Tobago villa and apartments
| country: | Trinidad & Tobago |
| location: | Plymouth, Tobago |
| price: | From US $75 - US $85 per apartment (sleep 2) per night & from US $105 - US $130 per villa (sleep 2-4) per night |
description
This is the most spectacular property in Tobago if you are looking to experience the unspoilt tranquil beauty of this island. There is so much to see, from the majestic trees to the wild orchids and bromeliads. The wonderful smells are all around you as you move through the different sections of this tropical farm and nature reserve or just by sitting on you veranda.
This is a paradise for the artist, naturalist, bird watcher, nature and garden lover or those looking for peace and tranquility. This small estate grows a variety of citrus fruits, mangoes, bananas, papayas, guavas, and many other tropical fruits.
Some areas have been kept wild to attract local species and help in their breeding. You may spot a variety of Humming birds that reside or visit Tobago as well as the king of the woods, Chachalaca, Woodpeckers, Herons, Egrets, parakeets, blue tanagers, Bare-Eyed Thrush, Jacamar, Barred Antshrike and many others. The birds are fed to the sounds of an antique ships bell. You may even be lucky to spot an Iguana which are on the endangered list or a large Sally Pinter Lizard. On a clear day at certain times of the year there are an abundance of butterflies in their natural habitat.
So come and relax with us as a family, with your friends, or for your wedding or honeymoon. You will go to bed to a symphony of sounds orchestrated by serenading owls and illuminated by fire flies. You will wake up to a chorus of whistling birds as they welcome a new dawn.
Boat Tours Dining Fishing Historic sight visits Walking Hiking
This is a paradise for the artist, naturalist, bird watcher, nature and garden lover or those looking for peace and tranquility. This small estate grows a variety of citrus fruits, mangoes, bananas, papayas, guavas, and many other tropical fruits.
Some areas have been kept wild to attract local species and help in their breeding. You may spot a variety of Humming birds that reside or visit Tobago as well as the king of the woods, Chachalaca, Woodpeckers, Herons, Egrets, parakeets, blue tanagers, Bare-Eyed Thrush, Jacamar, Barred Antshrike and many others. The birds are fed to the sounds of an antique ships bell. You may even be lucky to spot an Iguana which are on the endangered list or a large Sally Pinter Lizard. On a clear day at certain times of the year there are an abundance of butterflies in their natural habitat.
So come and relax with us as a family, with your friends, or for your wedding or honeymoon. You will go to bed to a symphony of sounds orchestrated by serenading owls and illuminated by fire flies. You will wake up to a chorus of whistling birds as they welcome a new dawn.
special things to do and see here
Boat Tours rooms, food and facilities
Villas (sleep 2-4): Our villas have very large bedrooms with a king-size bed. They can also accommodate two single beds, and each have a ceiling fan, air-conditioning, a safe and cable television. The villas open out onto the nearby tropical gardens and nature reserve. Each villa also has a bathroom with bathtub/shower and a hair dryer. The living rooms/dining rooms of the villas overlook the nature reserve. The villas also contain a fully equipped kitchen.
Coco's Apartment (sleep 2): This is a smaller accommodation and is suitable for two persons only. The apartment contains a double bed, a fully equipped kitchen, a bathroom, and screening but not air-conditioning. The decking overlooks the nearby nature reserve and the front porch has a view of the gardens.
Also available:
Laundry facilities Internet in main estate house Cell phones if requested.
Family & baby friendly: This accommodation is suitable for families with children. Nature trails and beach facilities are nearby. We provide a crib for babies, and baby sitting can be arranged with our internal staff.
By plane: Nearest airport - Trinidad & Tobago International.
By car: We are located near a town called Plymouth on Tobago.
Coco's Apartment (sleep 2): This is a smaller accommodation and is suitable for two persons only. The apartment contains a double bed, a fully equipped kitchen, a bathroom, and screening but not air-conditioning. The decking overlooks the nearby nature reserve and the front porch has a view of the gardens.
Also available:Family & baby friendly: This accommodation is suitable for families with children. Nature trails and beach facilities are nearby. We provide a crib for babies, and baby sitting can be arranged with our internal staff.
how to find us
By plane: Nearest airport - Trinidad & Tobago International.
By car: We are located near a town called Plymouth on Tobago.
how this holiday makes a difference
We support the local community by employing staff from the surrounding village of Plymouth. Our fruit on our organic farm is sold to local vendors at below market price, so they can resell them at a good profit. We buy a lot of our commodities from the local groceries. We use the village taxis for guest transport as well as another village near by. We encourage our guest to use local village eateries and I personally introduce them to the owners of the respective outlets and to buy fish locally from the local fisherman.
We encourage our guests during our briefing to visit the mystery tomb, the courlanders monument and fort James all in the nearest village. Also all the local restaurants, especially those selling local fish and roti. We introduce our guests to the local vegetable and fruit vendors. They are briefed in how to use the local route taxis which all islanders use and the bus service as well as the tourist taxis for their journeys to the airport. We encourage that all car rentals are delivered to the villa the day after arrival. That way the taxi drivers from the village benefit by the guests visit. We prepare paying signs for the local taxi drivers, so they have a more professional appearance when meeting guest at the airport. Guests are encouraged to use local tour guides that are well trained and registered with the local tourist board.
Our laundry uses water from our solar water system and our smaller apartment is fully water solar heated. We work with environmentalists on Tobago and the owner writes article on the environment for the local papers from time to time and encourage organic farming.
We support the local environmental charity, namely Environment Tobago and the Crusoe Reef Trust that have their literature available in our accommodations. We also give financial help to these organisations during the year.
