Agro/Eco-Adventure Tourism
Mt. Stanhope Estate is a densely forested area with a large variety of hardwood trees, nutmeg trees and several indigenous plants planted throughout the estate. These trees are the natural habitat for many animals including monkeys, manicou, several varieties of birds (some indigenous to Grenada). This area is a watershed area - there are approximately four rivers that originate on Mt. Stanhope including the Little St. Marks River and River Claire - two of the better-known rivers in the area. The tattoo (armadillo) also makes Mt. Stanhope its home. There are numerous springs and a large waterfall on Mt. Stanhope Estate.
Many species of native fauna, particularly native and endemic species of reptiles, amphibians and birds, have apparently been completely eradicated from Grenada (Grenada parrot , Shaw’s racer, Neueid’s moon snake, Morocoy tortoise, scaly-breasted thrasher) while other species are in significant decline. At this point, more than half of the herpetofauna of Grenada have a CITES and/or IUCN listing.
There may be fragment populations of endemic species such as the endemic piping frog, the Grenada blind snake and the Black cribo (which is endemic to the Grenada Bank and the Lesser Antilles but which apparently may survive only on Grenada), and the Grenada Hook-billed kite among others in the unexplored areas of Mt. Stanhope estate.
And so we ask, that you leave only footprints and your legacy at Mt. Stanhope.
