Ocho Rios

Ocho Rios is a small town in the parish of St-Ann Bay in the north coast of Jamaica, which is home of rain forest, rivers and waterfalls. It has developed from a fishing village to a touristic place with a cruise ship harbor and a busy bay beach. The famous Dunn’s River Falls, a 180m-high waterfall with lagoon pools, remains a prime attraction of Ocho Rios. It is the most popular waterfall in the country and in all likelihood the most popular tourist attraction.

Ocho Rios is a port of call for cruise ships and the Dunn’s Waterfall has the advantage to be close to the city and the cruise ship pier. The north coast highway from Montego Bay Airport to Ocho Rios has been improved since 2007, reducing the journey to about one and a half hour.

Ocho Rios has three other waterfall attractions. If they are not as fantastic as the Dunn’s Waterfall, they are however worth visiting: the Turtle River Falls and Gardens, Konoko Falls and Shaw Park Falls. Another great place is the Blue Hole Jamaica known as Irie Blue Hole, located in the hills on the border of St-Ann and St-Mary Parishes, 25 minutes from Ocho Rios.

10 minutes far from Ochio Rios, you will find the Dolphin Cove, a 5-acre property with its own natural cove. There you will have the opportunity to swim with dolphins in their natural habitat.

Finally in Mystic Mountain Jamaica, a rainforest adventure park, located 5 minutes from Ocho Rios and close to Dolphin Cove and Dunns River Falls, you can go zip-lining or bird watching.

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Kingston

Kingston, located in the southeast coast of Jamaica, is the capital of the country where the Bob Marley Museum is housed in the former home of this legend. This is the cultural and economic center of the island, located between the Blue Mountains and a very large natural harbor. Kingston is very impressive, both with its settings and its noisy character. This city was named a Creative City of Music by UNESCO in 2015. Among its great attractions, we can mention:                                

• Bob Marley Museum, which was once Bob Marley's home and recording studio, filled with tons of Bob Marley's personal belongings. It is a preserved historical site, where even the bullet holes from the attempted murder of Bob Marley remain. He lived here until his death in 1981.

• National Gallery of Jamaica, which is a museum that features artwork by Jamaicans from throughout its history, from the native Taino Indians through the colonial period to works by modern artists.

• Port Royal. Once known as the "Richest and wickedest city in the world", Port Royal is a notorious 17th century pirate haven. The most famous pirate who operated from Port Royal was Sir Henry Morgan who plundered Spanish vessels travelling in the Caribbean. The city prospered as the pirates gathered riches, but a strong earthquake struck the area on June 7, 1692 sinking the ships in the harbor and killing many people as the earthquake moved much of the city into the sea. It has been said that the earthquake was caused by God himself to punish the evildoers of Port Royal. This disaster helped to establish Kingston as the new capital, and many of the survivors of the earthquake moved to Kingston.

• Devon House, which is one of the best example of Jamaican architecture, built by George Stiebel, the nation's first black millionaire. Much of the interior furniture is not original, but it upholds the 19th Century mansion style. The courtyard has craft shops, a few restaurants, and the most famous ice cream shop on the island.

• Hope Botanical Gardens. The Largest Botanical Garden in the Caribbean. The garden gets its name from the man Richard Hope who helped capture Jamaica for Great Britain and was given the property to reward him for his faithfulness to the Crown. Hope Zoo is next to the Botanical Gardens.

• Arawak Museum (Taino Museum). A small museum with artifacts and information about the original inhabitants of the island, the Arawak (or Taino) Indians.  

• People's Museum of Craft and Technology. A small museum with pottery, instruments, and farming tools used in Jamaica.

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Montego Bay

Montego Bay, a popular tourist destination with a big cruise ship port and numerous beach resorts, is the capital of the parish of Saint James. It is served by the busiest airport of the Anglophone Caribbean. Montego Bay is nowadays under a big infrastructure improvement through a series of great modernization works which aim at keeping the city as a top destination of the Caribbean region. The city is one of the main cornerstone of the Jamaican economy, with a lead in the tourist sector, where many international companies like Hilton, RIU Hotels, Iberostar, Hyatt, Sandals have resorts.

Montego Bay was originally named Golfo de Buen Tiempo by Christopher Columbus when he visited the Island for the first time in 1494. Jamaica was a colony of Spain from 1511 to 1655, when the expedition of Oliver Cromwell took over the country.

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Trelawny - Falmouth

Trelawny, a parish of Cornwall County, in the northwestern part of Jamaica, was founded in 1770 and named after Sir William Trelawny, a former Governor of Jamaica. Its capital is Falmouth. It is best known for its sugar cane estates and mills and for its “Maroon” history. As a matter of fact, this region of Jamaica was historically home to the largest group of Maroons in the island.

The southern part of Trelawny is a natural reserve where 27 endemic bird species and the giant swallowtail butterfly, the largest in the western hemisphere, can be found.

Usain Bolt, the fastest man on earth, comes from Sherwood Content in the Parish of Trelawny.

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Negril

Negril, well-known for its very long sandy beaches with calm and turquoise waters, is a town in western Jamaica located across the parishes of Hanover and Westmoreland. It has a seven-mile beach with bars, restaurants and international all-inclusive resorts, small family-run boutiques, rated for years as one of the top ten beaches in the world by many travel magazines. Negril is a calm, underdeveloped, unspoiled, untamed Caribbean paradise, with equal portions of beach and cliff, great food, friendly people. Here is what makes Negril so unique and great:

Seven Mile Beach – Seven miles of uninterrupted sand.

Jerk chicken – Chicken slow roasting on a grill.

Turquoise water – Water color of paradise.

Friendly people – The warmest and friendly people you’ll come across in the Caribbean.

Cliffs and cliff jumping – Where the beaches end they give way to tall, rocky cliffs.

Resorts both big and small – No matter your travel style, Negril has you covered.

Authentic flavor – When you visit Negril, you know you’re in Jamaica with all the wonderful aspects of Jamaica’s culture.

Waterfalls - Mayfield and YS waterfalls are right in Negril’s back yard.

Reggae music – The voice of Bob Marley and laid back reggae beats are the rhythm of life in Negril.

Sunsets – Situated on the very western tip of Jamaica, Negril is blessed with amazing nightly sunsets.

Beach nights – The perfect way to finish a day in Negril is with the stars in the sky, reggae music in the air, and a cool Red Stripe in hand.

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