Whitney Plantation tour: three trips from the city compared

The museum. The $89 listing says Whitney opened its doors to the public in 2014, for the first time in its 262-year history, as a plantation museum in Louisiana completely dedicated to the history of slavery.

On the grounds. The $152 listing names an audio guide, historic slave cabins and memorials. The photograph at the top of this page shows sculptures of children inside the church.

The people. The $159 listing speaks of the history of Whitney and Laura and the stories of all who lived and suffered there.

What we do not add. The listings give no more detail than this, and this page does not fill the gaps. For anything not written here, read the listing itself before you book.

$89, transportation in the title. The length is given as 5 hours to 465 minutes, so allow up to 7 hours 45 minutes. At the two ends of that range it costs $17.80 to $11.48 an hour.

It has the most reviews of the three. 736 at 4.7, more than ten times the 72 behind the airboat combo. This Whitney Plantation tour is also the lowest price of the three by $63.

It keeps the day on the museum. No second stop is listed, so the visit is the whole trip.

$159 for two plantations on one guided trip. The listing explores Whitney and Laura on a guided tour from New Orleans, in 5.5 hours. That is $70 more than Whitney alone, or $28.91 an hour.

Rated 5.0 across 39 reviews. A perfect score on a small base; the $89 Whitney Plantation tour is 4.7 across 736. Both numbers are worth reading together.

The listing says little about Laura itself. Beyond the name and the shared history, there is no description of the Laura visit, so we do not invent one.

$152 for 8 hours. Whitney with an audio guide, the historic slave cabins and memorials, and later in the day an airboat ride through the Louisiana swamps. 72 reviews at 4.7.

It costs about the same as two bookings. Whitney at $89 plus the 16-passenger airboat at $65 is $154; the combo is $152, with one booking for the day. Swamp-only options are on the swamp tours page.

Two different halves of one day. If you would rather the day stay with the museum, the $89 Whitney Plantation tour ends there.

So which is the best Whitney Plantation tour New Orleans visitors can book here? By reviews, the $89 trip: 736 at 4.7 and the lowest price. By rating, Whitney and Laura: 5.0, on 39 reviews.

By the hour, the three differ more than the prices suggest. The Whitney trip with transportation costs $17.80 to $11.48, Whitney and Laura $28.91, the airboat combo $19.00.

Ratings for each Whitney Plantation tour are steady. 4.7, 4.7 and 5.0 across 847 reviews, and each listing carries free cancellation. The three Whitney cards also sit among the 33 tours compared on the home page, and all ten trips out of the city are on the day trips page.