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Whitney Plantation & Swamp Tour from New Orleans

By Gray Line of New Orleans
Free cancellation available
Price is $126 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 7h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • Narrated round-trip transportation
  • Audio Tour of the 272 year old plantation site
  • View museum exhibits, memorial artwork, & restored buildings
  • Narrated swamp boat ride through Manchac Swamp
  • See large alligators leaping up for a snack
Activity location
  • Whitney Plantation
    • 5099 Louisiana 18
    • 70049, Edgard, Louisiana, United States of America
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • Gray Line Lighthouse Ticket Office
    • 400 Toulouse Street
    • 70130, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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Whitney Plantation & Swamp Tour w/ Transportation
  • Activity duration is 7 hours and 30 minutes7h 30m
    7h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00am
Price details
$126.00 x 1 Adult$126.00

Total
Price is $126.00

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Narrated round-trip transportation
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Whitney Plantation Admission & Audio Tour
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Gratuities (optional)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food and drinks (snacks and beverages are available for purchase at the swamp)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    We suggest you bring dry snacks/food to consume on the ride; beverages with tops are also allowed

Know before you book

  • The Whitney Plantation is a self-guided tour. Please make sure to download the Whitney Plantation app on your cell phone, tablet, or iPad to listen to an audio tour.
  • Guests visiting Whitney using a wheelchair will have access to the gift shop, restrooms, and museum. The plantation grounds are accessible; however, there are uneven gravel paths. Guests would be able to view the slave quarters, but would not have access to enter.
  • Swamp tours, like all other tours, operate rain or shine. We will only cancel our tours in the event of extreme weather conditions including lightning strikes and will make every attempt to contact you in the event that a tour is cancelled.

What you can expect

This tour combines the private Manchac Swamp with Whitney Plantation.

A decade ago Whitney Plantation, circa 1752, opened its doors to the public for the first time in its history as the only plantation museum in Louisiana completely dedicated to the history of slavery. The experience at Whitney is a self-paced audio tour. Visitors to Whitney will gain a unique perspective on the enslaved people who lived and worked here through museum exhibits, memorial artwork, restored historic outbuildings, and hundreds of first-person narratives.

Then it's a short ride from River Road to a privately-owned wildlife refuge within the Manchac Swamp, where homegrown Cajun captains will take you on a journey back to the early days of swamp and bayou exploration. They'll guide the covered pontoon boat through the mystical cypress swamp while showing off the American Alligator and abundant wildlife. Learn the history of the town of Frenier and the Cajun culture of fishing, hunting, and trapping. Get the camera ready gators leaping up for a snack!

Location

Activity location
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    Whitney Plantation
    • 5099 Louisiana 18
    • 70049, Edgard, Louisiana, United States of America
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Gray Line Lighthouse Ticket Office
    • 400 Toulouse Street
    • 70130, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America