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Airboat and Plantations Tour with Gourmet Lunch from New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
$279.00
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Overview
A grand mélange presentation of Cajun and Creole cultures including a high-speed airboat tour of the cypress swamps. Visit Laura Plantation, built in 1804, and learn about Laura's personal family saga. Enjoy a gourmet, unlimited buffet lunch in the elegant dining room of Houmas House Plantation, followed by a guided tour of this grand mansion. The small-group atmosphere ensures a more personal experience.
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Airboat + Plantations
Airboat + Plantation Tour: Grand Tour of Cajun Country plus thrilling, 2-hour small airboat adventure through Louisiana bayous
Pickup included
Airboat + Plantation Tour: Grand Tour of Cajun Country plus thrilling, 2-hour small airboat adventure through Louisiana bayous
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 9 hours
- Gourmet, unlimited buffet lunch at Houmas House
- Tour of Houmas House and Laura Plantation
- Fast and fun airboat tour
- Hotel pickup with exact pickup time provided
- Transport by 14-passenger air-conditioned van with live narration
- Gratuities
- 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 take a thrilling high-speed airboat 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 your ride, explore his picturesque swamp zoo on Bayou Boeuf. (pass by)
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Laura Plantation: Louisiana's Creole Heritage SiteDiscover Laura, an 1804 Creole Plantation and learn about Laura's personal family saga. See how the West-African enslaved's work influenced all segments of the Creole culture, best seen today in cuisine, music, family-centered traditions, architecture and life-style. At Laura's Slavery Museum Exhibit, hear personal stories of individual men, women and children who lived there, illustrating how the lives of the enslaved, both Créole and American, were intertwined with those of their owners.
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Houmas House and GardensAfter 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.
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Airboat and Plantations Tour with Gourmet Lunch from New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
$279.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
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