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• Awful overpriced historical tour - give it a big miss!

  E1503LTrobertos,Apr 23, 2025

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  1.00

  There were just the two of us visiting by car. We asked at the entrance to if we could do the Historical estate tour and have some lunch as the website says lunch is available for an extra fee. One of the ladies snorted and said 'Lunch fully booked' then got up and walked out. The other lady wrote some things down and said we could do the estate tour - and our guide would be the lady that had walked out. Our guide showed absolutely no interest in us or the tour from beginning to end, it seemed as if she would rather be doing just about anything else and had to practically drag herself round the (very short) tour. She instructed us (and emphasised) that we should take loads and loads of photos (I guess to try and take up some of the time the tour was actually supposed to take). She left us to look at the reconstructed buildings (nothing to see anyway really) and to walk down among the herbs and plants while she went off a different way. She didn't name any of the plants or even point out the cacao pods, we were just left to ourselves. Some of the herbs had stones saying their names and what they were used for so I guess she thought she didn't need to bother. Then she showed us where the beans were processed and we tasted a roasted bean - I thought things might be picking up slightly at this point as she did actually speak to us for a few minutes. She showed us a sugar cane machine and then walked us past the house and took us to a broken down truck they used to use and told us to take pictures there while she went off to chat to the man chapping coconuts. We then walked past a shelf with all different fruits (that she didn't mention) to get to where she was with the guy doing the coconuts and he gave us some coconut and some coconut water - and that was the end of the tour. The guide had barely said a word to us. It can't have been more than 15 minutes and cost the 2 of us 22 US dollars! What a complete waste of money. We visited the Diamond Chocolate estate afterwards in Grenada where the whole process of chocolate making was explained and shown to us in detail as it happened from cacao bean all the way through - and it cost 2US each!

• Very Interesting Tour

  chrissieb94,Mar 15, 2025

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  5.00

  Our tour started off with a delicious creole chicken lunch in the restaurant. After lunch we had a guided tour of the plantation, with the friendly and helpful guide showing us the recreated workers village and providing much detail. We saw the great house but didn’t go in. Then a donkey powered mill - historical steps to producing sugar cane syrup, also cocoa production and processing coconuts. We got to try the coconut water. It was very interesting and you can buy the estate’s chocolate in the gift shop.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Very enjoyable

  TAMAN1951,Nov 16, 2024

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  4.00

  Guide was very polite and informative. Saw a number of of plants and enjoyed the cacao and coconut demonstrations. Lovely manor and interesting Caribbean village.

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Good estate tour - excellent rum tasting

  D8862ZEstephanief,May 4, 2024

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  4.00

  Went here on our last day on the island more as something to fill the time rather than anything else. I had looked up their tours online so I knew what we wanted to do: a basic tour of the estate coupled with the rum and chocolate tasting. In total for 2 adults we paid $72 which was quite expensive but I would say the rum tasting was quite generous. Dalton was our guide and he was very knowledgeable about various plants/ cocoa making etc. Seeing what to do with a harvested coconut was very interesting. The tour took about 30 minutes and we were the only couple on it. I would say this is an activity which you can do spontaneously and don't need to book. After the tour we sat down with another couple to do the rum and chocolate tasting. My husband doesn't drink alcohol so you can pay a lower amount just for the chocolate tasting. For the rum tasting, we tried 12 different rum 'drinks'. I don't particularly like rum but the first 6 drinks were all rum liqueurs which were lovely. They were served in shot glasses and I would say each sample was appr 2cm deep, so a good sized sample. Towards the end we got to the proper rums finishing off with one at 80%proof (which none of the group fancied 😀). For the chocolate tasting there were 4 different sorts of dark chocolate, all of which tasted lovely and were served in between different rums. As a quick activity in the morning I would recommend it. The place is right on the main highway out of Soufriere and very easy to find. We drove from here to the Toraille waterfall which made for a nice morning's activity.

• Lovely place--however tour not so much.

  sierradog1,Mar 30, 2024

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  3.00

  The grounds are beautiful--unfortunately our tour guide was an older teen who seemed really bored and was reciting from a script in his head. Would have preferred a "this is what it was like to live on the estate type of tour." I would love to come back another time and try the zip line because the grounds are lovely. The gift shop is very nice and many on the tour made purchases. Would have preferred skipping the snack in the pavilion and heading back to our transportation early. Restrooms were available and clean.

• Great Visit

  M1914LZjessicab,Jun 8, 2023

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  5.00

  Our travel guide was great and very knowledgeable. She showed us around the lovely property. We learn about the many plants and herbs and how they are used. We fed a donkey and learned about chocolate and coconuts. We even got to drink water and taste a freshly cut coconut. We also took some nice pictures.

• Great experience, great value for money!

  JoS2921,Jun 18, 2022

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  5.00

  We went on the historical tour and thoroughly enjoyed it. Jonathan was our guide around the traditional Carib village, herb and spice garden, cocoa bean processing, coconut harvesting and more. We were treated to fresh mangoes and coconuts picked especially for us and prepared by Terry. It was great value for money, around $11 (USD). We went in the morning and felt like we had the estate to ourselves and as we were leaving around 1PM large coaches of visitors from cruises/organised tours arrived so we would recommend going in the morning if you want a more private/peaceful tour. Definitely worth doing especially if you want some island history or if you're going to the nearby mud baths and waterfall. It's also nearby to Hotel Chocolat/Project Chocolat so is a good (and much cheaper!) alternative for seeing how raw cocoa beans are processed into a form ready for making chocolate. It's a good precursor to the bean to bar experience. Definitely worth the trip if you have a car to travel there.

• Nice and easy tour near Soufriere

  Chilled Herts,Jun 18, 2022

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  5.00

  Had a very informative tour of the estate with Jonathan our guide. Coconut tasting was great with Terry. Highly recommended and very reasonable price for the tour (approx £10 per person)

• A lovely informative tour

  Leggy giraffe,Jun 13, 2022

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  5.00

  For this tour, I was paired with Vinia, who was s1uch a lovely person to talk with. She knew her history and had me sample a lot of tasty treats : sugar cane, tamarind, cocoa beans, cocoa nips, coconut and even marshmallow coconut ! I got to understand how people lived, to learn about a bunch of different trees, plants and flowers grown locally, and to view live demonstrations - whether it was the famous Coco Rina dance or the dehusking coconuts. I highly recommend this tour to anyone curious about learning more about St-Lucia while expanding their taste buds.

  

  

  

• Never too old to learn.

  john bradley2,Apr 29, 2022

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  5.00

  An impressive demo of the processing of cocoa beans and the method of getting to the edible parts of coconuts. I was surprised how labour intensive these activities demand. The demos were expertly shared by one of the dryest, throwaway humerist Andrew and his energetic and able machete wielding sidekick. A good pair of stout lads to demonstrate the donkey driven grinding mill too! The replica Carib village was worth exploring. Finished with a Creole buffet lunch.

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