The History, Food, and Customs tour is an experiential excursion featuring the Creole and Cajun cultures in Louisiana’s River Parishes.  The tour at Laura Plantation: Louisiana’s Creole Heritage Site introduces the Creole history, and the Cajun history is illustrated through hands-on cooking demonstrations during Spuddy’s Cajun Cooking Experience.  The voices of enslaved African Creoles are heard at Whitney Plantation, and the moans and groans of mourning Creole women are heard on the St. Joseph’s Plantation Creole Mourning Tour.  Ragin Cajun Airboat Tours and the Cajun Crab Connection offer exciting outdoor explorations in the bayous and swamps, and the St. Rose Driving Range offers a challenging and exciting golf experience.  Sandwich World and Catahoula’s are where breakfasts are served, and the Cajun Kitchen, Spuddy’s, the Creole House, and La Caretta are the restaurants where lunch and dinner are served.  The History, Food and Customs tour is a magnificent and authentic experience!

Day 1

Holiday Inn Express & Suites – LaPlace

Make yourself at home at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites in LaPlace, Louisiana. The hotel offers a complimentary breakfast and free wireless Internet, free parking, a business center, an outdoor pool and fitness center, and barbecue grills.

Day 2

Sandwich World

Your experience begins with breakfast at Sandwich World in Gramercy, Louisiana. Sandwich World offers a full Southern breakfast, ham, cheese, and shrimp omelets, and breakfast wraps.

Laura Plantation: Louisiana’s Creole Heritage Site

After breakfast, you will visit Laura Plantation: Louisiana’s Creole Heritage Site in Vacherie, Louisiana. Your visit will begin with a self-guided tour of the African American Museum, “From the Big House to the Quarters: Slavery on Laura Plantation,” followed by a guided tour of the plantation, which presents the life and lineage of Laura LaCoul and the African Creoles who were enslaved on the plantation.

Spuddy’s Cajun Cooking Experience

Next, you will enjoy a fun and exciting hands-on Cajun Cooking Experience with Spuddy, your Cajun cooking instructor. In his Cajun kitchen, Spuddy, will teach you how to make Andouille, Jambalaya, and Gumbo, and after, you will “throwdown” with Spuddy and enjoy the meals you prepared.

Whitney Plantation

Following lunch, your next tour is at Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Louisiana. On this guided tour, you will learn several aspects about the harsh labor Africans and African Creoles endured when enslaved on sugarcane plantations, which includes exhibits that present stories told by young children who were also included in the slave labor processes on plantations.

St. Joseph Plantation Creole Mourning Tour

Tonight before dinner, you will experience the St. Joseph Plantation Creole Mourning Tour, a living history presentation that illustrates how women were required to mourn after the death of a husband or a child. As you move from room to room in the St. Joseph Plantation home, you will learn the length of time women mourned, their posture while mourning, and the apparel they wore when mourning.

Creole House Restaurant

For dinner, you will dine at the Creole House Restaurant in Paulna, Louisiana. While dining, you will enjoy listening to a live Cajun local band.

Holiday Inn Express & Suites – LaPlace

Your experience ends with relaxing and getting a good night’s sleep in your hotel, the Holiday Inn Express & Suites.

Day 3

Catahoula’s Restaurant

Your outdoor adventure begins with breakfast at Catahoula’s Restaurant in Luling, Louisiana. Enjoy either a Southern, Creole, or Cajun big breakfast.

Ragin Cajun Airboat Tours

After breakfast, you will explore the deep waters of the bayous and marshlands on a thrilling airboat ride with Ragin Cajun Airboat Tours. Your cruise features magnificent views of nature and wildlife and a variety of sealife animals you will become closely acquainted with during your venture.

Cajun Crab Connection

A few miles down the road in Des Allemands, Louisiana is the Cajun Crab Connection. Here you will explore how Louisiana Blue Crabs are caught, processed, and prepared for shipment.

Cajun Kitchen Restaurant

For lunch, you will dine in Boutte, Louisiana at the Cajun Kitchen Restaurant. The Cajun Kitchen offers a variety of seafood, poboys, steaks, and daily specials.

St. Rose Driving Range

After lunch, you will spend the remainder of your day having fun brushing up on your golf game at the St. Rose Driving Range. Golf lessons are available to help you work on your golf skills and improve your handicap.

La Caretta Restaurant

Your dinner is at La Caretta Restaurant in LaPlace, Louisiana. Relax in a fresh, fun, and festive atmosphere while enjoying a variety of fresh Mexican cuisine, including queso, fajitas, tacos, burritos, enchiladas, and more.

Holiday Inn Express & Suites – LaPlace

Get another good night’s sleep in your hotel, the Holiday Inn Express & Suites – Laplace.