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JAMAICA TOURS AL A CARTE FROM KINGSTON
(10am-4pm daily, US$15 adults) is located within the grounds of Hope Botanical Gardens along Old Hope Road heading towards Papine. Meandering paths lead from the gate to areas dedicated to birds, large animals, including lions, ostrich and emu, a donkey and zebras and to other sections reserved for smaller animals including primates, snakes and iguanas. A fenced amphibious zone is home to a few American crocodiles.
JAMAICA TOURS AL A CARTE FROM KINGSTON
Fort Charles
(9 a.m.–4:45 p.m. daily, US$5 admission/ tour) is the most prominent historical attraction in town and the most impressive, well-restored fort in Jamaica. Built in 1656 immediately following the British takeover, it is the oldest fort on the island from the British colonial period, and one of the oldest in the New World.
Lime Cay is a paradisiacal islet, just barely big enough to sustain some vegetation. The beach gets crowded on weekends, especially on Sunday, and is worth a visit to take in the local scene. Launches leave for Lime Cay on weekends from Y-Knot Bar or at Morgan’s Harbour (US$10 per person round-trip); you can also get there on any other day, for a slightly higher price when the boats don’t fill up.
Bob Marley Museum. Located in Bob Marley’s former residence at 56 Hope Road, just north of New Kingston, the house and museum (US$20 adults) has been turned into a shrine to the man and his music, with rooms full of newspaper clippings and personal effects. One-hour tours run Monday–Saturday; tours start at 9:30 a.m. and the last tour leaves at 4 p.m. Around back, there’s a gift shop and a gallery has transient exhibitions. A comfortable, cozy theater is a great place to catch a movie.
Holywell National Park (entry US$5) sits atop Hardwar Gap, affording a view of St. Andrew Parish to the south and St. Mary and Portland to the north. The birding is excellent in the 50-hectare park, which borders Twyman’s Old Tavern Coffee Estate on the north side and is a haven for migratory birds in the winter months. Hiking trails lead to a few peaks, and there’s also a loop trail.
JAMAICA TOURS AL A CARTE FROM PORT ANTONIO AND THE EAST COAST
Reach Falls
(8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m, Wed-Sun., US$10), or Reich Falls, as it’s sometimes spelled, is located in a beautiful river valley among the lower northeast foothills of the John Crow Mountains. The river cascades down a long series of falls that can be climbed from the base far below the main pool where the attraction, which is managed by Jamaica’s Urban Development Corporation (UDC), is based. You will want to start at the bottom and continue far above the main pool to get the full exhilarating experience.
Blue Hole is also commonly known as the Blue Lagoon thanks to a 1980 Randal Kleiser adventure film of the same name starring a teenage Brooke Shields. This Blue Lagoon has no relation to the film, though locals will make the connection erroneously. Portland’s Blue Hole is Jamaica’s largest underground spring-fed lagoon, of which there are many smaller ones scattered across the island. The Blue Lagoon is made all the more unique by its location in a 55-meter-deep protected cove along the coast, where warm tidal waters gently mix with fresh water welling up from the depths.
JAMAICA TOURS AL A CARTE FROMOCHOS RIO
Ocho Rios Bay Beach
(US$5), also known as Turtle Beach, dominates the shorefront area in the heart of town. Moon Palace Jamaica Grande has roped off a large piece of the beach on the eastern side of the bay, while Turtle Towers and Fisherman’s Point share the western end with the public beach park and Marina at the end.
A riverside park and chill spot along the White River, Calby’s River Hidden Beauty (9am-5pm daily, US$10) has a rope swing and areas where the limestone riverbed has been formed into smooth slides by gushing water. Tubes, guides, and life jackets are included. A bar and restaurant serve beer, jerk chicken, and pork with rice-and-peas and festival.
