From New Orleans: Swamp Airboat, 2 Plantation Tours & Lunch

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From New Orleans: Swamp Airboat, 2 Plantation Tours & Lunch

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Experience a swamp tour by small airboat, followed by a guided visit to the Laura and Houmas House Plantations. Enjoy a gourmet Creole meal for lunch.

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Highlights

Experience a ride on a fast airboat
Discover the interior of two plantations
Enjoy an elegant lunch at Houmas House Plantation
Relax as you stroll under 300 year-old oak trees
Learn about the rich Cajun and Creole cultures from your historian guide

Description

After being picked up from your hotel in New Orleans in a 13-seater high-roof van, your enthusiastic historian driver-guide will take you on a scenic narrated drive out of New Orleans, preparing you for a pilgrimage back in time. After crossing over the Mississippi River on a high bridge, you will arrive at a remote swamp to board a small airboat. With your Cajun boat captain, glide comfortably over marshes and deep into secluded bayous. Discover the swamp’s fascinating fauna and flora, including alligators, turtles, and exotic birds. Next, you will drive upriver through sugar cane fields to arrive at Laura Plantation. Enjoy a guided tour of this Creole plantation dating back to 1804. Hear the compelling stories of Laura's family saga, as well as stories of the West-African, enslaved people who worked on this sugar plantation. At the end of the tour, visit the museum exhibit dedicated to 'Slavery on Laura Plantation' in a restored overseer's cottage. Back on the old River Road, you will pass by Felicity Plantation, where '12 Years A Slave' was filmed, and St Joseph Plantation, where the 'Queen Sugar' TV series was filmed. Stop in front of Oak Alley Plantation to admire its parallel rows of centuries-old oak trees. After crossing over the Mississippi River on the Sunshine Bridge, you will arrive at the iconic 'Sugar Palace', Houmas House Plantation. Lunch will be served in their elegant dining room, with genuine Cajun cuisine. Then, enjoy a guided tour of the mansion with a guide dressed in Antebellum costume. After the tour, enjoy some free time to stroll around the splendid gardens, before you return to New Orleans. Sample Lunch Menu (subject to seasonal changes) Luncheon includes home-baked bread and butter, iced tea or soft drink, dessert, and coffee. Choice of Entrees: Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad (gluten-free without croutons): Served with tender romaine lettuce, croutons, and parmesan cheese Crown Jewel Hamburger: Grilled 7oz burger topped with cheese, bacon, mayo, ketchup, lettuce, tomato, and onion served with French fries Shrimp Po Boy: Shrimp, crispy fried and served on New Orleans French bread with shredded lettuce, tomatoes, and Creole mayonnaise Breast of Chicken (gluten-free without grits): Skin-on breast of chicken, served with stone-ground grits, roasted veggies and rum-spiked Houmas House beehive honey glaze Vegetarian Pasta: Veggies and baby heirloom tomatoes with fettuccine pasta and parmesan cheese Choice of Dessert: White Chocolate Bread Pudding Turtle Creole Cream Cheese Cheesecake

Includes

Hotel pickup and drop-off Roundtrip transportation Enthusiastic historian driver-guide Small airboat tour of Louisiana swamps Entrance fees to visit 2 plantation mansions Gourmet lunch with soft drinks, coffee and tea Taxes

Important Information

This is a small group tour for up to 13 people
Tour departs rain or shine. Ponchos and golf umbrellas are provided for those who forget to bring their own
Tour vans cannot accommodate non-collapsible wheelchairs, however, they can accommodate those able to use a van seat or those who can carry collapsed wheelchairs and walkers
Tour involves limited walking around the 2 mansions