New Orleans

Whitney Plantation and Airboat Tour from New Orleans

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PLANTATION SWAMP TOUR COMBO BY CRESCENT CITY TOURS and TRANSPORTATION

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8 hours
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Offered in: English

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Overview

Put New Orleans in context without the self-drive hassles on this enriching full-day tour. First, immerse in the city’s dark history on a self-guided tour of the Whitney Plantation, with time to explore the museum independently. Next, pass by the Evergreen Plantation, where Django Unchained was filmed, and board an airboat for a high-speed swamp adventure. Your package includes small-group transfers from most New Orleans hotels.

Learn about New Orleans’ history of slavery at the Whitney Plantation
Pass by Destrehan, a key point in the 1811 Revolt of enslaved people
Race through marsh and swamps on a thrilling airboat ride
Picks up and drops at hotels in time-saving small groups

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

08:00 AM

Pickup details

We pickup at most in New Orleans hotels. If your hotel is not listed pick the one that’s nearest you. All of the stops are within 3 to 4 blocks of each other. If you have any questions please reach out to us.

What To Expect

Whitney Plantation

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Evergreen Plantation (Pass By)

Destrehan (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Not recommended for travelers with back problems

Not recommended for pregnant travelers
No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
Most travelers can participate
Please observe silence during the transfer or travel time as a respect to your co travelers.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 24 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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.

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Featured review

Michael_D

Our tour guide and driver was hilarious and made everybody feel good. He was knowledgeable and serious when needed about the subjects. The swamp boat tour guide was just as knowledgeable and you can tell he loves alligators, nature, and the area. It made for one of the best tours I’ve taken. The fun of the boat tour was balanced by the seriousness and history of the plantation tour. Well worth it!

Reviews

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Brian is the best tour guide!

Shelly_S, Apr 2024

Our tour guide BRIAN was an absolute 10 star! Filled with information and his laugh is contagious… we loved the plantation tour and the airboat ride was a once in a lifetime experience. Unfortunately, the communication prior to our tour was lacking. I sent three emails and nobody responded to me, was able to talk to a person regarding our pick up time. The tour starts at eight she said so be there at 7:30 or 745. We didn’t get picked up until 830 and we had to walk blocks to get to the pick up spot. So waiting that long wasn’t a thrill. If they iron that out we will give a 5 star

Response from Host, Apr 2024

We are so sorry for the mixup. There are many companies that sell our tours. Your confirmation email states the pick up time begins at 8 AM. If you’re early that’s even better but we do not tell customers be ready before 8 AM. It’s unfortunate that you got verbal inaccurate information. But there are many sources into which customers book our tours and communicate directly with the booking source. It’s unfortunate and we apologize. But thank you so much for coming we enjoyed having you and until next time stay safe and keep smiling

A good, deep look at important history, followed by exhilarating fun.

Fred_B, Apr 2024

The plantation tour is exceptional, very informative, and provides an excellent history of slavery in general, and specifically in the area. The grounds are beautiful, and the memorials and monuments are very moving (even haunting). This experience is not to be missed. It is unlike most other plantation visits. The airboat swamp tour is just plain fun. You have several moments of rushing over water, grass, and mud at amazing speed. There are plenty of alligators, herons, and red wing blackbirds to see. We even glimpsed a feral hog. One alligator was part way into the boat to get fed some chicken by the guide. That’s about as up close and personal as you can get with an alligator. This is absolutely a really wonderful swamp experience.

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thank you so much for coming. We enjoyed having you until next time. Stay safe and keep smiling. ☺️☺️

Can’t miss swamp tour!

elmtree10, Apr 2024

Wonderful experience. Our driver Brian was hilarious and told a lot of good stories and gave great tips. We enjoyed the combo Whitney plantation and swamp tour. Swamp tour was our favorite. We stopped at Oak Alley for a quick lunch. The food at the cafe was average premade sandwiches. It’s too bad there isn’t a better location to grab quick food but the place they use to go has closed due to covid. It was nice being able to see oak alley also through the gate since we stopped here for food. If you want to pay the $20 entrance fee you could also run through the grounds (we only had 30 minutes to grab food). The swamp tour was the best. We chose the small airboat tour and it was worth it. We saw so many gators and our guide made the trip so much fun. Highly recommend this!

