Walking in the footsteps of my Ancestors - African American History is American History! When we understand our past we can embrace and change our present. It was enlightening and heartbreaking to walk in the footsteps of my ancestors.

Great tour! - Great tour! Driver was very nice and provided us with some important history during the drive. They picked us up on time and it was a comfortable drive!

Whitney Plantation Tour May 2024 - (NOLA) 2nd Line Tours – Whitney Plantation Many thanks to Dennis for making the ride to the Whitney plantation fun, which we did on 18 May 2024. The history lessons and stories along the way were informative! Your recommendation to “We Dats” was PERFECT for lunch! The tour was with a small group, maybe a dozen people on the bus. This was our first time visiting a plantation, and we were looking forward to discussing our perspectives and take-aways as my wife is African American and I am Caucasian. My wife described the experience as heavy, heartbreaking, enlightening, and powerful. Her tears flowed as she listened to the stories and viewed the exhibits, remembering stories told to her by her great-grandfather about his life. She commented that the resilience and strength of those men and women caused her to feel grateful and blessed. My experience was difficult as well. To realize that we could treat other people in such a horrible way. And to occasionally, even today, see someone who disapproves glaring at a mixed couple is depressing as hell. We highly recommend this tour. The grounds were beautiful and the exhibits, audio stories and additional display inside the gift shop were very impactful. You may even catch sight of a few alligators! Recommendations- bug spray for the mosquitos and tissues…. At the end of the tour, Dennis suggested a second tour to us discussing the cultural history of New Orleans. (NOLA) 2nd Line Tours – History of New Orleans Thanks to Jay for this informative cultural tour! We appreciated his love for his city and his “tell it like it is” attitude. Studio Be was amazing! Everyone needs to view Brandan’s talent. Visiting the McDonogh 19 Elementary School building was powerful. Hearing her story about her experience and then walking up those steps was like taking a walk back in time. The back mural…just WOW! The Lower Ninth Ward part of the tour was heartbreaking. Being in the exact places we saw underwater on the news and seeing the levy and the area that broke was crazy! The worst was the recognition that the condition of the 9th Ward has not improved much over these years. It’s sad to see that an area that once represented Black Ownership now resembles remnants of a battleground. Sadly, gentrification is coming. Thank you for offering us insight and first-hand views in places that most tours don’t venture to. It was enlightening! There’s so much more than Food, Jazz, Bourbon St and Mardi Gras if you care to learn about it! This tour shows you REAL TIME history.

Exceptional plantation tour. - Jay, our driver, did a great job. Alongre the route he ecplained about points of interest. Whitney plantation was an interesting and educational experience although sad how slaves were treated. This is well worth the visit. Highly recommended. The self guided audio tour was exceptional and sllowed for taking the experience at one's own pace.

I think you are missing... - I think you are missing quite an opportunity by not advertising this place as a great nature-lovers destination. My two friends and I are photographers and we spent most our time there photographing the birds, the fauna, the lizards, and even a water snake. I'd definitely recommend it to lovers of nature. As far as the historical part of it, I couldn't tell you much about it since we spent our time on the grounds.

Quite good - A fantastic experience learning about the plantation and slavery, and having an understanding about how challengingit all was. Trenise , the tour guide was fantastic , and we appreciated her personal stories . The downside was the transport , a noisy bumpy bus that made it very very hard to hear the commentary as we drove too and from the plantation , whilst the 2 hours allowed was not enough ( by half an hour ) to listen too , and read all the stories . Would recommend as the content was superb , but be mindful of the return trip

Lots of great information - Great tour and very informative! I did the self guided tour, but i wouldn’t mind going for a guided tour as well.

Gives you a visual of the slaves' quarters and work. - Very good if you know little about the South, slavery, rights. Basically, you have a handset and do the tour at your own pace. Interesting. Worth a visit

Heartbreaking - It truly was chilling to walk the grounds of the poor enslaved people of this country’s past. I feel it’s a must that everyone takes these tours so we don’t repeat this history and continue to improve as human beings.

Good but not great - It was good but not great. Really like the premise of it and had high expectations. Really don’t feel like I learned anything new about slavery. The big house was not nice at all which I found disappointing. While I get that was not what the tour was about, I was still disappointed. It may have driven the point home even more to see the rich lifestyle of the slave owners against the backdrop of the slave cabins. It was good overall but I feel like the opportunity was there to be great and it wasn’t.