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    New Orleans Whitney Plantation & Airboat Tour

    History, memorials, and a narrated Louisiana swamp airboat ride

    4.9 stars• 739 reviews

    • No hidden fees
    • Includes concierge support

    Duration

    7.5 Hours

    Ideal For

    Up to 16 people

    Includes

    Transport, admission, airboat tour

    Highlights

    Explore Whitney Plantation's memorials and historic grounds, then ride through Louisiana swamps by narrated airboat. Learn about the lives of enslaved people while experiencing two distinct sides of the region.

    • Explore Louisiana's only plantation museum dedicated exclusively to the lives of enslaved people
    • See slave cabins, the Freedmen's Church, memorials, and historic structures
    • Learn through an audio-guided or guided plantation tour
    • Ride through southeast Louisiana swamps with a local captain
    • Browse gift shop and snack options

    Itinerary

    • Pick-up begins at 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM; allow 30 minutes
    • Drive ~1 hr 10 min to Whitney Plantation
    • Audio-guided or guided plantation tour (~90 min)
    • Afternoon airboat tour departs ~2:00 PM and returns ~3:45 PM
    • Return to hotel ~4:45 PM (depending on traffic)

    What's Included

    • Round-trip transportation
    • Whitney Plantation admission
    • Headsets for the audio tour
    • Narrated airboat tour

    Important details

    • Ages 18+ only
    • Pregnant women cannot ride the airboat
    • Airboat riders cannot have back or neck problems
    • Pickup may be at an alternate location rather than your property

    Cancellation Policy

    Tours may be canceled or changed due to weather conditions.

    Product ID: 9FMH44

    FAQs

    Airboats are prohibited for children under 48 inches, pregnant women, and people with any kind of back or neck problems.

    Plan for hotel pick-up between 8:00 am and 8:30 am. Be ready at 8:00 am and allow a 30-minute window for pick-up.

    Bring comfortable walking shoes, weather-appropriate clothing, sunglasses, sunscreen, a camera, and spending money.

    Related locations

    Whitney Plantation

    Admission included

    Standing along the west bank of the Mississippi River in St. John the Baptist Parish, Whitney Plantation confronts visitors with a history that demands attention. The grounds are quiet but weighted, the air thick with the kind of meaning that settles into you slowly. Unlike most antebellum sites, Whitney Plantation centers its entire story on the people who were enslaved here, not the planters who profited from their suffering. Memorials, sculptures, and preserved structures across the property make that commitment unmistakable from the moment you arrive.

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