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⭐ Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice 2026 | Vanilla Farm & Hamilton Sugar Mill Tours | 📅 Thursdays: Book Online from 5 November | Fridays & Saturdays: Enquire via Contact Form | 🍦 Vanilla Café: Tues–Sat, 9am–1pm

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⭐ Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice 2026 | Vanilla Farm & Hamilton Sugar Mill Tours | 📅 Thursdays: Book Online from 5 November | Fridays & Saturdays: Enquire via Contact Form | 🍦 Vanilla Café: Tues–Sat, 9am–1pm 〰️

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Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Award Winner 2026

Recognised among the top 10% of attractions worldwide.

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Featured in National Geographic

Vanilla Paradise Nevis was showcased in the June 2025 issue of National Geographic, in a beautifully written feature titled “Pod to Plate”, highlighting Gina’s journey from European finance to pioneering a sustainable vanilla farm on Nevis.

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Vanilla Paradise Journal | Stories from Nevis’s First Vanilla Farm

December 31, 2025

A Look Back at 2025 at Vanilla Paradise Nevis

December 31, 2025

A short end-of-year photo collage capturing moments from the seasons at Vanilla Paradise Nevis, with heartfelt thanks to all who supported us this year.

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Our Story

From financial statements to hand-pollinating vanilla orchids, discover how Gina Empson followed her dream to create Vanilla Paradise Nevis.

What began as a bold change of direction has blossomed into a thriving vanilla farm, celebrating sustainable agriculture, local heritage and the people of Nevis.

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Growing Vanilla on Nevis

With its tropical climate, rich volcanic soil and natural humidity, Nevis offers ideal conditions for cultivating vanilla orchids.

At Vanilla Paradise Nevis, we are proud to grow over 4,000 vanilla vines using organic and sustainable practices, while celebrating the island's natural beauty and agricultural heritage.

A woman smiling and sitting on a golf cart with a purple dog lying on the seat and panting, in a green outdoor park area.

Aerial view of a farm with three green-greenhouses, surrounded by trees, with a coastline and ocean in the background.

A woman in a pink skirt, white blouse, and hat standing between two yellow-green decorative gates labeled 'VANILLA' and 'PARADISE' outdoors with trees and sunlight in the background.

Group of people touring a vanilla shadehouse observing and learning about the plants.

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A brown dog with a pink collar standing on a large rock in a wooded area with green foliage and trees.

A group of diverse people walking on a garden path surrounded by lush green trees, bushes, and yellow flowers, with a large brown dog lying on the grass in the foreground.

Smiling man with glasses and a baseball cap standing among group of people with hats in a greenhouse or farm setting.

A brown dog with black markings on its face lying in a dense green forest, surrounded by leaves and branches.

A smiling man in a white T-shirt standing outdoors near a stone wall with greenery in the background. There is a bright-green and yellow sign that reads 'Flamboyant Walk' in the background.

Someone planting or tending to a white orchid flower.

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Colorful garden sculpture of a flower with green and yellow petals in a backyard with plants and a yellow building in the background.

Close-up of a white flower with elongated petals and green stems against a bokeh background of greenery.

Group of children and a man having a discussion inside an outdoor enclosure with a shaded mesh roof, surrounded by wooden and bamboo framing and plants.

Group of people gathered outdoors around a guide near a large rock with painted flowers, surrounded by greenery and trees.

What people are saying about us…

The tour was fascinating. The scope of your effort is staggering. Your team is terrific.

Liza
We had a fabulous time. It's been the highlight of our trip and would highly recommend it to anyone visiting.

Grant K.
The tour was absolutely brilliant!

John M.goes
All of us really enjoyed the tour and are very impressed with Vanilla Paradise. It was a great way to start our vacation in Nevis!

★★★★★
Maggie M.
Thank you and your staff for the wonderful tour yesterday. It was very informative and enjoyable…we are still talking about it today!

★★★★★
Randy
We cannot thank you enough for allowing us to visit your Farm today and giving us a tour! Your knowledge, enthusiasm and personal touch made the morning truly special. We really appreciate how you were patient with our questions and enjoyed hearing about the history of Vanilla and the Estate.

Anna
Thank you for taking the time to give us a tour of your Vanilla project, you have created an amazing farm in such a short space of time! The detail and subject knowledge that you have is really insightful!

