Quick Details
4:00pm Departs Gray Line Lighthouse
Ages 6+ • Boarding begins @ 3:45pm
$ 125
4:30pm Departs Rouses on Vets
Ages 6+ • Boarding begins @ 4:15pm
$ 125
Experience Cajun Holiday Bonfire Celebration
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.)
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We offer pick-up to the following places for this experience:
- Gray Line Lighthouse (French Quarter- 400 Toulouse St. )
- Rouses Market Parking Lot (2900 Veterans Blvd. Metairie, LA)
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- Jambalaya
- Baked Chicken
- Green Beans
- Brownies & Tea Cookies served with a roll
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- Sodas
- Water
- Iced Tea
- Coffee
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- Beer ($3-$5)
- Wine
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- Food & drinks
- Entry or admission fee
- Round trip motor coach transportation departing from Gray Line Lighthouse (French Quarter – 400 Toulouse St.) with a pick up at Rouse’s Market Parking Lot (2900 Veterans Memorial Blvd. Metairie, LA)
- Licensed tour guide sharing local history and Cajun & Creole Christmas traditions
- Sing-along caroling
- Private experience at St. Joseph’s Plantation (substitute Felicity on Dec. 14)
- Bonfire lighting
- Candlelit tour of plantation home
- Cajun Dinner
- Cash Bar available for purchase of beer & wine
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- Driver and tour guide gratuity are not included and are customary. Alcohol is not included but beer and wine are available for purchase (cash only) at plantation.
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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.
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Bookings are non-refundable. All sales are final.