Wildlife & Abbey Tour

This tour features popular attractions in the North East of the Island of Barbados
We will make our way up Cherry Tree Hill stopping for a photo Opp at the Morgan Lewis Windmill and then on to St. Nicholas Abbey where we will tour this beautifully preserved sugar plantation and sample some of the rum produced on site at their award winning distillery.

Cherry Tree Hill is eight hundred and fifty (850) ft above sea level and is a part of St. Nicholas Abbey plantation. Actually due to the size of the St. Nicholas Abbey property, Cherry Tree Hill actually borders, St.Peter and St. Andrew. Many years ago, the drive on either side to get to it was flanked by cherry trees, thus the reason for its name; however these were replaced with mahogany trees which now line the road. The trees were planted in celebration of the signing of The Treaty of Paris in 1763.

The Morgan Lewis Sugar Mill was built in 1727 it is one of the many Barbadian windmills once used to produce sugar, and one of the two last functioning sugar windmills in the world. The Morgan Lewis Mill ceased grinding sugarcane for commercial purposes in 1947 and was subsequently given to the Barbados National Trust.

Bathsheba is located on the Eastern coastline of Barbados. It is said that this area was named after the wife of King David whose name was “Bathsheba”. Legend has it that she bathed in milk to keep her skin beautiful and soft, and the rolling surf waters of Bathsheba’s “Soup Bowl” resembled Bathsheba’s bath. The area is popular with surfers. It is a popular area for locals and visitors alike and is dotted with several seaside cottages.

St Nicholas Abbey is located in Saint Peter, Barbados, and is a plantation house, museum and rum distillery Colonel Benjamin Berringer built the house in 1658. This house is one of only three genuine Jacobean mansions in the Western Hemisphere. It's similar to the English Jacobean-era manor houses of the first half of the seventeenth century, the period between the Tudor and Georgian styles, beginning in the reign of James I.

Our final stop for the day will be the Barbados Wildlife Reserve where we hope to catch the Green Monkey at play along with a wide variety of other animals.

Inclusions:

• Entry or admission fee,
• Hotel & Cruise port pickup and drop-off,
• Transport by air-conditioned minivan,
• Friendly, knowledgeable & licensed tour guide,
• Beverages,
• Entrance fees to St Nicholas Abbey Included.
• Sugar Plantation House & Rum Distillery,
• Bottled water,
• Entrance Fees to the Barbados Wildlife Reserve Included,
• View the feeding of the animals at the Wildlife Reserve the best time to view the monkeys at play,
• Photo opp at the Morgan Lewis Windmill (endangered historical site),
• Visit Cherry Tree Hill and enjoy its fabulous sweeping views of the east coast,
• Small group tour with a maximum of 8 persons unless you book a group.

Important:

• Infant seats available,
• Not wheelchair accessible,
• Comfortable walking shoes are recommended,
• Not stroller accessible,
• Infants must not sit on laps.