The Estate · Est. 1777
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Heritage
Little Englishman's Bay Estate was established in 1777. That was the year Britain's cannon were hauled up to Fort King George, and the year after Tobago's rainforest was placed under protection. The estate was born in the most dramatic chapter of the island's story.
Its lands hold, in one place, everything that made Tobago worth fighting for: fresh water running down from the forest, cocoa growing in the shade, a sheltered bay, and the wild abundance of the coast and rainforest.
Flags changed and empires came and went, and the landscape endured. Today that heritage is carried in the estate's crest, the crown, the palm and the words Est. 1777, and in the care with which its land is now being shared.
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The Natural Landscape
The estate's character comes from how its parts belong together. Rainforest gives rise to rivers and waterfalls, fresh water sustains cultivated land, and all of it opens onto the coast.
Where the estate meets the Caribbean Sea and the bay that gives it its name.
Dense tropical forest, rich in vegetation and wildlife, rising behind the shore.
Fresh water moving through the forest and across the land.
Places where the rivers fall through the rainforest on their way to the lowlands.
Cultivated ground, including the estate's cocoa heritage.
The Estate Today
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AccommodationsA boutique resort is proposed on the estate's elevated ridge, overlooking Tobago's North Coast. Alongside it, three distinct glamping concepts are being developed, each shaped by a different part of the landscape: the ocean edge, the tropical forest, and the bamboo and natural materials of the surrounding land.
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WellnessWellness retreats are an existing part of the estate, set within its natural surroundings of rainforest and coastline.
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Nature & ExplorationThe estate's tropical vegetation, rivers and waterfalls form its living heart. The Nature Park and the River and Waterfalls Trail are both existing parts of the estate.
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Conservation & AgricultureTwo initiatives look after what the land and its water provide: the preservation and cultivation of the estate's cocoa heritage, and the conservation of its natural freshwater resources.
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Marine & WaterfrontTwo projects shape the estate's relationship with the sea: a proposed waterfront marina, and a passenger ferry connecting Pigeon Point with Little Englishman's Bay, which has been designed and is now being built.
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Culture & CommerceA proposed rainforest village market would bring together Tobago's Indigenous Arawak heritage, Caribbean pirate history and the island's rich cocoa traditions, with chocolate, crafts, food and entertainment in one cultural and retail destination.
A History of Tobago
Tobago changed hands more than thirty times as empires fought over its fresh water, fertile valleys and sheltered bays. Pirates, forts, fine cocoa and a rainforest protected since 1776: in 1777, in the middle of it all, Little Englishman's Bay Estate was established.
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Changes of flag
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Rainforest protected
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Estate established
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Vision
The estate looks ahead through a growing collection of hospitality, conservation, agricultural and tourism projects, each one shaped by a part of its landscape and intended to work with the land.
These projects are gathered into six areas:
Explore the Nature Park and the River and Waterfalls Trail. Discover a cocoa heritage centuries in the making, and stand on a shore that has watched empires come and go. Few places let you walk through so much history and so much natural beauty in a single day.
