Habitation Céron

Habitation Céron has worked the same ground since the seventeenth century, first as a sugar estate and now growing cocoa and running a restaurant in the old buildings, and its best known feature is a zamana, a rain tree, whose crown spreads over an area often cited as among the largest in the Lesser Antilles. Crayfish are raised in the estate's stream and served at the tables. The old water wheel and sugar works stand in the grounds.

What you actually see

• The zamana tree - a rain tree with a crown among the largest in the region.
• The estate buildings - sugar works and water wheel from the plantation years.
• The cocoa - the crop the estate grows and processes today.
• The crayfish - raised in the estate stream and served in the restaurant.

When to go

Year round; the restaurant runs at lunch and booking is advised. Mornings are cooler for the grounds. It closes on some days.

Honest expectations

The restaurant is expensive and needs booking well ahead. Grounds are modest in extent and an hour covers them. The road in is narrow.

Nearby

Anse Céron is on the coast below, and the Couleuvre waterfall is above.