, Vacherie, LA 70090-7079
Stop for a photo in front of Oak Alley's famous oak-lined esplanade.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Laura Plantation: Louisiana's Creole Heritage Site, 2247 Highway 18, Vacherie, LA 70090-5409
A short ride through sugar cane fields brings you to Laura, a Creole Plantation with historic slave quarters surrounded by sugar cane fields. The guided tour transports you with dramatic detail into the charmed yet tragic lives of four generations of Creole owners and their slaves.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
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Traveler pickup is offered
Please specify hotel at time of purchase. We pick up in New Orleans at any hotel, Bed & Breakfast or select Airbnbs, uptown (close to St. Charles Ave.), in (or close to) the French Quarter, and on the Westbank.
We do not pick up by the airport, in New Orleans East, in Slidell, or on the North Shore.
Supplier will contact you the day before your tour to give you an exact pick up time.
11:00 AM
6 hours(approx.)
Child rate applies to all children and infants
Service animals are permitted. Please advise at time of booking to arrange accommodations
Not wheelchair accessible
Tour cannot accommodate wheelchairs of any kind
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
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 14 travelers
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Posted By : kraxmo
The visits to both Whitney and Laura Plantations were very educational and helpful in understanding the cause and effects of the Louisiana Suger Cane slave Trade.
Our guide Renee was super special.
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Posted On : 2024-05-14
Posted By : Victoria_M
This was a really good tour. The guide we had around the Whitney Plantation (I think I have that the right way round) was amazing. She knew so much about the history of the area. Yes, it is hard to hear, but really important. I was shocked by how recently people were living there.
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Posted On : 2024-05-12
Posted By : pooiy639
I enjoyed the self-guided tour at Whitney and the guided tour at Laura. However, I was under the impression that we would be a small group all the way. Unfortunately, that was not so at Laura. The tour was provided by Laura Plantation and we were about 20+ in that group.
However, I am disappointed in the fact that when I booked the tour, the description said "Pass in front of Evergreen, St Joseph, Felicity & Oak Alley Plantations". I emailed Isabelle before booking and she confirmed that we would pass by Oak Alley, and that we will stop at Evergreen Plantation to take photos. None of that happened. I don't think we passed St Joseph and Felicity either.
I even asked the driver about it, but he said we're not going to Oak Alley, it's 4 miles away. That left me feeling disappointed. Basically this "tour" was more like a transport because I should've rented a car and could've done Whitney and Laura on my own and gotten the same experience.
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Posted On : 2024-05-10
Posted By : Jacque P
John was prompt and very knowledgeable about the area. He shared many facts and pointed out other interesting plantations.
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Posted On : 2024-05-04
Posted By : B2583KCdonaldw
Driver Rene is great. Very knowledgeable. Went the extra mile to complement the plantation tours. Whitney was self guided with audio. Excellent. Laura provided a live guide. She is very knowledgeable; at times a bit verbose. We have no regrets about either tour.
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Posted On : 2024-04-05
Posted By : Beth_C
Perfect tour to do solo, you can really hear and learn about the plantations real history schools do not teach!
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Posted On : 2024-03-25
Posted By : Gregg_B
The plantations were thought-provoking the guide Renee was fabulous. Isabella was helpful and was prompt to return any messages
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Posted On : 2024-03-14
Posted By : NMBvoyage
This was an excellent small group tour of two plantations - Laura and Whitney. Our guide, René Brunot, was an excellent driver and guide. We appreciated that both plantations addressed the reality of the lives of the enslaved and didn't just focus on the lives of the plantations owners or the houses.
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Posted On : 2024-03-14
Posted By : brian b
Excellent guide in Renee , informative , friendly , excellent value for money , would have no doubt in using their service again for future tours
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Posted On : 2024-03-04
Posted By : markedwardf2024
Best part of the experience was our guide Stephen. Very informed about the history and culture of New Orleans. He kept us entertained for the entire one hour trip from our hotel to the plantation and on the trip back. Stephen loves his job and it is apparent in the passion he shows when telling his many stories about the history and culture of the region during the pre and post civil war period as well as present day Nola. Make sure you get Stephen as your guide!
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Posted On : 2024-03-03
