'LIVING HISTORY' AT BELLEFIELD - JAMAICA TOURIST ISSUE 13
A popular, new excursion offered by Jamaica Tours, the living history experience of the Bellefield Great House & Barnett Estates truly brings the past into the present. Enjoy Jamaican hospitality and learn about local heritage while you taste, cook, dance, sing and laugh the morning away at one of Jamaica’s oldest sugar plantations, built in 1794. Owned by the Kerr-Jarrett family, who has played an integral role in the development of Montego Bay, the tour provides visitors with a unique window into a very vibrant and lucrative era of Jamaica’s history and comes highly recommended.
Take a step back in time and get a true glimpse into the lives of the many people who lived and worked on the plantation in the year 1805, when sugar was king. The creative journey through the estate, gives you an opportunity to participate and learn a little about Jamaica’s cultural heritage and cuisine while enjoying yourself.
Guided by the butler ‘Koja’, your tour begins with a visit to the 100 year old Chattanooga - a miniature version of the original Sugar Mill, which was on the estate - pulled by ‘Willy’ the donkey. Here you encounter ‘Juff’, the mill worker who explains the process of making sugar. Taste freshly squeezed cane juice, while you nibble on raw sugar cane and observe the ancient process that was used to make cane juice into wet sugar and molasses in the original authentic boiler house. Inside the 1794 Sugar Mill, ‘Buckie Master’ shares the taste of “liquid gold” (rum) with you, while you learn how cane juice is distilled into rum. Pay attention to the demonstration of how to make delicious, brown sugar rum punch.
After sipping the delicious mixture, ‘Ben’ shows you how to make jerk seasoning from an ancient recipe and cook in an authentic jerk pit, while you get to sample this famous island fare. The tour culminates at the Great House, where maids ‘Mildred’ and ‘Lucy’ take you on a tour of the mansion. Visitors are welcome to browse, view and read about available artifacts to learn more about the history of the estate. This wonderful experience ends with a plush lunch buffet abundant with traditional Jamaican treats, which will open your palate to the flavours of true Jamaican cuisine. For more information, contact your hotel tour desk or Jamaica Tours at 953-3700 or email jtladmin@jamaicatoursltd.com .
Take a step back in time and get a true glimpse into the lives of the many people who lived and worked on the plantation in the year 1805, when sugar was king. The creative journey through the estate, gives you an opportunity to participate and learn a little about Jamaica’s cultural heritage and cuisine while enjoying yourself.
Guided by the butler ‘Koja’, your tour begins with a visit to the 100 year old Chattanooga - a miniature version of the original Sugar Mill, which was on the estate - pulled by ‘Willy’ the donkey. Here you encounter ‘Juff’, the mill worker who explains the process of making sugar. Taste freshly squeezed cane juice, while you nibble on raw sugar cane and observe the ancient process that was used to make cane juice into wet sugar and molasses in the original authentic boiler house. Inside the 1794 Sugar Mill, ‘Buckie Master’ shares the taste of “liquid gold” (rum) with you, while you learn how cane juice is distilled into rum. Pay attention to the demonstration of how to make delicious, brown sugar rum punch.
After sipping the delicious mixture, ‘Ben’ shows you how to make jerk seasoning from an ancient recipe and cook in an authentic jerk pit, while you get to sample this famous island fare. The tour culminates at the Great House, where maids ‘Mildred’ and ‘Lucy’ take you on a tour of the mansion. Visitors are welcome to browse, view and read about available artifacts to learn more about the history of the estate. This wonderful experience ends with a plush lunch buffet abundant with traditional Jamaican treats, which will open your palate to the flavours of true Jamaican cuisine. For more information, contact your hotel tour desk or Jamaica Tours at 953-3700 or email jtladmin@jamaicatoursltd.com .
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