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Louisiana Sampler

  • New Orleans
  • Lafayette
  • Alexandria
  • Shreveport
  • Vicksburg
  • Natchez
  • Baton Rouge
12 Days / 11 Nights
All year round
11 Nights from
£2,575pp

based on two adults, travelling from London Heathrow and departing October 2026. Price includes all mandatory taxes and fees, of which £7 ($8) per person is payable locally.

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Trip code: 15873

Music, food, culture and history fuse together to provide Louisiana’s heartbeat. This incredible 11-night journey includes stops in New Orleans, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Shreveport and more.

This fly drive includes:

  • Round trip scheduled flights
  • Intermediate 4 door car hire including insurances (pick up on day 4)
  • Accommodations as stated

Itinerary

Depart the UK on your chosen scheduled flight to New Orleans. Upon arrival, independently make your way to the Hyatt Centric French Quarter, your base for the next three nights.

Accommodation

15 Miles / 24 Kilometres

New Orleans, affectionately known as ‘The Big Easy’, is a wonderful city with plenty to keep you entertained. Stroll along the narrow streets, enjoy a typical Creole meal or perhaps a spot of jazz in the renowned French Quarter.

Accommodation

136 Miles / 219 Kilometres

Collect your rental car and begin your journey southwest into Cajun Country. Visits to Southdown Plantation House and the Terrebonne Museum offer insight into the region’s plantation heritage, while the Bayou Terrebonne Wildlife Museum highlights the importance of Louisiana’s waterways. Continue on to explore aviation history at the Louisiana State Museum in Patterson, or head to Avery Island for a tour of the Tabasco factory. In Lafayette, discover the Acadian Cultural Center, the Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, the Lafayette Natural History Museum, and Acadian Village.

Accommodation

89 Miles / 143 Kilometres

Travelling north towards Eunice, the Cajun Hall of Fame and Savoy Music Center are definitely great stops. Alexandria will be your final stop for the day; a charming and supposedly haunted town in the heart of Louisiana.

Accommodation

123 Miles / 198 Kilometres

It’s a short but scenic drive today as your route runs adjacent to Kisatchie National Forest. Natchitoches, Louisiana’s oldest town is a great stop where you can tour the French colonial Fort St Jean Baptiste. Next, continue north towards Shreveport. Sample delicious Cajun cuisine, head to a local jazz club or try your luck in one of the casinos.

Accommodation

175 Miles / 282 Kilometres

Spanning Louisiana, today’s journey takes you from the far west to the far east of the state, and crosses the state border into Mississippi. En route, visit the Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum in Gibsland, which sits in the location where the outlaws ate their very last meal before meeting their fate just a few miles away. Vicksburg, Mississippi, is a great town where fascinating historic sites, architecture and antebellum mansions await you.

Accommodation

183 Miles / 294 Kilometres

Get your cameras ready as today you travel the famous Natchez Trace Parkway. Historic sites en route include the Grand Gulf Military Park, Port Gibson, the Windsor Ruins, Mount Locust Inn, Church Hill and Emerald Mound. Tonight you’ll stay in an antebellum home in the pretty city of Natchez.

Accommodation

170 Miles / 274 Kilometres

Leaving Mississippi, you cross back into Louisiana en route to Baton Rouge your base for the last two nights. The state capital, Baton Rouge has a diverse range of arts, culture and cuisine. A bustling metropolis, there’s a choice of two great malls, and the evening music scence of jazz, blues and rock is exceptional. Be sure to visit the USS Kidd and Old State Capitol.

Accommodation

68 Miles / 109 Kilometres

Heading east brings you back into the heart of Plantation Country. Your route takes you between Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain before returning to New Orleans Airport where you return your rental car and check-in for your flight back to the UK.

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