Crescent City Tours provides Whitney Plantation Tours from New Orleans that include transportation. We are proud to be the only company offering guided Whitney Plantation tours from New Orleans, providing both traditional self-guided experiences and our exclusive guided tour option for a more immersive historical journey.
The Whitney Plantation is unique among the many plantations found on River Road. This is because the Whitney Plantation tour from New Orleans is designed to exclusively capture and retell the history of the enslaved people who lived on the property. The Whitney Plantation is located 70 miles away from New Orleans, it is approximately a 1 hour and 10 minute drive from the French Quarter.
The traditional Whitney Plantation Tour is self guided with a headset. You will explore the grounds of the Whitney Plantation learning about the lives of enslaved people that lived on the property from previous years. The tour lasts approximately 90 minutes and once it concludes you will have 30 minutes to view the gift shop, use restrooms, and grab snacks.
For those seeking a more personalized and in-depth experience, Crescent City Tours is the only company that offers guided Whitney Plantation tours from New Orleans. Our expert guides accompany you throughout the plantation grounds, providing additional historical context, answering questions in real-time, and offering deeper insights into the lives and stories of the enslaved people who lived and worked on the property.
The ground transportation for both our traditional and guided Whitney Plantation tour from New Orleans will be handled by Crescent City Tours. The driver will meet you at the front of your accommodations for pickup service. We kindly ask that you are present 10 minutes before the time of your pickup to ensure a smooth process.
The Whitney Plantation has had a long and tumultuous 250 year history. The plantation was originally titled the Habitation Heidel, or Heidel Plantation, and it was named after its owner Ambroise Heidel. Ambroise Heidel had owned approximately 20 enslaved Africans when he created the plantation. The Heidel family, as German immigrants, had to adapt to the ways of early French Louisiana culture.
The Whitney Plantation was originally an Indigo plantation but made the switch to sugar in the late 1700’s. Sugar crops played an important role in the development of Southern Louisiana, due to its lucrative profits. Sugar was also a very demanding crop being intensely labor intensive. Slaves who were sold to Southern Louisiana during this time considered it a death sentence as they knew the intense demands of farming sugar.
Now, the plantation serves as a humbling reminder of the brutal past of slavery and how we must remember our past and give thanks to those enslaved people who sacrificed their lives to develop our nation. Whether you choose our traditional Whitney Plantation tour from New Orleans or our exclusive guided Whitney Plantation tour from New Orleans, you’ll experience this powerful historical site with the convenience and expertise that only Crescent City Tours can provide.
Book your Whitney Plantation tour from New Orleans today and choose between our self-guided experience or our exclusive guided Whitney Plantation tour from New Orleans – the only guided option available from any tour company in the city.
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