★★★★★
Mark & Tracey Clark
“A very worthwhile tour to check out. It was so interesting to see all Gina has done to produce vanilla on the island! Just amazing. And very neat to see the plants and the beans growing in the greenhouse’s. She answered all our questions that we had. So cool.”

★★★★★
Doreen Ball
“Must do in Nevis! We had a lovely welcome from Gina and her entire team! Gina is a real passionate about Vanilla and you can feel it. An amazing tour of the farm + history of the vanilla. We shared a refreshment drink at the end of the tour. Everything was perfect thanks again. Very inspiring!”

★★★★★
Mat Mab
“Loved every minute of the tour ... Thank you for your generosity and time, it was a wonderful treat.”

★★★★★
Lynne Rhodes-Harrison
“Gina; Jesse and John did a wonderful job of explaining the details of vanilla history and production; highly recommend a visit to the farm!”

★★★★★
Lesroy Hanley
"What a wonderful tour we had with a group from our golf league. Gina and her staff are super guides!!"

★★★★★
Rick Backlund
Gina, thank you once more for an incredible tour! We're truly impressed by your achievements. We shared our experience on Nevis Nice Facebook, highlighting the beauty. Hopefully, it will inspire others to visit Vanilla Paradise and experience it firsthand.

★★★★★
Alice Y
We were on the tour last week and I wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed learning about vanilla and all that goes into it! The special tour of the sugar mill ruins was wonderful as well!

★★★★★
Steve and Michelle H.
We thoroughly enjoyed meeting you and your family and doing the very very interesting and informative tour. We had no idea about the lengthy process of vanilla. You are doing a tremendous job of building the farm.

Janet S.

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If you have any questions about Vanilla Paradise Nevis, please get in touch by sending us an email at info@vanilla-paradise-nevis.com.

The First and Only Sustainable Vanilla Farm on the Island of Nevis!

100% Nevis Vanilla

⭐ Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice 2026 | Vanilla Farm & Hamilton Sugar Mill Tours | 📅 Thursdays: Book Online from 5 November | Fridays & Saturdays: Enquire via Contact Form | 🍦 Vanilla Café: Tues–Sat, 9am–1pm

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▶️ Watch how vanilla begins

Book a Vanilla Tour

Featured in National Geographic

News & Stories

Our Story

Growing Vanilla on Nevis

The tour was fascinating. The scope of your effort is staggering. Your team is terrific.

We had a fabulous time. It's been the highlight of our trip and would highly recommend it to anyone visiting.

The tour was absolutely brilliant!

All of us really enjoyed the tour and are very impressed with Vanilla Paradise. It was a great way to start our vacation in Nevis!

Thank you and your staff for the wonderful tour yesterday. It was very informative and enjoyable…we are still talking about it today!

We cannot thank you enough for allowing us to visit your Farm today and giving us a tour! Your knowledge, enthusiasm and personal touch made the morning truly special. We really appreciate how you were patient with our questions and enjoyed hearing about the history of Vanilla and the Estate.

Thank you for taking the time to give us a tour of your Vanilla project, you have created an amazing farm in such a short space of time! The detail and subject knowledge that you have is really insightful!

“A very worthwhile tour to check out. It was so interesting to see all Gina has done to produce vanilla on the island! Just amazing. And very neat to see the plants and the beans growing in the greenhouse’s. She answered all our questions that we had. So cool.”

“Loved every minute of the tour ... Thank you for your generosity and time, it was a wonderful treat.”

“Gina; Jesse and John did a wonderful job of explaining the details of vanilla history and production; highly recommend a visit to the farm!”

"What a wonderful tour we had with a group from our golf league. Gina and her staff are super guides!!"

Gina, thank you once more for an incredible tour! We're truly impressed by your achievements. We shared our experience on Nevis Nice Facebook, highlighting the beauty. Hopefully, it will inspire others to visit Vanilla Paradise and experience it firsthand.

We were on the tour last week and I wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed learning about vanilla and all that goes into it! The special tour of the sugar mill ruins was wonderful as well!

We thoroughly enjoyed meeting you and your family and doing the very very interesting and informative tour. We had no idea about the lengthy process of vanilla. You are doing a tremendous job of building the farm.

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