Located in São Tomé island eastern district of Cantagalo, this plantation was founded in 1875 and belonged to Companhia Agrícola Ultramarina.
The main crop in Roça Uba Budo was cocoa.
In the 90s, Roça Uba Budo was the setting chosen by RTP Internacional, the Portugal's public television channel, to run a television series that portrayed a love story between a slave and her master, "Milongo".