Discovering traditional Croydon Plantation in Montego Bay

Montego Bay, a key city in Jamaica, is quite popular for its coffee and fruit plantations. If you have planned a vacation to this beautiful Caribbean island nation, then a tour of the beautiful Croydon Plantation is indeed important.

Montego Bay, home to the historic plantation, is renowned world over as the ‘Tourist Capital of Jamaica’. As you begin your tour of the plantation, you will be enthralled with the beautiful views of the majestic mountains, breathtaking waterfalls, wild flowers and lush forests in this tropical paradise.

Let us now get an insight and discover all that this astounding plantation has to offer to its quintessential visitors.

Croydon, which is situated at the foot of the Catadupa Mountains near the city of Montego Bay, is renowned for its scenic coffee and pineapple plantation. A visit to the Croydon Plantation offers picturesque and amazing views of the mountain.

The plantation is not only stunning, but a visit here is sure to tingle and delight your tastebuds. Get ready to enjoy many exotic fruits that are grown here. You will be delighted to taste different kinds of local fruits such as jackfruit, star fruit, coconut, sugarcane and pineapple among others. Other fruits commonly found here also include macadamia nuts, cashew, lychee, mango and breadfruit.
 
Touring this traditional coffee plantation has its other benefits as well. Whether you take a guided tour or explore the Croydon Plantation on your own, you will get acquainted with its historical past and know some interesting facts about the Jamaican people and culture. During the process of the tour you will learn how the coffee is cultivated and processed. The most interesting part of the tour will be the knowledge about beekeeping and how the honey is actually produced.

The best thing for you will be to take a guided tour. Traveling on your own might just be difficult as the tour of this plantation is pretty long as you will be required to spend at least half-a-day. The tour guides are ready to entertain you and are a lot of fun.
 
The Croydon Plantation tour is exhilarating in itself. This is one of the best ways to capture the true Jamaican spirit. You will get amazed with the rural adventure as you set out to explore the pleasant mountainous countryside. As you reach the plantation, the tour guide will offer an insight into the history of this place. In fact, the Croydon Plantation is considered to be the birthplace of Sam Sharpe, Jamaica’s national hero. He was a popular slave leader, and considered to have played the role of mastermind during the gory Baptist War slave rebellion in the year 1831.

The tour guide will take you to the functional part of the estate. He will acquaint you with the plantation’s history and provide details about the production of the crops. You will also get opportunity to taste some exotic seasonal fruits on your way such as different kinds of citrus fruits, pineapples, sugarcane and jackfruit.
 
While walking down through the coffee groves, the tour guide will be there to provide knowledge about the various techniques of coffee cultivation and its different processing methods. You will also be offered working demonstrations as well.

As this fascinating 3-hour tour comes to an end, you will thank yourself and your guide as well for providing an insight into the agricultural methods adopted in Jamaica and learn a lot about the countryside and lifestyle of native Jamaicans. It’s absolutely a fantastic way to wrap up your tour with the flavorful Caribbean barbeque lunch served along with the highly popular Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee.

Jamaica presently produces some of the best coffee in the world. It is also one of the biggest exporters of coffee. So, next time when you plan for a vacation in Jamaica, do remember to visit the famous Croydon Plantation. You will treasure the memories of your beautiful sojourn to this Caribbean nation.