Private Airboat Ride and Plantations Tour with Gourmet Lunch from New Orleans

Overview

A grand mélange of Cajun and Creole cultures for private groups of up to 12, starting with a private airboat tour of the cypress swamps. Visit Laura, a Creole Plantation and explore her historic slave quarters surrounded by sugar cane fields. Enjoy an elegant seated lunch at Houmas House plantation, followed by a guided tour of this grand mansion.

Itinerary

1. Luling

   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 you'll take a narrated private airboat tour (about 1.5 hours) on winding bayous in remote cypress swamps. Your High-Speed Airboat provides a thrilling 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 this peaceful ride, explore his picturesque swamp zoo on Bayou Boeuf.

   · 2 h

2. Laura Plantation: Louisiana's Creole Heritage Site

   Next visit Laura, a Creole Plantation and her historic slave quarters surrounded by sugar cane fields. The guided tour (may be non-private) transports you with dramatic detail into the charmed yet tragic lives of four generations of Creole owners and their slaves.

   · 1 h 30 min· Admission included

3. Houmas House and Gardens

   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.

   · 3 h· Admission included

Pickup

Pickup included.

Tour departs from downtown New Orleans and French Quarter hotels only. If you do not indicate your hotel for pick up at the time of booking, please call Tours by Isabelle and advise them of this information directly.

How to use your ticket

• Due to the nature of the airboat, pregnant women are not allowed to participate in the airboat portion of the tour. • Children under 6 are not allowed to ride the airboat portion of this tour. • If bringing an infant and providing your own car seat, please call us to let us know so that we do not bring an extra • If you do not indicate your hotel for pick up at the time of booking, please call Tours by Isabelle at +1 (504) 398-0365 and advise them of this information directl • This tour cannot accommodate wheelchairs of any kind

What to know before you go

• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• 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 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.

Travelers

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

• From 1 days before : 100% refunded
• From 0 days before : 0% refunded

This activity can be canceled in case of bad weather.

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