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DEEP SOUTH DELTA: MISSISSIPPI GRANDEUR TO NATCHEZ TRACE

Jazz echoing through wrought-iron streets, plantation oaks guarding complex memory, river bluffs overlooking cotton kingdom heritage. Deep South ghosts.

≈ 6
Days
451
Km
4
Stops
📖 3 min read 🔄 Last updated: 2026-01-17

Launch the journey to New Orleans jazz, then climb River Road between antebellum plantations and great oaks. Rise to Natchez, balcony of mansions above the Mississippi, then follow the Natchez Trace, ancient trail turned mythic road, where every curve seems to hold a story.

Your day-by-day itinerary

1
Day

New Orleans

jazz births and bourbon flows through quarter nights

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Day 1
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French Quarter — Creole townhouses with wrought‑iron galleries curve along Jackson Square; St. Louis Cathedral’s triple spires preside over a 1794 basilica interior.
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Preservation Hall or Frenchmen Street — Traditional jazz sets in intimate halls; arrive early for queues.
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Activities

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Beignet and café au lait stop; riverfront walk on the Moonwalk.
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Next stop
Distance: 157 km
Travel time: 1h58
2
Day

Baton Rouge

mississippi curves beneath art deco capitol tower

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Day 2
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Great River Road Plantations — Oak‑lined allees and sugar history at sites like Laura or Whitney; exhibits on Creole families and enslaved communities (timed entries).
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Louisiana State Capitol (Huey P. Long, 1932) — Art Deco skyscraper capitol with observation deck over the Mississippi meander belt.
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Activities

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Cajun/Creole dinner tasting; andouille or étouffée specialties.
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Distance: 162.5 km
Travel time: 2h02
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Day

Natchez

antebellum mansions crown mississippi river bluff

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Day 3
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Natchez Trace Parkway approach — Bald cypress sloughs and historic stands; interpretive stops trace pre‑contact trade routes.
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Natchez Historic District — Greek Revival and Federal mansions from the cotton boom; river bluff overlooks at sunset.
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Activities

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Walk the Bluff Trail; consider a house tour (tickets often timed).
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Next stop
Distance: 131.4 km
Travel time: 2h11
4
Day

Vicksburg

siege memory haunts river fortress battlements forever

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Day 4
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Vicksburg National Military Park — Earthworks, the Illinois Memorial’s domed rotunda, and the ironclad USS Cairo; campaign routes mapped across rolling bluffs.
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Old Courthouse Museum — County history within an 1858 Greek Revival landmark; galleries on river trade and Reconstruction.
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Activities

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Evening overlook along the Yazoo Diversion Canal; riverboat silhouettes at dusk.
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Day

New Orleans

jazz births and bourbon flows through quarter nights

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Day 5
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Return to New Orleans via the Atchafalaya Basin levees; optional swamp boardwalks at Barataria Preserve (Jean Lafitte NHP&Preserve).
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Activities

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Departure buffer; final po‑boy or gumbo stop.

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