French Colonial Plantation
This 600 acre, 18th century French Colonial plantation property is a part of the Anse Chastanet and Jade Mountain resort properties. The slaves that lived here worked to produce molasses and then the plantation converted to produce cocoa. There are buildings left behind that attest to the history of the place and the lives of the plantation owners and slaves that worked for them.
In the building on the left the horses or mules lived below and the slaves lived above up these stairs.
A short climb leads you to the Plantation house that overlooks the building where the slaves lived, and the buildings where the molasses and cocoa production took place.
"Stairway to Heaven" and also the location of a scene in the reality television show, "The Bachelor".
The view from the plantation house to the workers below.
Inside the building where the production of molasses and cocoa took place.
"Tiger" jungle kitty
The climb up those ropes leads you to the old church and cemetery located above the plantation house.
Modes of transportation: Hiking or mountain bike, or both.