Our electricity is provided by the local electricity company, but we encourage our guests to be energy efficient by turning their air-conditioning off when not needed. We have cut down on our energy use by installing solar water heating for our laundro-mats, thus reducing our energy by a third. This was installed approximately 8 months ago.
Solar water heating assist our energy reduction. We also use solar lights on our driveway. We use energy saving lights in some areas. We collect rain water for our organic kitchen garden near the main house. We encourage guest to minimise on water use which comes from underground wells from the local water board. Our toilets are the more modern type. We change our towels every four days or three is guest request. If we extend the days we end up using more energy. We use the best eco detergents that are available on our island and in smaller quantities.
Our gardens are 100% organic with no use of fertilizers or chemicals. We use organic compost from our farm and nature reserve and have compost heaps through out our facilities.
We encourage our guest to donate bird feeders/nesting boxes for birds and other animals and insects, in addition to our own input. we have a number of ponds through out our facilities to encourage wild life and we leave a large area uncut to create a natural environment for wildlife and encourage others to so same by our signage through out our property, including no hunting signage. We do not have a recycling plant in Tobago, but paint tins and the like, are re-used for nursery plants. Some paper is added to compost if the ink is compatible with the breakdown process or used to keep weeds down with organic mulch on top from our organic heaps.
We collect a vast amount of leaves for our compost heaps. We will shortly try a second bin for organic matter in our guest accommodation and hope that they will not find this objectionable. This will be a test project.
Our organic fruit is sold to local vendors at very cheap prices for them to resell to hotels and in the markets. We also manufacture on small scale Mango chutney and other condiments using local labour. Taxis are from the area and they pick up our guests if requested.
We support local environmental agencies by donating stationery to help them with their projects of educating the various communities of Tobago. We recycle all e-mail and other paper in our office and also use it for scrap pads. We give our guest information of the main environmental bodies on the island and encourage them to participate, especially on the turtle watches which have helped diminish the turtle slaughter on the islands beaches and also ask them not to by turtle jewellery, black coral and caiman bags. They are also encouraged to use the local bus service to get a feel of the island, island route taxis which are very cheap and of course the village tourist taxis who live near by.
All of our staff is employed from the surrounding village and we train them in skills that they may not have. We buy local produce from the village grocers, vegetable stands and fishermen and encourage our guest to do likewise , by introducing them on a personal level. All our masons, plumbers, electricians and other maintenance individuals are from the surrounding communities.
We encourage our guests during our briefing to visit the mystery tomb, the courlanders monument and fort James all in the nearest village. Also all the local restaurants, especially those selling local fish and roti. We introduce our guests to the local vegetable and fruit vendors. They are briefed in how to use the local route taxis which all islanders use and the bus service as well as the tourist taxis for their journeys to the airport. We encourage that all car rentals are delivered to the villa the day after arrival. That way the taxi drivers from the village benefit by the guests visit. We prepare paying signs for the local taxi drivers, so they have a more professional appearance when meeting guest at the airport. Guests are encouraged to use local tour guides that are well trained and registered with the local tourist board.
Our laundry uses water from our solar water system and our smaller apartment is fully water solar heated. We work with environmentalists on Tobago and the owner writes article on the environment for the local papers from time to time and encourage organic farming.
We support the local environmental charity, namely Environment Tobago and the Crusoe Reef Trust that have their literature available in our accommodations. We also give financial help to these organisations during the year.
Our electricity is provided by the local electricity company, but we encourage our guests to be energy efficient by turning their air-conditioning off when not needed. We have cut down on our energy use by installing solar water heating for our laundro-mats, thus reducing our energy by a third. This was installed approximately 8 months ago.
Solar water heating assist our energy reduction. We also use solar lights on our driveway. We use energy saving lights in some areas. We collect rain water for our organic kitchen garden near the main house. We encourage guest to minimise on water use which comes from underground wells from the local water board. Our toilets are the more modern type. We change our towels every four days or three is guest request. If we extend the days we end up using more energy. We use the best eco detergents that are available on our island and in smaller quantities.
Our gardens are 100% organic with no use of fertilizers or chemicals. We use organic compost from our farm and nature reserve and have compost heaps through out our facilities.
We encourage our guest to donate bird feeders/nesting boxes for birds and other animals and insects, in addition to our own input. we have a number of ponds through out our facilities to encourage wild life and we leave a large area uncut to create a natural environment for wildlife and encourage others to so same by our signage through out our property, including no hunting signage. We do not have a recycling plant in Tobago, but paint tins and the like, are re-used for nursery plants. Some paper is added to compost if the ink is compatible with the breakdown process or used to keep weeds down with organic mulch on top from our organic heaps.
We collect a vast amount of leaves for our compost heaps. We will shortly try a second bin for organic matter in our guest accommodation and hope that they will not find this objectionable. This will be a test project.
Our organic fruit is sold to local vendors at very cheap prices for them to resell to hotels and in the markets. We also manufacture on small scale Mango chutney and other condiments using local labour. Taxis are from the area and they pick up our guests if requested.
We support local environmental agencies by donating stationery to help them with their projects of educating the various communities of Tobago. We recycle all e-mail and other paper in our office and also use it for scrap pads. We give our guest information of the main environmental bodies on the island and encourage them to participate, especially on the turtle watches which have helped diminish the turtle slaughter on the islands beaches and also ask them not to by turtle jewellery, black coral and caiman bags. They are also encouraged to use the local bus service to get a feel of the island, island route taxis which are very cheap and of course the village tourist taxis who live near by.
All of our staff is employed from the surrounding village and we train them in skills that they may not have. We buy local produce from the village grocers, vegetable stands and fishermen and encourage our guest to do likewise , by introducing them on a personal level. All our masons, plumbers, electricians and other maintenance individuals are from the surrounding communities.