Activities Out of House
If you want to see more of the island, there are lots of places to explore and activities to try, both on land and sea. And what better place to start with than the 
capital of Grenada, St. George's. Bustling and full of scents, sounds and colours, the market is the place to begin. Here the farmers bring their produce to sell alongside the man who makes sandals by hand and the Rasta hat stall, where there are hats to fit everyone, from tiny babies to the largest dreadlocks, while the latest Caribbean sounds boom out from the speakers. Nearby is the Public Library and museum which contains much history about Grenada.
Deep sea fishing
Grenada is host to one of the major billfishing tournaments in the Caribbean so there is a wide knowledge of the best fishing grounds in the area. We can put you in touch with one of the charter companies or arrange it for you.
Diving
Grenada has a reputation for some of the finest diving in the Caribbean. From shallow water snorkelling over the reefs to scuba dives on the numerous wrecks, there's enough variety in the seas around Grenada to test divers of all standards. Imagine swimming 160 feet down in the swimming pool on the deck of the Bianca C, an Italian cruise ship that caught fire in St. George's harbour in the 1960's and sunk as it was being towed out into deep waters. Qualified diving instruction is available, leading to PADI certification if desired.
Tennis
There are several tennis courts within five minutes of the Estate. Coaching is available and we can make reservations on your behalf and drop and collect you at the court.
Golf
Grenada has a nine hole golf course. Caddies are available and we can reserve tee times as well as drop you off and collect you at the course, which is about ten minutes away.
Rental cars
A rental car is useful if you want to explore the island. We can have one delivered to the Estate. You will need to be over 25 and a visitor's driving licence is available on presentation of a current, full driving licence from most jurisdictions and a small payment.
Excursions
Among the things to see and do on island are nature treks in the sky forest and to see the extinct volcano, now filled with a fresh water lake, the Grand Etang, the Heath Robinson chocolate factory with its world famous dark chocolate, the cocoa plantation at Belmont Estate
, where you can also see many fragrant spices growing, Sauteurs (where the last of the Carib Indians chose to leap to their death rather than submit to French rule), Seven Sisters
waterfall and the six other waterfalls, the underwater sculpture park at Molinere, the leatherback turtles laying their eggs at Levera, the River Antoine Rum Distillery, which is the oldest water-propelled distillery still functioning in the Caribbean, the gently shelving beach at La Sagesse, two miles of golden sand at Grande Anse and countless other beautiful beaches. If you don't want to rent a car or take one of the organised excursions, we can arrange a taxi tour for a day or half a day at quite reasonable prices. If you'd like to visit Carriacou, one of the other islands that makes up the State of Grenada, there's a daily ferry service on a high speed catamaran - the Osprey – or you can take one of the excursions available.
Dolphin and Wale Watching
There are about 15 species of whale in the waters surrounding Grenada, including sperm, humpback, and long and short fin padded whales. The existence of the ruins of a former Norwegian whaling station on an island only a few hundred yards off the coast is testimony to the abundance of these animals around Grenada. During the season, from December to April, the organised whale watching trips have a 97 per cent success rate of sighting whales or dolphins, who seem to delight playing in and with the wake of the boat.
Sailing Festivals
There are several important sailing regattas in Grenada every year under the auspices of the Grenada Yacht Club. The first of the year, the Grenada Sailing Festival, happens at the end of January. March sees the Round-the-Island-Race, where yachts of all shapes and sizes vie with each other to be the quickest in class around the island in an interesting mix of sea conditions from the sheltered Caribbean Sea to the open Atlantic.
River tubing
Take an exciting trip down the Balthazar River ending at an ideal spot for a picnic.
Sky Forests
High up in the mountains of the island's interior, just at the point where the earth seems to merge into the clouds is where you’ll find the sky forests. There are lots of walks and treks close to the Grand Etang, a natural fresh water lake in the crater of an extinct volcano. The varied elevations and terrains support several different ecological subsystems.
The rainforest in the area around the lake has hugely varied flora and fauna. 
Mona monkeys, colourful tropical birds, 
tiny frogs and 
lizards, and rare flowers, even orchids are all to be seen in the dense vegetation. Mahogany trees are starting to re-establish themselves after the devastation of Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and there is a lush mixture of ferns, flowers and other plants.
The forest is home to hundreds of the Caribbean’s exotic birds, including swifts, hummingbirds, hawks and a host of other species. Best to bring a book of Caribbean birds to identify them all. Frogs and lizards abound and you’ll probably see opossums, armadillos and mongooses as you wander around the trails. There is an abundance of trails in Grand Etang, many of them strewn with nutmeg shells to keep them fresh and dry. Some, often the gentler ones, seem to come back on themselves and others, which lead to some of the area's stunning waterfalls, are more rigorous. Guides, both written and human, are available at the Grand Etang nature reserve for the different walks and treks.
Waterfalls
Grenada has several fabulous waterfalls but few of them are widely known or visited. Some you can virtually drive right up to, others take a reasonable hike to get to. So you can decide on your level of fitness and take your choice. For some of the more remote falls, we recommend that you take a guide and we can arrange a tour.
