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St. Joseph Plantation Tours
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6 hours (Approx.)
Hotel pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English
Keeping you safe during COVID-19
What you can expect during your visit
Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
Temperature checks for travelers upon arrival
Overview
Delve into the history of slavery and the plantations of Louisiana on this small-group tour from New Orleans. Drive past Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River to the Whitney Plantation’s Louisiana Museum of Slavery. Learn about the lives of the enslaved people who worked there and on plantations throughout the South during a tour of the museum and restored buildings. Next, head to the Creole-style St Joseph Plantation for a tour of the working sugar plantation where the movie ’12 Years A Slave’ was filmed.
- Self-guided tour to the Louisiana Museum of Slavery on the Whitney Plantation and St Joseph Plantation, from New Orleans
- See authentically restored buildings and memorial artwork at the Louisiana Museum of Slavery
- Listen to slave narratives that detail daily life for slaves on the plantation
- Drive through the sugar cane fields of St Joseph Plantation, a working sugar plantation that dates to 1877
- Take a guided tour of St Joseph Plantation, often led by a member of the family that owns the property
- Learn about the making of the Oscar-winning film ’12 Years A Slave’ at St Joseph Plantation
- Hear informative commentary from your guide about the region during the drive from New Orleans
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