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Highlights
- Visit Whitney Plantation - the only plantation telling the stories of enslaved people
- Stay in your own cabin on a lake with fishing and boating
- Take en eco-swamp tour of the bayous
- Learn to make gumbo in a private cooking class
- Visit a Cajun brewery
- Listen to live Zydeco (Cajun) music
- Eat local Cajun-style lunches
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Who This Experience Is Good For
This experience is good for anyone and everyone. This tour is designed to give you a sample of everything Cajun country has to offer.
Meet Our Local Host
Brian Huff has been a professional writer and photographer in both the Spirits and Travel industries. He left the United States at first opportunity on what became a twenty year odyssey in search of adventure and material, immersing himself in tourism from London to the Caribbean to Saudi Arabia. Now a resident of New Orleans for the past thirteen years, he counts New Orleans and Southern Louisiana as, perhaps, his greatest obsessions and is honored to be your Trip Leader, sharing with you this unique and wonderful world called Cajun Country.
Itinerary
Day 1
8 AM: Pickup at accommodations in New Orleans
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Whitney Plantation, Audio Tour
11:45 PM: Cajun Lunch
1:30 PM: Depart Lunch
3 PM: Arrive Cajun Country Cottages
3:30 PM: Depart Cajun Country Cottages
4 PM: Private, Brewery Tour
5 PM: Depart Brewery for Cajun Country Cottages
5:30 PM: Private, Cajun Cooking Demonstration, on-site in a kitchen of the cottages
Day 2
8:30 AM: Breakfast, Cajun Country Cottages
10 AM: Depart, Cajun Country Cottages
10:30 AM: Private, Live Presentation of the History of Cajun Music in an Accordion 'Factory'
12 PM: Depart Presentation
12:30 PM: Cajun Plate Lunch
2 PM: Depart Lunch
2:30 PM: Private, Eco Swamp Tour
4 PM: Return to New Orleans
~6 - 6:30 PM: Arrive, New Orleans
What’s Included
- Guide
- Transportation
- All meals
- Entrance to all tours, exhibits and museums
- Overnight accommodation (private room in a lakeside cabin)
What’s Not Included
- Tips
- Personal spending
Know Before You Go
- Minimum Needed: 5 people
- Maximum Capacity: 7 people
- Booking Deadline: September 6
- Weather Dependent: No
- Difficulty Level: Easy
- Special Clothing Required: No
- Special Dietary Restrictions: All dietary needs catered
- Extra Cash: Needed for tipping / donation / additional services
- Transportation: Included
