Three Days of Cocoa and Waterfalls in Grenada
Your Grenada Itinerary at a Glance
- Day 1 Day 1: North to the cocoa
- Day 2 Day 2: Nutmeg, rum and bush tea
- Day 3 Day 3: The interior and the sculptures
Where to Stay in Grenada
Petite Anse Hotel
Sauteurs, on the north coast, looking out at the Grenadines.
What to Do in Grenada
Belmont Estate Tree-to-Bar Tour
A working organic estate at Belmont that takes you from pod through fermentation and sun drying to the bar.
The Grenada Chocolate Company
Upper Hermitage at Mt Rose.
Gouyave Nutmeg Processing Station
Gouyave, St John.
River Antoine Estate Rum Distillery
Tivoli, St Patrick.
Bush Tea Circle, Petite Anse
A seated tasting of Grenadian bush teas at Sauteurs.
Laura's Herb & Spice Garden
Perdmontemps, St David.
Grand Etang National Park & Forest Reserve
Rainforest and montane cloud forest along the central ridge, and the crater lake.
Seven Sisters Waterfalls
A walk in to a chain of falls in the Grand Etang interior.
Dragon Bay shore-entry snorkel to the Sculpture Park
You can swim to the Molinere sculptures from shore at Dragon Bay.
Where to Eat in Grenada
Belmont Estate Restaurant
Eat on the estate, from the estate.
Vegan Vibes
Lagoon Road at Kirani James Boulevard in St George's.
Your Day by Day Grenada Itinerary
Day 1: North to the cocoa
Head straight for St Patrick. The north is where the estates are and where the island still smells of what it grows.
Belmont Estate Tree-to-Bar Tour
A working organic estate at Belmont that takes you from pod through fermentation and sun drying to the bar. Belmont and the Grenada Chocolate Company were both certified organic in 2003.
The Grenada Chocolate Company
Upper Hermitage at Mt Rose. Founded 1999 by Mott Green, and one of the first chocolate makers anywhere to keep the whole process in the country that grows the cocoa, with all staff on the same pay.
Petite Anse Hotel
Sauteurs, on the north coast, looking out at the Grenadines.
Day 2: Nutmeg, rum and bush tea
Grenada is the world's second largest nutmeg producer after Indonesia, and nutmeg income reaches around a third of the population.
Gouyave Nutmeg Processing Station
Gouyave, St John. Sorting, grading and floating the nuts, done by hand, in a working station rather than a museum.
River Antoine Estate Rum Distillery
Tivoli, St Patrick. Still water wheel driven, and effectively unchanged since the 18th century.
Bush Tea Circle, Petite Anse
A seated tasting of Grenadian bush teas at Sauteurs. It is a tasting rather than an identification walk, and we say so.
Laura's Herb & Spice Garden
Perdmontemps, St David. The spices growing rather than packaged.
Day 3: The interior and the sculptures
Grand Etang is the island's watershed, and the west coast has the world's first underwater sculpture park.
Grand Etang National Park & Forest Reserve
Rainforest and montane cloud forest along the central ridge, and the crater lake. Do not buy fruit to feed the mona monkeys here: they are an introduced West African species, not native wildlife.
Seven Sisters Waterfalls
A walk in to a chain of falls in the Grand Etang interior.
Dragon Bay shore-entry snorkel to the Sculpture Park
You can swim to the Molinere sculptures from shore at Dragon Bay. Opened May 2006, it was the world's first underwater sculpture park, built after Ivan and Emily wrecked the reefs to draw divers away from stressed natural coral.