New Orleans’ Plantation Country lies along the Mississippi River, around an hour from the city. On this half-day tour, visit one of three historic Louisiana sugar plantations (depending on the day)’ Whitney Museum Plantation, Laura Plantation, or Oak Alley Antebellum Plantation. During a guided tour, learn more about life on the plantations, see the historic buildings and slave quarters, and visit the museums and memorials.

Visit one of three plantations: Whitney, Laura, or Oak Alley
Learn about life on the historic sugar plantations on a guided tour
Hassle-free pickup and drop-off from your New Orleans hotel
Small-group tour with a maximum of 14 people

What To Expect

Laura Plantation: Louisiana’s Créole Heritage Site

Laura tour includes The Maison Principale (Big House), The French Jardin, The Plantation Kitchen Garden, The Banana Grove, and the original 1840s Slave Cabins where The Legendary Tales of Compair Lapin (known in English as Br’er Rabbit) were first recorded. Take time to browse through local arts, crafts and souvenirs in the historic Laura Plantation gift shop. Also don’t forget to visit the new museum exhibit where it displays the daily lives, free & enslaved, on the sugar plantation. That’s why Laura Creole Plantation was awarded the title of top travel attraction by The Louisiana of Tourism.
2 hours 15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Oak Alley Plantation

Oak Alley Plantation includes gracious interiors that echo the romance of another era, where gleaming hardwood floors and shimmering chandeliers reflect both streams of sunlight, and the venerable history of this magnificent home.The Slavery at Oak Alley exhibit it shares the story of those who were enslaved on this sugar plantation from approximately 1835 to the end of the Civil War. It also shares the daily life of these slaves, including topics such as healthcare, punishment and life after Emancipation. The Confederate Commanding Officer’s Tent exhibit. The Sugar Cane Theater, it tells the story of sugar’s impact on the people of Oak Alley, through video and exhibit. Black Smith Shop House, one of the few remaining 1890s era forges of its type in Louisiana.
2 hours 15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

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.

2 hours 15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

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Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
A moderate amount of walking is involved.
Stroller accessible
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately.
Please provide hotel pickup information.
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 26 travelers

Include

Driver/guide
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Exclude

Food and drinks
Gratuities