One of the first adventures we took upon arrival to Grenada was a tour of Belmont Estate during the island’s “Chocolate Week”. Grenada is famous for making delicious chocolate from the plentiful cocoa beans that grow all over the island. Our friends David, Toutou, Maya and Tyler on Four Coconuts shared an hour-long bus ride (16-person van) up into the mountains of Grenada to visit Belmont Estate.
I took so many beautiful photos that I’ll have to split up the posts. Scroll down to see some shots of just the gorgeous grounds…
Many colorful flowers were in bloom…
There are vegetable and herb gardens on the Estate…
The Red-Footed Tortoise is native to Central and South America but has been introduced to several Caribbean islands, including Grenada. There is a significant population in Carriacou and many of the islands in the Grenadines.
The kids had fun meeting the tortoises that live at Belmont Estate…
We saw talking parrots…
Butterflies were everywhere!
I think they do weddings here too ;)
My favorite photo… Maya and Toutou!
Up next… a lot of cocoa beans and nutmeg!!!
Amazing photos! I hope we get down to Grenada someday to check it out too.
Thanks Jessica! We hope to see you there someday too, but hope to see you sooner in the VI’s! :)