Price Includes
Lunch including one drink (no alcohol available)
Admissions
Tour guide
Transport
500ml bottle of water
Tour Overview
Start
St George's
Leaving "town" (said by many to be the prettiest capital in the Caribbean), we drive past the stadium (cricket world cup 2007!) and up the picturesque west coast, rich in history and colour.
1st stop
Concord Waterfall
Our first stop is Concord Waterfall, a 2 km drive up a leafy lane beside a stream, dotted with Grenadian agriculture: nutmeg, bananas, cocoa, and many other plants of interest.
2nd stop
Gouyave Nutmeg Processing Station
The nutmeg "pool" in Gouyave is our next stop: you are shown the, processing and sorting of nutmegs and mace. Nutmeg products vary from syrup to massage oil, garden mulch to nail varnish; even a pain-relieving spray.
3rd stop
Carib’s Leap
We continue northward to a magnificent view of Grenada's Grenadine islands, and of the place where the last fighting Caribs committed suicide in 1651, overwhelmed by the prospect of French rule.
4th stop
River Antoine Rum Distillery
The next stop is as antique (1785) as the rum is strong (75% alcohol - ouch!) It can be hard to believe that the place is a working distillery, not an elderly museum. Despite its antiquity, it is quite well thought-out and has environmentally-friendly aspects.
Lunch
Belmont Estate
Ready for lunch? Our venue is Belmont Estate: a delightful rural setting, good, varied local food from a buffet; and a chocolate manufacture on site. All in all delicious!
Drive
Pearls Airport
In the afternoon, we continue through La Poterie and Tivoli, then through Pearls Airport, disused since the Americans 'intervened' in 1983. Today, sheep graze under the remains of two old Soviet-built planes.
Last stop
Grand Etang
After driving through Grenville, Grenada's second biggest town, we set off to the middle of the Island, to the mountainous rainforest, where we stop at Grand Etang crater lake.
