budget, sign up for a bus tour to take you to and from the
plantations; you can save significant money driving yourself
if you have a car. Here's a good guide to the plantations.
The same tour companies that arrange plantation visits will
take you to nearby swamp tours, where you'll enjoy wildlife
sightings – indigenous birds, snakes, and usually alligators,
though their presence and activity peak in the summer – and
guides' corny jokes.
The city's cemeteries, where the dead are interred above
ground because the city lies at and below sea level, are popu-
lar. For safety's sake, visit them in groups and during daylight.
(The city's tourist areas are generally safe, though hustles
and scams abound, but use caution when wandering afar. As
