Belmont Estate is a 300 year old working Cocoa Plantation in Grenada offering:

• Tours
• A Creole Restaurant
• Local Crafts and Produce
• Cultural Entertainment
• Animals
• Gardens
• Organic Chocolate
• And many other activities.

I’ve known about Belmont Estate for long time and it’s on my list of Must Visit Places. I know this Grenada Attraction is becoming even more attractive simply because of the increasing number of positive reviews I hear and read about it.

Here are just a few General Comments from recent guests:

“We were struck by the beauty of the place set in a truly spectacular and natural landscape”

“The Estate exceeded my expectations and was very welcoming”

“It was very interesting to learn about local history, a fascinating place, lovely smells too!”

“We loved tasting the chocolate and the guava and seeing the goats at the dairy”

Contacting Belmont Estate

• Opening Hours: Sunday through Friday (closed Saturday)
• Reservations: Call 473 442 9524
• Email: info@belmontestate.net
• Website: www.belmontestate.net

Belmont Estate, Grenada’s finest historical estate. Be sure to include them in your Grenada travel plans.

Hi my name is Neville, and I am a Chocoholic. There I said it. I have a weakness for sweetness, especially when its all smooth, and velvety and has Chocolate written all over it. Rarely a day passes by and I don’t have a chocolate bar.

You don’t even have to say it, I already know:  that’s beyond bad, its downright dangerous. So in recent years I’ve slowly migrated to healthier dark chocolate… upwards of 60%, 70% Cocoa.

Grenada Chocolate Company Organic Dark Chocolate

No decent chocoholic should deny their taste buds the satisfaction of making love to a bar of The Grenada Chocolate Company Organic Dark Chocolate. Trust me it’s really really good.

It comes in two strengths. In their words:

60% Chocolate: sweet and rich with an intense and complex chocolate flavor

71% Chocolate:strong bitter-sweet with extra fruity cocoa flavor notes

As the name suggests, The Grenada Chocolate Company Organic Dark Chocolates are made in Grenada. I actually tried twice in the past to tour their factory but it never worked out, always bad timing.  The fact remains, that the Cocoa, the main ingredient in Chocolate, is one of Grenada’s number one exports. And Before Hurricane Ivan, only Indonesia exported more cocoa than Grenada. But Grenada’s Cocoa is still recognized worldwide as a superior product.

Note: As of this writing, due to the devastation caused by hurricanes in recent years to the Cocoa Crop in Grenada: Grenada Chocolate is now made with a fine blend of Grenadian and Costa Rican organic cocoa.

The bar is still full of goodness though, and hopefully it will very soon return to 100% Grenadian Cocoa.

A few more brownie points for the Grenada Chocolate Company:

• The 71% strength won second place for “Best Dark Organic Chocolate Bar” by the Academy of Chocolate
• All Chocolate is produce in a sustainable fashion. The factory uses Solar Energy, and off course the cocoa and chocolate is certified Organic by the USDA. I just know that will make all you Go Green / Environmental supporters happy campers.

So there you have it. Grenada Chocolate Company Organic Chocolate, now go try it

PR: wait… I: wait… L: wait… LD: wait… I: wait… wait… C: wait… SD: wait…

Dougaldston Estate, Gouyave

Dougaldston Estate is the first stop into Gouyave from the south. It was once one of the largest and most productive cocoa and banana plantations on the island. At Dougaldston, you can still witness the remnants of old slave and laborer barracks that lie in ruins amidst the shadow of the “big house”, commonly called the “great house.”

This, of course, is the name accorded to the former slave master or subsequent estate owner’s house. The plantation itself, though just a shadow of its former self, still operates on a small scale.

Here is a photo of a Cocoa tree with cocoa pods at Dougaldston Estate. This is where your chocolate products really begin.

The processing of cocoa, that prime bean that produces some of the world’s finest chocolate, is the main agricultural activity still evident. Banana trees, once the economic life blood of the plantation, now are few and far between as are nutmeg trees that largely were victim to Hurricane Ivan in 2004.

To the left is a photo of “Drying Cocoa”, an intermediate step before it is exported for manufacturing.

Dougaldston Estate is still an interesting tourist destination as many of the traditional activities are scheduled to accommodate visitors. Make this a quick stop off on your way into Gouyave.

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