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thank you so much for coming. We enjoyed having you until next time. Stay safe and keep smiling. ☺️☺️

Great Experience! Pack your Lunch!

Camilla_B, Apr 2024

Great Experience! Whitney Plantation is amazing. We loved the self guided tour with handheld headsets for narration. Swamp Tour was a great follow up. There was a change to the lunch plan. We were supposed to stop at Oak Alley for deli sandwiches but we're then told there was a food truck at the swamp Tour. Then on the way we got a call that the food truck was closed so we stopped at a little cafe, which was pretty good. The drive from New Orleans to these tours is about an hour and in total takes about 7 hours. They need a more definite plan for lunch or travelers need to be prepared

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thank you so much for coming. We enjoyed having you until next time. Stay safe and keep smiling. ☺️☺️

Unwilling to work with customers

Lori_D, Apr 2024

The experience was horrible bc I selected the wrong date and viator nor the direct company would work with me to get some kind of refund since I was not in New Orleans at the time. Customer Servicw seems to no longer be a thing

Simply stunning

David_B, Apr 2024

An authentic telling of the horrors of slavery through Historic facts and old recordings of first hand experiences. This is a must for anyone exploring the real history of the USA.

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thank you so much for coming. We enjoyed having you until next time. Stay safe and keep smiling. ☺️☺️

Worth the Combination Tour - Whitney Plantation & Swamp Tour

Katie_C, Apr 2024

Tour guide was great and didn't even catch his name. He was funny , lighthearted and very knowledgeable about the city. The plantation was filled with history and easy to use audio tour to learn the facts and history on your own. After a heavy heart filled visit, we ended the tour with a swamp tour and that was the best decision we made, cause it was fun , got to see many alligators, took photos "next" to them lol, and be outdoors in the beautiful weather we got to experience.

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thank you so much for coming. We enjoyed having you until next time. Stay safe and keep smiling. ☺️☺️

Great tour

NikolajMetz_J, Apr 2024

Crescent city tours (the ones operating this trip) are amazing. Go support them - They will show you a good time.

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thank you so much for coming. We enjoyed having you until next time. Stay safe and keep smiling. ☺️☺️

So Worth It!

Sheila_D, Apr 2024

Highly recommended! It was an amazing excursion. The Whitney Plantation gave firsthand accounts from slaves that actually worked and lived on the plantation. Sad reality of our history. And the Airboat Tour was so fun! We saw at least a dozen and a half alligators. I felt like I was on the show "Swamp People."

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thank you so much for coming. We enjoyed having you until next time. Stay safe and keep smiling. ☺️☺️

Knowledgeable and enjiyable

Michael_D, Mar 2024

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thank you so much for coming. We enjoyed having you until next time. Stay safe and keep smiling. ☺️☺️

Riding pretty in New Orleans

Rachel_M, Mar 2024

Your tour guides were informative, friendly and professional. We had an excellent team!!!! The bus was clean. We had a lot of fun.

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thanks for coming we enjoyed having you until next time. Stay safe and keep smiling. 😊😊

Worth it!!!

Lisa_C, Mar 2024

Wow, what an amazing time! The tour is sad and intense. The narration is very well done. We learned a lot from the perspective of the enslaved people. We then had lunch between the plantation tour and the swamp. The swamp tour was a great way to lighten the mood. We saw quite a few alligators! I recommend this tour.

Response from Host, Apr 2024

Thanks for coming we enjoyed having you until next time. Stay safe and keep smiling. 😊😊

Shout out to Brian and Whitney

Matthew_D, Feb 2024

Brian is a legendary tour guide who makes the journey as good as the trips. Definitely recommend the whitney tour rather than old oak as it focuses through the eyes of the slaves. Airboat was great fun and good to see a few gators this early in the year. All well organised and a simple day.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thanks so much for coming guys it was our pleasure serving you while in our beautiful city. Until next time, stay safe and keep smiling 😊😊

Good tour

srisastry, Jan 2024

Well organized tour. Pick up time was clearly communicated and was picked up at that time. The tour guide is well informed and gave lot of good information.