Annandale Waterfall
This is one of the easiest waterfalls to get to, though not one of the largest, with a well-tended path from the nearby road, which is lined with local fruit trees and flowering plants. Close by, virtually on the road, is another, unnamed waterfall which, when there are rainy periods, is significantly larger than Annandale.
Concord Waterfalls
Concord is not one, but three waterfalls. At the edge of the nature reserve on the west of the island, the first one is the most readily accessible with a road leading to it. You can bathe in the cool, crystal clear water of what is in effect a mountain stream, so it’s a good idea to take a swimming costume. The second of the falls, Au Coin, is altogether larger but it’s a 45 minute hike to get there, passing through, amongst other things, a nutmeg plantation. The third falls, called Fontainbleu, is even more remote, but well worth the journey to see the water cascading down a 65 feet into a crystal clear pool. To visit all three falls, you need to allocate a full morning.
Mt. Carmel Waterfall
Just two miles south of Grenville, and also known as the Marquis Falls, these are the highest on the island, with two falls crashing over 70 feet into the pools below. A gentle 30 minute hike through a private plantation will lead you there, guided by the sound of the falls themselves.
Paraclete Waterfall
It’s a good hour hike to get to Paraclete falls in the parish of St. Andrew but, when you get there, you can take a shower directly under the waterfall itself which is akin to standing next to an open fire hydrant.
Seven Sisters Waterfalls
It’s a 45 minute hike through the rain forest and through a private plantation where cocoa, nutmeg and banana trees are grown. Not a difficult hike, the route can get a muddy if it’s rained recently but it’s all worth it when you finally get there. Take a swimming costume so you can refresh yourself in the large pools of cool water at the base of the falls. Not far beyond Seven Sisters are the Honeymoon falls, maybe so called because they’re well hidden and afford some privacy. If you have a guide, ask him to take you as it’s not that easy to find.
Tufton Hall Waterfall
It’s amazing in an island only 24 miles by 12 that a new waterfall should be discovered in the last few years but it’s true. Of course a few locals knew that it was there but news did not get out. Tufton Hall Waterfall, in St. Mark's, Victoria vies with Mount Carmel for the title of the tallest waterfall on Grenada. A good reason why it was only recently discovered is that it’s approximately a 3 hour hike through some tough country to get there. On the way you’ll see waterfalls, swimming pools and sulphur springs. Depending on how far you want to follow the river, the hike can range from a challenge to an adventure. Guides are available by emailing TuftonHallWaterfall@gmail.com.
Beaches
At the last count, Grenada had nearly 50 beaches to choose from - large and small, white sand, black sand, sometimes even red sand. And that’s not counting our own private beach at Mount Hartman Bay Estate. These are some of the best or the most popular but, doubtless, if you go exploring you’ll find your own favourite:
Bathway Beach
A beautiful white sand beach on the North-East coast of the island and facing the Atlantic with rollers that have come uninterrupted for 3000 miles from the Azores. Often, even during weekends, you can have Bathway all to yourself yet, on national holidays, it’s the place people go to party. Take a cooler and a picnic for a perfect day at the beach. It’s also a beach where you need to be careful swimming and be guided by the signs. Outside the reef, which protects the shore, those Atlantic rollers create some strong currents.
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Grand Anse Beach
In the south west of the island and, at one end, close to St. George’s is two miles of golden sand and the largest beach on the island by far. It’s not so much a beach as a way of life. People fall in love there, marry there and teach their children to swim there. Vendors make their living there selling shells, braids, shirts, wraps, jewellery, even massage but it’s always done with polite good humour and never with any pressure. It’s such a big beach that it changes atmosphere as you go along it. The southern end is the most upmarket, where hotels line the beach. The middle part is the area used by most locals and is busiest at weekends (but that doesn’t ever mean crowded) and it has vendors’ markets nearby. The northern most part of the two miles, and the part nearest to town, is often quite empty but, when there’s a cruise ship in town, it suddenly fills up with sunbathing passengers, who disappear later as quickly as they arrived. Sometimes, it’s nice to buy some souvenir or trinket to support the Beach Vendors, when they pass, because they’re out there trying to support their families rather than sitting at home waiting for the next handout.
Hog Island
Just a few minutes away by sea from Mount Hartman Bay Estate is Hog Island and an ideal place for a beach barbeque. Close by some good moorings, it’s a popular venue for yachties and locals alike with Roger’s bar on the beach looking like the beach bar in your dreams. And yet, during the week, you’ll probably be almost alone. But, not so at weekends, especially Sunday afternoons, when it gets as busy as Grenada ever does! 
La Sagesse Beach
On the East coast of the island, this is one of the best beaches for a peaceful and romantic day. A tranquil, gently shelving beach means that you can go a long way out without getting out of your depth. A convenient restaurant serves food and drinks. A nearby nature reserve is there to be explored with hosts of beautiful birds and plants. And the bay, which is actually a small estuary as well, is well protected by hills both sides and a reef so it’s almost never anything other than flat calm.
