Experiences
Trails, harvest, drying and roasting, estate cooking.
The agroforest trail
An interpreted walk through the layers of the agroforestry system, reading the soil, the shade and the cocoa cycle. After two hours you understand why a forest can be productive.
Duration: 2 hours
Maximum participants
8
1–8 participants
0 EUR · placeholder value, to be set by the developer
Birdwatching
A dawn outing with a trained local guide, at fixed observation points. Sightings enter the estate monitoring database — guests contribute to the record.
Duration: 3 hours
Maximum participants
6
1–6 participants
45 EUR · placeholder value, to be set by the developer
From tree to bar
The full cocoa process — harvest, cracking, fermentation, drying, roasting, conching — with a comparative tasting and moulding your own bar.
Duration: 3 hours
Maximum participants
8
2–8 participants
60 EUR · placeholder value, to be set by the developer
Coffee harvest and roast
Take part in harvesting the high-altitude arabica and in a small-batch roast, with a tasting of three profiles.
Duration: 3 hours
Maximum participants
8
2–8 participants
55 EUR · placeholder value, to be set by the developer
Distilling aromatics
Harvest ylang-ylang in the early morning, when the flower holds most oil, then follow the steam distillation. Take home your own hydrosol.
Duration: 2 hours
Maximum participants
6
2–6 participants
40 EUR · placeholder value, to be set by the developer
The roça table
A long meal at a shared table, with the day's produce and the story of each item. The menu is set by the harvest, not by a printed card.
Duration: 3 hours
Maximum participants
16
2–16 participants
48 EUR · placeholder value, to be set by the developer
Nursery and planting
Propagate native species in the nursery and plant a tagged, georeferenced tree, with follow-up updates in the years that follow.
Duration: 2 hours
Maximum participants
10
1–10 participants
25 EUR · placeholder value, to be set by the developer
Dark sky
A guided night observation with no artificial light, reading the sky of the Gulf of Guinea. Darkness at Saudade is an asset, and is treated as one.
Duration: 2 hours
Maximum participants
10
1–10 participants
30 EUR · placeholder value, to be set by the developer
The path of memory
A walk through the historic buildings and the history of the roças and the people who lived in them. Without romance: the history of the roças includes forced labour, and it is told accurately.
Duration: 2 hours
Maximum participants
12
1–12 participants
30 EUR · placeholder value, to be set by the developer