JAMAICA COFFEE TOURS From Kingston

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Overview

The Thailand 12 days tour will help you to explore 3 beautiful destinations in Thailand: Phuket, Chiang Mai, and Bangkok. Start from Phuket where you will have a chance to discover the beautiful beaches and the peaceful surrounding islands such as Phi Phi Island and James Bond Island, 2 of the most famous spots in Phuket. Then you will fly domestically to Chiang Mai to explore the magnificent Northern side of Thailand and its beautiful temples, including Doi Suthep and Hmong Village. After enjoying Chiang Mai, you will finish your tour in Bangkok and stay here for 2 nights to explore this capital’s main highlights and sample its traditional cuisine.

Tour Highlights

Express

The Express Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Tour consists of the 1.5 hour tour at UCC Craighton Coffee Estate, which provides guests with an oral history of the revered bean in Jamaica alongside a sample of the farm’s brew accompanied by coffee cake. The tour proceeds with a light hike through the coffee fields to a picturesque gazebo with views of the surrounding mountains and Kingston below. The tour concludes with a return to the historic great house where visitors view antiques and can purchase coffee to take home. The Express Tour is booked by reservation only and can be scheduled any day of the week departing Kingston between 8am and 2pm. What to bring: Comfortable shoes for hiking, bug dope and cash for a half-pound or a pound of beans.

Duration : 3 hours (including roundtrip travel time from Kingston)
Tour Rates: $75/adult

Half‐day

The Half-Day Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Tour begins with the 1.5 hour tour of UCC Craighton Estate as described in the Express Tour above. The visit to Craighton is followed by the Lunch & Garden Tour at Belcour Lodge, home of Belcour Preserves, a boutique producer of jams, hot sauces and preserves, all of them infused with honey produced on site in the farm’s apiary. The gardens at Belcour are spectacular, with a citrus orchard, orchids galore and a spectacular collection of native and exotic plant species curated by Belcour Family Cookbook author Robin Lim Lumsden, who lives on property with her husband Michael Lumsden. The Mammee River meanders through the lower reaches of the property where a swimming hole is fit for a cool dip. Prepare to have your palette tantalized. The Half-Day Tour is booked by reservation only and can be scheduled to begin any day of the week departing Kingston between 8am and noon. What to bring: Comfortable walking shoes, a swimsuit and towel if you plan to cool off, bug dope and cash for sauces and preserves.

Duration: 5 hours
Tour Rates: USD $125/adult

Full‐day

The Full-Day Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Tour begins with a tour of UCC Craighton and is followed by the Lunch and Garden Tour at Belcour Lodge as described above in the Express and Half-Day tours. After lunch and relaxation in the gardens of Belcour, guests proceed to the Mavis Bank Coffee Factory, Jamaica’s largest coffee processing plant, where a 45-minute tour lets visitors see firsthand how coffee is brought from more than 2,000 farms across the Blue and John Crow Mountains to be shucked, dried, sorted and roasted, or exported green in barrels, under the Jablum brand. The Full-Day Tour is booked by reservation only and can be scheduled to begin any day of the week departing Kingston between 8am and 9am. What to bring: Comfortable walking shoes, a swimsuit and towel if you plan to cool off at Belcour, bug dope and cash for coffee, sauces and preserves or a cookbook.

Duration: 8 hours
Tour Rates: USD $175/adult