The small communities just upriver from New Orleans are home to a unique Christmas festivity- building, lighting and gathering around towering bonfires along the Mississippi River levee to light the way for Papa Noel.
A Gray Line exclusive, this intimate guided experience brings locals and visitors together for a private Cajun dinner and bonfire at St. Joseph Plantation, a working sugar cane farm owned by the same family since 1890. Merriment flows as guests learn about Cajun and Creole holiday traditions, sing carols and tour the plantation by candlelight. A cash bar is available for beer & wine.
Advance reservations required. (On Dec. 14 the house tour will be at St. Joseph’s sister property, Felicity Plantation.)
Public transportation options are available nearby. Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap. Suitable for all physical fitness levels. This tour is not suitable for guests in wheelchairs or with mobility issues. Ground is unpaved and uneven at plantation. Dinner and most of the tour is on the second floor. Anyone who is in a wheelchair should be advised to book on 12/14 at Felicity, where half the tour and the dinner are on the first floor. Please wear weather appropriate clothing and comfortable walking shoes. Holiday attire encouraged. Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Departs from the Gray Line Lighthouse Ticket Office at Toulouse St. and the Mississippi River (at the Steamboat Natchez Dock), just one block from Jackson Square in the French Quarter. Please arrive 15 minutes before boarding.