Whitney Plantation Tour with Transportation from New Orleans | La Vacanza Travel

Whitney Plantation Tour with Transportation from New Orleans

Duration: 5 hours 25 minutes
Destination: United States, Louisiana, New Orleans
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  • 5 hours 25 minutes
  • New Orleans
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Visit the Whitney Plantation of New Orleans and step back in time as you explore the 18th-century plantation museum, the only one of its kind in Louisiana. On this 5-hour tour (including travel time from New Orleans,) you’ll see museum exhibits, memorial artwork, and restored buildings. Learn about an important part of American history as recorded from first-person slave narratives.

They 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.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Pass By: Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, LA

Start the tour at the designated meeting point in New Orleans and journey to the historic Whitney Plantation, one of the antebellum estates located along the Mississippi River.

You'll cross the Bonnet Carre Spillway, a flood outlet for the river, and see a panoramic view of Lake Pontchartrain on your way to the plantation. Pass by the Evergreen, Felicity and St. Joseph plantations, where rich crops of sugar cane, cotton, and indigo from these fertile lands once traveled to various ports of trade.

Stop At: Whitney Plantation, 5099 Louisiana Highway 18, Wallace, LA 70049-2803

Arrive at the Whitney Plantation, which dates back more than 260 years and is now a working museum dedicated to the understanding of slavery in the American South. Visit museum exhibits and restored buildings including historical slave cabins, some of which remain from the original 22 on-site. See the Big House, which is one of the finest surviving examples of Spanish Creole architecture in Louisiana, and learn about the daily life of former slaves at Whitney as recorded by the Federal Writers' Project. Tour at your own pace, and if you choose, download the Whitney Plantation app for the self-guided tour of the plantation.

At the end of your experience, you're returned to central New Orleans.

Duration: 3 hours

Inclusions
  • 2 hours to spend touring Whitney Plantation
  • Round-trip transport from central New Orleans
  • All Fees and Taxes
  • Professional Licensed Guide
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • Entry/Admission - Whitney Plantation

Exclusions
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Check-in is 15 minutes prior to start time.
  • If the guest needs a wheelchair lift equipped bus, then special arrangements need to be made with the supplier. This must be arranged 48 hours prior to tour date. Contact details will be on your voucher.
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • 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. The main house tour is not accessible to guest traveling in wheelchairs and is not required to be modified as it is a historic home; however, the first floor is accessible. Guests would be able to view the slave quarters, but would not have access to enter.
  • Stroller accessible
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Tour at Whitney Plantation is Self Guided
  • 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 55 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

Gray Line New Orleans, Gray Line Lighthouse Ticket Office, 400 Toulouse St, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA


Departure Time

10:00 AM


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

5 hours 25 minutes


User's Reviews

Patty_S

21 Apr, 2024

Very deeply felt and presented plantation experience from the point of view of the enslaved people, rather than the "antebellum glamour" of the white owners. My only criticism--the tour should have allowed for another full hour of learning, contemplation and experience sharing. The Whitney project is that powerful, should not be shortchanged.

Devone_H

20 Apr, 2024

Great learning experience, would recommend to anyone. From the on the road tour experience to the location itself, the tour bus driver was very funny and informative. Smooth experience.

Kristina_G

20 Apr, 2024

The Whitney Plantation was amazing. The stories they tell there are heartbreaking, but bring the history to life and help us all understand the tragedies of slavery in such a beautiful way! Bryant our bus driver was also amazing, he was very knowledgeable and made it fun!!

angelica_m

19 Apr, 2024

such a powerful experience to be able to hear our tour guides commentary and do the self-guided tour at the location

Barbara_S

18 Apr, 2024

It was all memorable but I especially liked reading the quote of the past slaves. The audio tour worked for me.

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