Response from Host, Feb 2024

Thanks so much for coming guys it was our pleasure serving you while in our beautiful city. Until next time, stay safe and keep smiling 😊😊

So fun!

Nicole_V, Dec 2023

Our tour guide from Crescent City Tours was amazing. He was very knowledgeable and made the drive enjoyable between all the stops. The airboat tour was also a really cool thing to experience. So glad that I booked the double tour!

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Thanks for coming guys we enjoyed having you. Until next time stay safe and keep smiling 😊😊

JUST BOOK THE TRIP!!!!!!!!

Vanessa_S, Dec 2023

Brian has an awesome character and a very infectious laugh! I’m so glad that he’s our tour guide! Man’s really funny and even if you don’t get any of his jokes, his laugh alone will make you LOL! The Whitney Plantation’s my top reason why I visited NOLA in the first place! The self-guided audio tour’s awesome so you won’t have to worry about booking this tour with a tour guide from the vicinity. Warning: since you’re visiting a plantation, especially with children, please make sure to tell them to practice proper behavior. I happened to be listening intently to my audio guide, but seeing a couple of kids running and screaming around and having no respect or consideration to the property is unacceptable. What’s worse was that their parents didn’t even bother to get their attention! Soooo incredibly disrespectful to others! It’s nice to do an airboat swamp tour right after the heavy emotional tour from the plantation! Since it’s winter time, we rarely seen any gators! So glad to have seen 2! Overall, this combo tour is so worth every buck! Just book it! And if you can, ask for Brian!!! He’s the best!!!

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Thanks for coming guys we enjoyed having you. Until next time stay safe and keep smiling 😊😊 He is definitely one of our best tour guides. He has never let me forget in the last 20yrs that he is the self proclaimed G.O.A.T It's starting to become a little undeniable. But thank you so much for your review.

Fantastic Tour - A Must!

Michael_M, Dec 2023

Great way to visit the Whitney Plantation and a fun airboat ride to cap off the day. We were picked up outside our hotel at 8am (no extra cost) by our great tour guide, Brian. Props to him, he was fun, energetic, and had a great scooby doo impression on top of delivering great facts and knowledge along our drives. After a few other hotel stops we were on our way by 8:30. A roughly 1 hour drive later we made it to Whitney ( half of the rest of the group went to Laura via same bus). At Whitney you take a self guided audio tour and walk the grounds. While the grounds are beautiful its a somber experience all should learn about. Whitney tells the story from the slave perspective. After about 2 hours Brian picked us up and we drove by a few of the other plantations to get a quick peak (including Laura). We then made our way to Oak Alley for a beautiful view of the Oak trees in front. We bought lunch here (sandwiches, chips, desserts), and got some delicious fresh made pralines and toffee (made in house) as well as some souvenirs in the gift shop. At 1245 we boarded the bus and drove about 40 minutes to the swamp area where our air boat tour was. We took the large boat and thought that was great (small boat would be fun but not worth extra money in my opinion). We did about 90 minutes or so on the water and that was very fun and perfect amount of time. We did see a gator and a bunch of little pigs. Great experience! Brian then picked us up and had us back at our hotel around 4:30. Great, well organized tour. Worth the money and a must on any trip to New Orelans!

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Awesome day

shanrenal, Dec 2023

Learnt more about the slave trade. The airboat was fun and we got to see a alligator. Brian our bus driver was great

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Thanks for coming guys we enjoyed having you until next stay safe and keep smiling 😘😊

Great day with gators galore!

Emma_W, Dec 2023

Great guide! Fun and informative! Saw a huge gator and several little guys. The swamp was beautiful. Thanks for a truly great experience!!

Response from Host, Jan 2024

Thanks for coming guys we enjoyed having you. Until next time stay safe and keep smiling 😊😊

Highly recommend!

Cristina_D, Nov 2023

The Whitney Plantation was a very honest and informative look at this piece of our history, which I appreciated. The swamp tour afterwards was a lot of fun. Saw lots of alligators and got closer than expected! We even got to hold a baby alligator. Great day overall!

Response from Host, Nov 2023

Thank you so much for choosing Crescent City Tours. We enjoyed having you! Until next time, stay safe and keep smiling! 😊😊

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