Private Appleton Estate Rum & Pelican Bar Tour From Montego Bay

Itinerary

Travelers get a 2 hours guided tour of the estate with stops at the Molasses station, the History station, the sugar cane juice station, to sample these by-products of sugar cane. They will do a tour of the factory to see the process, a tour of the aging house and watch a short documentary of the estate and the rum making process.

Travelers get a 10 minutes boat ride out to the Pelican Bar on a sand bank in the sea. Here they relax, sunbathe, swim, drink Bear and do absolutely nothing. Just chill.

Private Appleton Estate Rum And Pelican Bar Tour

The Appleton Estate and Pelican Bar tour is a great way to spend a day. Tour the estate and sample rums, sugar cane, molasses, sugar cane juice etc. after which you head to the Pelican Bar to relax and swim in shallow water of the Caribbean sea.

The Appleton Estate and The Pelican Bar Tour is a great way to enjoy a full day on the south coast of Jamaica, away from the hustle and bustle of the city and the tourist life. Tucked away in the Nassau Valley, sheltered by the Nassau Mountains in the deep rural community of Maggoty, The Appleton Estate is one of Jamaica's oldest rum producing facility.  

Tour starts with an early pickup from Montego Bay hotels for a 2 - 2 1/2 hours scenic drive through the mountains and along the coast line to Appleton. After paying your entrance fee, you are allowed to enjoy complimentary alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages or hot beverages until you tour is ready to start. Watch a short documentary feature about the estate and all the work that goes into producing their top quality rums from over 100 years ago to the way it is done now. You then get a guided tour of the grounds and sample all the byproducts of sugar cane before entering the factory to see the entire process, then move to the aging room where hundreds of barrels of rum are stored to go through the aging process to acquire different tasting rums. The tasting room is next where you sample 3 different rums and get free lessons from the expert about them after which you tour comes to an end and its time to do you shopping (optional).

Next up is a 30-45 minutes drive to the local district of Parottee to get to the Pelican Bar, approximately a mile out in the Caribbean sea, for food, Red Stripe Beer and relaxation after all that rum. A 5 minutes ride in a local fisherman's boat is all it takes to get there. You are able to swim in the warm crystal clear shallow waters, sunbathe, have lunch or simply relax on the deck.