Levera Beach
Further North, Levera Beach is part of the Levera Nature Reserve and is famous for its leatherback turtles, which drag themselves heavily and clumsily out of the sea and up the beach to lay their eggs. There are evening and night excursions in the season to see this beautiful natural practice, which has been going on for millions of years, and hopefully even to see the eggs hatch. It’s a real Robinson Crusoe beach with a few fishing boats and even fewer footprints, with a lovely view of the cone shaped Sugarloaf Island.
Image reproduced with permission
from grenada-beaches.com
Magazine Beach
About one mile of white sand, and clear blue waters, it’s another beautiful beach on Grenada’s Southwestern coast. With stunning views right across to St. George’s, this is a beach that feels like a tropical paradise. Children and adults alike seem to love tumbling in the waves on this beach and there’s a convenient restaurant, which serves good food, if you want refreshments.
Morne Rouge Beach (BBC Beach)
Located on the stretch of coast between Grand Anse and Magazine Beach, most locals refer to this as BBC beach, courtesy of the three (now one) radio masts that used to be on the hill at one end of it. Morne Rouge Beach, like the southern end of Grand Anse beach, lies in the hotel district in the south of Grenada, yet it’s a beach you often have all to yourself. Lush green trees, white sands, and calm turquoise waters, it’s perfect for a peaceful relaxing day during the week; at weekends, it gets a bit busier (ie you will see other people around) and it’s one of the best beaches for children.
Paradise Beach, Carriacou
Another beach that you’re likely to have almost to yourself. A strip of about a mile of white sand lapped by sparkling blue waters, Paradise beach is bordered by lush trees that give welcome shade. It’s almost worth making a trip to Carriacou just for the beach.
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from grenada-beaches.com
Pink Gin Beach
A small beach with an evocative name lies almost at the very South-West tip of Grenada, behind the hill that overlooks the airport. You hear the odd plane coming or going but it’s never so often that it’s anything other than an interesting interlude in the tranquil peace of Pink Gin Beach. Quieter than Morne Rouge Beach, the sand has a pinkish tinge and there’s an amazing view across a number of other beaches, including the whole of Grand Anse, to St. George’s.
Image reproduced with permission
from grenada-beaches.com
Sandy Island, Carriacou
A beach that does exactly what it says on the tin. An offshore island, that’s no more than a very large sand spit with a few palm trees, it’s Caribbean beach dream come true.
Whale & dolphin spotting trips
http://www.catamaranchartering.com/whale.htm
Carriacou & Petit Martinique
Located at 12 28’N & 61 28’W, Carriacou is the largest of the Grenadines, an island scattered between St. Vincent and Grenada. The mainland of Grenada is some chain 23 miles to the south and Petite Martinique is just 3 miles east.
Carriacou is about 7 long and 2 miles across while conical shaped Petite Martinique measures roughly one mile in diameter. Formed by volcanic activity millions of years ago, Carriacou has an interesting topography, with wooded hills rising to 1000 feet and an irregular coastline, protected by coral reefs, which provide the base for its beautiful sandy beaches. Written records dating back to the 1650’s refer to “Kayryouacou,” derived from the Caribe word meaning “land surrounded by reefs.” The main town and port of entry is Hillsborough and there are several picturesque small villages dotting the island.
There used to be plantations in Carriacou mainly growing cotton, some sugar, indigo, coffee, limes and cocoa but now only a few farmers grow small crops for their own consumption. The population of the two islands is around 6000 (of which Petite Martinique accounts for fewer than 1000, all of whom live on the inhabited western side of the island), mainly of African slave descendents with a bit of Scottish influence, as evidenced by family names. People from Carriacou are renowned for their boat building and sea faring skill; generally built by eye there are many locally made working and pleasure vessels in use today and you’ll often see a boat under construction.
Image credit: carriacoupetitemartinique.com
Things to see and do in Carriacou:
http://www.carriacoupetitemartinique.com/activities.html
Molinere Bay
Jason de Caires Taylor is a British sculptor who wanted to do something to help the endangered reefs along the coast of Grenada. So he created a series artificial reefs made of life size sculptures that would be a suitable home for marine life. His creation is set in shallow water and is constantly evolving. It is reached easily and can be seen from the surface or, better still, using snorkeling equipment. More information is available at:
http://www.underwatersculpture.com/pages/gallery/underwater-gallery/index.htm
Diving in Grenada
For more information, see:
http://www.ecodiveandtrek.com/
http://www.divegrenada.com/
Sailing Festivals
Grenada Sailing Festival –Pure Sail, Pure Spice, see:
http://www.grenadasailingfestival.com/
Grenada Round-the-Island-Race, see:
http://www.aroundgrenada.com/
River Tubing
Adventure Grenada can organise an exciting trip down the Balthazar River at:
http://www.adventuregrenada.com/rivertubing.html