Whitney Plantation, Museum of Slavery and St. Joseph Plantation Tour

Loved the small group. Tour guides were amazing and knew so much Highly recommend. Especial note for Gene at Isabelle Tours he kept us informed and entertained all the way. Great knowledge and passion for his city

Tour guide John Hall was great! Prompt, friendly and very well-informed about history and NOLA in general. Even told me where to find dancing where the locals go. (I did. 😁 Thanks, John). Whitney was impressive.

Being black- when i visit I pay respects by doing tours of the plantations. I want to walk where they walked. It is hard to always go on tours and be guided through the “big house” and end at the mistreated slave quarters. The grief is heavy- Whitney Plantation is different- this place pays homage to the slaves. The tour guide Harriett was also a direct descendant of a sharecropper there. The Big House is being renovated so we didn’t see much- which was good for me. All the names and stories of the slaves - placed near the working fields was an experience I am glad I didn't Miss. Thank you for the time, research and the money you spent on this project. Thank you for keeping the memory alive. I will Bring my children back to see this.

Both tours are informational and educational albeit from different perspectives. The St. Joseph focuses on the opulent and privileged life and experience of the plantation owners whereas the Whitney Plantation illuminates the brutality of slavery and humanizes those who endured it. This tour presents two sides of the same story...the good, the bad and the shameful. It’s very well done and excellent at bringing history to life. I highly recommend both together.

This tour gives an excellent overview of the era of both the wealthy plantation owners and also an insight into the way that the people were treated, it’s the best tour we’ve been in Georgia and South Carolina

This is a one of a kind Plantation, a must see. Our guide did a fantastic job! Amazing place, very educational. At times the information is hard to hear, but through education we gain understanding. They've done a great job putting together content. The statues are phenomenal. They add so much feeling to what you are learning. Our guide mentioned they have a lot of school group tours. I'm so happy they are teaching real life history and not sugar coating what happened so our kids will strive to treat all people with respect and dignity.

We really enjoyed this tour, it was a good overview of two very different in presentation plantations. We took our two sons 16 and 11 as well. Our guide/driver was great- provided a lot of interesting details about New Orleans, how the area was impacted by Katrina, and an overview of the plantations we passed along the way. The drive was about 45 minutes each way from New Orleans. The St. Joseph plantation was a more traditional tour, with restored house, period furnishings and the plantation guide provided a lot of information on the various families that had lived there. The Whitney Plantation tour is set up to inform visitors about the enslaved people who lived on this particular plantation as well as to honor those who were slaves on neighboring and other Louisiana plantations. There are some original cabins and other working quarters here as well. Very little information exists on the individuals who were enslaved here, so this is more of a general presentation that includes the oral histories of those who were able to recount their experiences in the early 1900's. We found this tour very worthwhile and would definitely recommend it.

John was an excellent tour guide. He gave us a lot of interesting facts about a lot of things along the trip. Seeing the plantations was a great experience.

It was a good trip but would of liked a bit more time especially at Whitney Plantation, we were rushed towards the end to get back to the bus??

It was very informative. St Joseph still operated by the family portray a light view of slavery, which Whitney gave all the history of slavery. The guide was very informative and when ask the question about shared cropping, she didn't sugar coat the fact it was still a form of slavery.