Airboat And Plantations Tour With Gourmet Lunch From New Orleans

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  • Duration: 9 Hrs
  • Language:
    English
  • Departure Time :
    08:00 AM
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    • Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there is not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alte.. read more
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Overview

A grand mlange presentation of Cajun and Creole cultures including a high-speed airboat tour of the cypress swamps. Visit Laura Plantation, built in 1804, and learn about Laura's personal family saga. Enjoy a gourmet, unlimited buffet lunch in the elegant dining room of Houmas House Plantation, followed by a guided tour of this grand mansion. The small-group atmosphere ensures a more personal experience.

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You'll start your day driving out to Cajun Country, where you'll go through wild cypress swamps, over the Mississippi River on an impressive suspended bridge, and along vast sugarcane fields, as the guide tells a unique story of the odyssey of the Cajun people.Next take a thrilling high-speed airboat ride as you comfortably glide over marshes and into deep, secluded bayous. Your Cajun guide, also an alligator hunter and fur trapper, will share his knowledge of the swamp including reptile habits, healing plants, and exotic birds. After your ride, explore his picturesque swamp zoo on Bayou Boeuf.
Discover Laura, an 1804 Creole Plantation and learn about Laura's personal family saga. See how the West-African enslaved's work influenced all segments of the Creole culture, best seen today in cuisine, music, family-centered traditions, architecture and life-style. At Laura's Slavery Museum Exhibit, hear personal stories of individual men, women and children who lived there, illustrating how the lives of the enslaved, both Crole and American, were intertwined with those of their owners.
After a short drive from Laura Plantation, you'll settle into a seated lunch in Houmas House' elegant dining room. After lunch, walk through the 250 year history of this estate and how a succession of owners and the Mississippi River grew this modest manor house into the estate it is today. A collection of art, furniture, and antique artifacts help tell the story of plantation life. 38 acres of gardens surround the mansion.

Itinerary:


You'll start your day driving out to Cajun Country, where you'll go through wild cypress swamps, over the Mississippi River on an impressive suspended bridge, and along vast sugarcane fields, as the guide tells a unique story of the odyssey of the Cajun people. Next take a thrilling high-speed airboat ride as you comfortably glide over marshes and into deep, secluded bayous. Your Cajun guide, also an alligator hunter and fur trapper, will share his knowledge of the swamp including reptile habits, healing plants, and exotic birds. After your ride, explore his picturesque swamp zoo on Bayou Boeuf.
Discover Laura, an 1804 Creole Plantation and learn about Laura's personal family saga. See how the West-African enslaved's work influenced all segments of the Creole culture, best seen today in cuisine, music, family-centered traditions, architecture and life-style. At Laura's Slavery Museum Exhibit, hear personal stories of individual men, women and children who lived there, illustrating how the lives of the enslaved, both Créole and American, were intertwined with those of their owners.
After a short drive from Laura Plantation, you'll settle into a seated lunch in Houmas House' elegant dining room. After lunch, walk through the 250 year history of this estate and how a succession of owners and the Mississippi River grew this modest manor house into the estate it is today. A collection of art, furniture, and antique artifacts help tell the story of plantation life. 38 acres of gardens surround the mansion.

Inclusions

  • Transport by 14-passenger air-conditioned van with live narration
  • Hotel pickup with exact pickup time provided
  • Fast and fun airboat tour
  • Tour of Houmas House and Laura Plantation
  • Gourmet, unlimited buffet lunch at Houmas House

Exclusions

  • Gratuities

Additional Info

Service animals allowed

Specialized infant seats are available

Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries

Not recommended for pregnant travelers

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Service animals are permitted. Please advise at time of booking to arrange accommodations

Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking in the special requirements field

Tour operates in all weather conditions. Umbrellas and rain ponchos are available for use if guests forget their own. If a tour cannot operate due to inclement weather you will be notified

Due to the nature of the airboat, children under the age of 5, pregnant women, people with back or neck issues or recent surgeries are not allowed to participate in the airboat portion of the tour.

Traveler Reviews

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  • 02-Aug-2023

    The Airboat ride was the highlight of the trip! Seeing many alligators floating around was interesting! Also bread pudding was delicious!

  • 24-Jul-2023

    It was a very good tour. Our tour guide Renee was awesome and learned alot. We had to do the Airboat in the afternoon due to thunderstorms but everything worked out great! Everyone was awesome!

  • 20-Jul-2023

    Whilst the tour guide was informative and friendly unfortunately the people who made up my tour group were rude and arrogant which tainted my experience. The swamp tour wasn’t worth it, the guide was uninformative, the few crocs seen have been tamed through the constant tour groups and I didn’t think feeding crocs a diet of marshmallows can be good for their health. Laura House was interesting and the guide very informative. The lunch at Houmas House was delicious and the gardens lovely but the propaganda given by the guide focussed on how wonderful the original owner was while skimming over the fact they had thousands of slaves making the household their fortune. However it was a good trip if you are wanting to experience both the swamp and the plantation houses.

  • 20-Jul-2023

    An absolute wonderful trip! Went to the Swamp ride first and had the pleasure of Rodney and got to see Jean Francois (Alligator) l, then to beautiful Laura Plantation with Kristyn teaching and showing this beautiful ground and finished at Homas Plantation! Stephen our guide was so informative and gave such wonderful pointers for our extended stay! We’ve been back over a week and my husband can’t stop talking about the tour! Would highly recommend going on any tour with Isabelle, it was the highlight is our trip.

  • 12-Jul-2023

    We only saw a few gators but plenty of other wildlife. The airboat ride itself was thrilling and the best part of the experience.

  • 09-Jul-2023

    The whole tour was great for the money we paid. We got picked up and dropped back off at our hotel. Our driver Giselle was so awesome you can tell she loves her job and knowledgeable about her history. The airboat ride and the two plantations we went to were great. The two tour guides we had very good. Houmas House was great! Airboat ride was great! The lunch was ver good! Highly recommend the tour!

  • 04-Jul-2023

    Well-organized tour and the small group feel made it much more enjoyable, and easier to keep everyone on time. John was a fantastic guide and took good care of the group. I think just enough time to enjoy each stop without feeling rushed, and the two plantations were great and different in style of storytelling. I enjoyed the airboat experience more than I expected to, and the bayou was beautiful. And I was very thankful for the van’s air-conditioning on a very hot day!

  • 02-Jul-2023

    Renee did an excellent job providing an in depth tour of the surrounding New Orleans wildlife, history and city-layout. Always pleasant, easy to listen to and funny. Renee made sure we were comfortable, even in the intense heat. His curated recommendations of other city attractions, eats and Jazz were very helpful.

  • 19-Jun-2023

    amazing experiences, Tours by Isabella I will definitely be doing more tours. I will definitely be doing this tour again next year.

  • 18-Jun-2023

    We did the small group swamp boat tour, two plantations and lunch with Rene. He was an excellent guide and the tours were very interesting. We’d highly recommend this tour!

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