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Cajun and Creole Culture: Airboat, Plantations, Buffet
4.7
1,208 Ratings
Luling
Experience the best of Cajun and Creole cultures with a thrilling airboat tour, a visit to Laura Plantation, and a gourmet buffet lunch at Houmas House Plantation. Book now!
Experience the best of Cajun and Creole cultures with a thrilling airboat tour, a visit to Laura Plantation, and a gourmet buffet lunch at Houmas House Plantation. Book now!
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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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 take a thrilling high-speed airboat ride as you comfortably glide over…
- 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 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.
What's Included
- Air-conditioned van transport for 14 passengers with live narration
- Convenient hotel pickup with scheduled time
- Exciting airboat tour experience
- Exclusive tour of Houmas House and Laura Plantation
- Gourmet buffet lunch with unlimited options at Houmas House
- Air-conditioned van transport for 14 passengers with live narration
- Convenient hotel pickup with scheduled time
- Exciting airboat tour experience
- Exclusive tour of Houmas House and Laura Plantation
- Gourmet buffet lunch with unlimited options at Houmas House
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Experience a splendid blend of Cajun and Creole cultures, with an exhilarating airboat ride through the cypress swamps. Take a trip to the Laura Plantation, constructed in 1804, and discover the intimate familial narrative of Laura. Relish a well-crafted, all-you-can-eat buffet lunch in the sophisticated dining hall of Houmas House Plantation,…
Experience a splendid blend of Cajun and Creole cultures, with an exhilarating airboat ride through the cypress swamps. Take a trip to the Laura Plantation, constructed in 1804, and discover the intimate familial narrative of Laura. Relish a well-crafted, all-you-can-eat buffet lunch in the sophisticated dining hall of Houmas House Plantation, complemented with an informative guided expedition of this majestic mansion. The intimate group size guarantees a more individualized interaction.
- 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 and rain ponchos 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.
Location
Luling
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(1208 Ratings)
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Cindy_k
Sep 29, 2024
Wonderful! - Gisel, our tour guide, was great. She was kind, friendly, and knowledgeable. We had a wonderful experience.
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Hughc694
Sep 25, 2024
Best tour - This was one of the best tours we have ever been on. Gisele was knowledgeable and wonderful. There was only four of us (two couples) which made it very personal. It seemed a little expensive but worth every dollar. Food was good all you could eat.
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Renee_s
Aug 28, 2024
Cheers to Gisel - Our tour guide Gisel was amazing. She knew the history and was able to answer most if not all the question we had.
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Skiryushin
Aug 5, 2024
Best tour in Louisiana - Trip and tour very well put together. Isabelle has been doing this for years and is v knowledgeable. Would highly recommend as it is brilliant.
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I5285vlmatthewh
Aug 4, 2024
Excellent tour - This is a wonderful tour with a great array of different activities. All the guides were very knowledgeable and gave us great information. The food was also exquisite. I would highly recommend this tour.
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Glenda_p
Aug 2, 2024
A day in the outback of Louisiana - The alligator bayou boat ride was excellent. Go early morning for the best temperature. The guide was most knowledgeable and friendly. The guides at both Laura and Houmas plantations were excellent, most informative, and interactive. The histories of both plantations should enlighten all visitors and hopefully encourage mankind not to make the mistakes of our past. The luncheon was most enjoyable, and our main guide, Steve, was impeccably knowledgeable about the history of New Orleans and its culinary delights! Thank you for a tour of tours.
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P5928pjba
Jul 14, 2024
Great First Day - Isabelle was so easy to work with to setup the tour - Gisselle was our guide on the tour - she knew so much information and made the drive from place to place so easy and time went so fast - the Airboat was so much fun our guide I think Chad was so good - found all the little areas where the gators were and what a show he put on feeding and getting the gators to do things - Pam at the Laura plantation knew so much information about the plantation and the different time periods and the family dynamics were so interesting - the construction of the home and outlining buildings were fascinating -Houmas House Plantation - the lunch was very well done and tasty - Ruby our guide was a character knew her information about the house and grounds gorgeous furnishings - a must do
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Keith_s
Jul 8, 2024
Great Experince - Where to start! From the first communocation with Isabelle to Steve's abundant knowledge during every moment of the trip, to the air baot ride, and the plantation tours. An absolutely wonderful experience. Would highly reccomend!
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K5968hwpaigem
Jun 22, 2024
DO IT! - If you like to learn, eat, hangout with great people and see BEAUTIFUL views.. do this tour! WOW! What a day. Picked up from my AIRBNB in an AC bus. Gisele, our guide, was so kind and knowledgeable. The airboat ride was AWESOME! Lil Eric was our captain’s name and he did a phenomenal job getting the gators up to the boat for us to see. He also educated us on a lot of Louisiana nature! Very professional and cool guy. Next was the Laura Plantation. Our guide here was Caroline and while it was her first solo tour, she did great! So much knowledge and history. Then we headed over to get lunch at the Buffet at the Houmas House restaurant. Great food and staff. The Houmas House was more than expected. Our guide was Sammie and she was amazing… she gave such a thorough tour with so much great information and history. This property was breath taking inside and out and I was lucky enough to get to meet the dogs! (If you love dogs, you’ll love Houmas House) Gisele drove us all back to our pickup locations while continuing to tell us SO many great facts and giving us so much knowledge on NOLA. 10/10 from start to finish. Such kind people and I felt so welcomed which was a huge plus as a solo traveler in NOLA for the first time.
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Str8uptruth
Jul 23, 2024
Either start your vacation or end your vacation with this !! - My First time ever in New Orleans and this is what I did on my very first day !! We found some Alligators !! He was feeding them marshmallows. It was sooo COOL!!! Then we went to a couple Plantations and just step back in time, and soaked up so much history !!! Then we finished with an awesome lunch. This was just the Perfect way to start my vacation. The driver is from New Orleans so he was fun and knowledgeable, he didnt sound like he was just repeating from a script. Highly recommend this to Everybody, either start your vacation or end your vacation with this !!
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