Tour Highlights

• Explore Cajun Country, the highly flavored Louisiana parishes settled by descendants of French-Canadian settlers who had been expelled from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick by the British in 1755.
• Stay at three of the grand Louisiana Plan- tations, including Nottoway Plantation, the largest remaining plantation home in the South.
• Stay at two of the proud Mississippi Antebellum Mansions - one in each of the cherished historic towns: Vicksburg and Natchez.
• Enjoy romantic candlelight dinners, sumptuous plantation breakfasts and other courtesies indicative of true Southern Hospitality.
• Learn about sugar cane and cotton crops, and tour the palatial monuments built by wealthy plantation owners along the Mississippi River.
• Tour the watery forest of mangrove swamps, home of alligators, egrets and heron. Admire blooming wild azaleas, cypress trees and ancient oaks veiled in Spanish moss.
• Visit pretty St. Martinsville and get inspired while reading one of America's most popular and beloved poems, Longfellow's epic "Evangeline".
• Savor the irresistible Cajun Cuisine; sample the real thing in some of the small family restaurants tucked away in the bayous; try gumbo, blackened redfish, crawfish etouffée, andouille...
• Be enamored by the vibrant haunting tunes of Cajun Music. Old-Style Cajun Dance Halls are alive with foot-stomping music for anyone willing to look off the beaten path.

• Follow the most rewarding sections of the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi as it meanders from Port Gibson to Natchez.
• Immerse yourself in the rich history of this fascinating area - learn about the original Indian tribes; the Chitimacha, Coushatta, Houmas and Natchez; the migration of the Cajuns; the indelible French and Spanish heritage; the profound changes caused by the Civil War as you tour the sacred battlefields.

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