Grenada Island Tour

In preparation for our trip, Erica had done some great research and found a guide (Izzy) to take us on a tour around the island.  We appreciated that she was a woman owned business and she received great reviews. At 9:00a.m. we were picked up at our AirBnB by Izzy and we could tell right away we were going to have a good day. 

We drove through St. George the capitol of Grenada on our way to Concord Falls.  There was an admittance fee of $3. I think this was a little cheaper than Annnandale Falls yesterday, but Seven Sister’s Falls still wins in my book for the best waterfall in Grenada both for the price of entrance (free) and for the beauty of the falls.  We could have swam here but Erica and Amanda just chose to wade a little and I did not go in at all because I didn’t feel like getting wet because we didn’t have a ton of time here and I didn’t want to sit in the air conditioned van all wet.  The falls were not as impressive as Seven Sisters but was better than Annandale.

The next stop was the Crayfish Bay Chocolate Estate where we had a local guide show us how the cocoa beans grow and what it looks like when you open the pod and how they process it into chocolate.  We sampled some different flavors and Amanda and Erica bought the orange flavor and plain chocolate one. I found the stop to be interesting and worth it.

We picked up lunch at Jendies Restaraunt and ate it at a picnic lunch spot overlooking the ocean.  I had the fish and Erica and Amanda shared a Chicken Roti sandwich which was chicken, potatoes, and curry in a wrap.  The chicken had bones but they said it was really good.  I really liked my meal too and we all really liked the sorrel and guava fruit drink. Sorrel fruit comes from the Roselle plant which is a hibiscus. I would buy more of that drink if it was available but they had already ran out before we even left with our to-go order. It was so good.

Next up was the River Antoine Rum Factory where we received a tour on how the sugar cane is turned into rum.  It was super interesting.  It’s a pretty small company and operation, but at this local distillery they process 100,000 bottles of rum a year.  We had free samples of the 69 and 75 proof rum.  The 69 proof rum really kind of burned on the way down and the 75 was surprisingly smoother.  We didn’t buy any of the rum but appreciated that we were able to try a small sample.

We continued our way around the island with our last stop at Grand Etang National Park & Forest Reserve.  While here we basically only looked at the lake that was formed by a dormant volcano crater.  Izzy said there is a hiking trail that goes around the whole lake, but that was not something we had time for today.

Izzy was a wealth of information and we were happy that we chose her, and that we chose to do this at the start of the trip.  She gave us a lot of recommendations of places to go see and eat and if anything were to come up the rest of this week, we know we could just give her a call and she would be able to help us out.

We got back to the BnB about 6:00 and started a load of laundry before we made our way down the street to the local bar named Old Skool Pub to watch the Brewer’s in Game 2 of the NLDS and get a bite to eat.  We shared some wings and frys and enjoyed a couple of beers, and another Brewer’s win!!! It was a long day but definitily worth it!