Plantation House
Tours for Plantation House are by appointment only, please book them a day in advance at the Tourist Office, where you will be issued with a tour pass. The admission fee for Plantation House Tours is £3 per person.
Plantation House Grounds is open at any time to all visitors. Plantation House's Georgian facade faces onto a wide fenced lawn which is home to at least five giant tortoises. Jonathan, the Seychelles tortoise who was brought to St. Helena as a mature adult is the island's oldest living inhabitant at over 175 years old. Jonathan is said to be the oldest known member of his species, Testudinipae cytodira. Jonathan lives on the grounds along with David, Emma, Fredricka and Myrtle. Occasionally eggs are laid by the female tortoises, none has ever produced offspring.