JAMAICA TOURS AL A CARTE FROMOCHOS RIO
Turtle River Falls & Gardens
(US$20) is a six-hectare (14-acre) river park with 14 cascades, a walk-in aviary and swimming pool. The optional guided tour lasts an hour and 15 minutes. A snack bar serves drinks. Patrons are permitted to bring their own food. A path alongside the river leads to the largest cascade at the top of the park where there’s a deep pool fit for splashing around and visitors can climb the falls.
Konoko Falls
(8am-5pm daily, admission (US$20) is a riverine botanical garden on the Milford River, which flows through the park before descending through town and out the storm gulley next to Moon Palace Jamaica Grande. Konoko was once a banana stand on Shaw Park Estate before the gardens and falls were developed as an attraction in the early 1990s.
JAMAICA TOURS AL A CARTE FROM MONTEGO BAY
The Montego Bay Cultural Centre (10am-5pm Tues.-Sun., US$8) houses the National Museum West and the National Gallery West, showcasing Jamaica’s history and contemporary arts scene, while the building itself is a Georgian relic worth visiting. National Museum West, at ground level, features a permanent exhibit covering a history of St. James and Jamaica with a collection of artifacts spanning the Taino to postcolonial periods in the southern wing and temporary exhibits in the northern wing.
Greenwood Great House (9 a.m.-5 p.m daily, US$14) is the best example of a great house kept alive by the owners, Bob and Ann Betton, who live on property and manage the low-key tour operation. Built in the late 1600s by one of the wealthiest families of the British colonial period, the Barretts first landed in Jamaica on Cromwell’s voyage of conquest, when the island was captured from the Spanish in 1655. Land grants immediately made the family a major landholder, and its plantations grew over the next 179 years to amass 2,000 slaves on seven estates by the time of emancipation.
Rose Hall Great House (US$20) is the former home of Annie Palmer, remembered as the White Witch of Rose Hall in Herbert De Lisser’s novel of the same name. It’s the most formidable and foreboding estate great house on the island today, with a bone-chilling history behind its grandeur. The tour through the impeccably refurbished mansion is excellent. Rose Hall was built in 1770 by John Palmer, who ruled the estate with his wife, Rosa. The property passed through many hands before ending up in possession of John Rose Palmer, who married the infamous Annie in 1820.
JAMAICA TOURS AL A CARTE FROM NEGRIL
Norman Manley Beach Park. At the southern end of the beach is Norman Manley Sea Park Beach, where dances and daytime events are often held. The sand is interrupted about three-quarters of the way up Seven-Mile Beach above Long Bay Beach Park by a small stretch of mangrove. Beyond that, the sand continues northward all the way to Negril Point past Island Lux Beach Park and a handful of all-inclusive resorts.
The Peter Tosh Memorial Garden, where the remains of this original Wailer lie, is worth a quick stop, if only to pause amid the ganja seedlings to remember one of the world’s greatest reggae artists. An entrance fee is assessed (US$5) when there’s someone around to collect it. Otherwise the gate is unlocked and a quick visit usually goes unnoticed. In mango season the yard is full of locals fighting over the heavily laden branches.
Roaring River. Ten minutes from Savanna-la-Mar off of the B8, Roaring River make for a good day trip from Negril or Bluefields. The Roaring River cave guided tour costs US$5 per person. Expect to be aggressively approached as soon as you near the main building for the site. Tipping the guide is also expected. The discomfort the guides and managers of this attraction create is sadly an overbearing deterrent to all but the most unwaveringly defensive of visitors. The uninhibited will find caves and underground rivers.
Appleton Estate offer one of the most popular tours (9 a.m.-3 p.m Mon.\Sat., US$22 admission includes a miniature bottle of rum) on the South Coast, well within reach for those staying anywhere from Montego Bay, to Negril and Treasure Beach. Located in Nassau Valley, it’s well worth a visit, both to sample the several grades of rum and to experience the most lush corner of St. Elizabeth with its vast cane fields and rough hillscapes. The distillery at Appleton Estate is owned and operated by Wray and Nephew, which makes Jamaica’s best-known rum.
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