点评:We booked direct with them through the website and this included pick-up from our hotel in Negril. All very simple and communication was fast and friendly.
I spotted that the journey time didn’t make sense and queried it - and just as well 7:40am is very different from 9am!
With that wee wrinkle ironed out, I have nothing but good things to say about the tour.
The small bus:coach was basic but comfortable and huge windows meant you really got a sense of the places driven through. And heading up from the coast into the mountains is just amazingly beautiful, so the drive was very much part of the experience for us. Like most roads in this part of the island, potholes are plentiful, and the last few miles are “interesting”, but the driver was great and clearly knows the route well.
Arrangements were laid back on arrival, but that suits the place (and heat!). After a tasty drink and an introductory talk, the guide walked us around a short route clearly set-up to give you a taster of the crops and flowers grown on the estate as well as native wild species.
There were stopping points at tasting stations, where we tried different pineapple types, drank amazing ginger beer and samples of a wide range of in season fruit.
The owner joined us for the last part of the tour, chatted to us over lunch and then offered to take us on a second tour that focused more on the flowers and future plans.
The place is fantastic - the passion for trying to make a truly organic set-up function is palpable. As is the love for the abundance of native food/medicine sources, a sharp tug and a knife uncovering how ginger, turmeric, lemongrass and so much more are lurking all around.
The views of the estate and the valleys and mountains beyond are breathtaking. This is a truly beautiful place.
I’d totally recommend this as a great value and stunning day out. The drive to get there is in itself fascinating and then the place is like a little slice of heaven on earth.
Which is only enhanced by the owner/guide sharing their clear pride and deep love of the place and nature’s bounty.
Oh and the included lunch of chicken (straight off the bbq) rice and peas was the best we’ve ever had in Jamaica - and that’s saying something!
Practical info: it’s a fairly short walk with some slopes, but undertaken at a very, very leisurely pace with stone benches here and there. Shade available so you can generally get out the searing sun at the talking/tasting stops - but remember a hat!
翻译:我们通过网站直接向他们预订,包括从我们在尼格瑞尔的酒店接我们。一切都非常简单,沟通快捷友好。
我发现行程时间不合理,并对其进行了查询 - 而且早上 7:40 与早上 9 点完全不同!
解决了这个小问题后,我对这次旅行只有好评。
小型巴士:长途客车很简单但很舒适,巨大的窗户意味着您可以真正感受到所经过的地方。从海岸前往山区的路程非常美丽,所以开车对我们来说是体验的重要组成部分。像岛上这部分的大多数道路一样,坑洼很多,最后几英里“很有趣”,但司机很棒,显然对路线很熟悉。
抵达时安排很随意,但这很适合这个地方(和炎热的天气!)。在品尝了美味的饮料并进行了介绍性演讲后,导游带我们沿着一条清晰的短路线游览,这条路线专门为品尝庄园种植的农作物和鲜花以及本地野生物种而设计。
在品尝站设有停留点,我们在那里品尝了不同类型的菠萝,喝了美味的姜汁啤酒,品尝了各种应季水果。
主人陪我们一起游览了最后一部分,在午餐时与我们聊天,然后提出带我们进行第二次游览,重点是鲜花和未来计划。
这个地方很棒 - 尝试打造真正有机设施的热情显而易见。 就像对丰富的本地食物/药物来源的热爱一样,用力一拉,用刀子一戳,就能发现周围到处都是生姜、姜黄、柠檬草等。
庄园和远处山谷和山脉的景色令人叹为观止。 这是一个真正美丽的地方。
我强烈推荐这家餐厅,因为这是一次物超所值、令人惊艳的一日游。开车去那里本身就很迷人,而这个地方就像是人间天堂的一小片。
店主/导游分享了他们对这个地方和大自然的馈赠的明显自豪感和深爱,这更增添了这种感觉。
哦,午餐包括鸡肉(直接从烧烤架上取下)、米饭和豌豆,这是我们在牙买加吃过的最好的 - 这说明了一些问题!
实用信息:这是一段相当短的步行路程,有一些斜坡,但可以非常悠闲地走,到处都有石凳。有阴凉处,所以在交谈/品尝时,您通常可以避开灼热的阳光 - 但记得戴帽子!