Must-see attractions in Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

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    Reach Falls

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    Even in a country that abounds in waterfalls, Reach Falls stands out as one of the most beautiful places in Jamaica. The white rushing cascades are…

  • High-angle view of Blue Hole Waterfall in Jamaica.

    Blue Hole

    Ocho Rios

    High on the White River, Jamaica's heavenly Blue Hole is a vision and is an undisputed highlight in Ocho Rios. To reach this popular spot, make your way…

  • Idyllic surroundings - Blue Lagoon, Grand Cayman.

    Blue Lagoon

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    The waters that launched Brooke Shields’ movie career are by any measure one of the most beautiful spots in Jamaica. The 180ft-deep (55m) “Blue Hole” (as…

  • Nanny Falls

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    The idyllic waterfall and swimming hole of Nanny Falls is a 30-minute walk uphill from the end of Moore Town, passing under huge ferns, Jamaican apple…

  • Seville Great House

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    This historical park overlooking the sea, less than 1km west of present-day St Ann’s, marks the site of the first Spanish capital on the island – Sevilla…

  • Frenchman's Cove

    Frenchman’s Cove

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    This beautiful little cove just east of Drapers boasts a small but perfect white-sand beach, where the water is fed by a freshwater river that spits…

  • Firefly

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    Set amid wide lawns high atop a hill 5km east of Oracabessa and 5km west of Port Maria, Firefly was the home of Sir Noël Coward, the English playwright,…

  • Winnifred Beach

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    Perched on a cliff 13km east of Port Antonio is the little hamlet of Fairy Hill. Follow the road steeply downhill and you’ll reach Winnifred Beach, yet…

  • January 31, 2019: Tourists climbing the rocky terrace of Dunn’s River Falls.
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    Dunn’s River Falls

    Ocho Rios

    These famous falls, 3km west of town, are Jamaica’s top-grossing tourist attraction. Great throngs of people at peak hours can sometimes make it seem more…

  • Spanish Bridge

    Ocho Rios

    You'll need a car to reach this delightful swimming spot on the White River, 5km beyond Blue Hole on a rough road, but it's worth the adventure. The stone…

  • Asafu Culture Yard

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    The Asafu Culture Yard is a sort of house complex with gardens and a museum operated by the Charles Town Maroon Council, an educational outreach…

  • Shaw Park Gardens

    Ocho Rios

    This park is a tropical fantasia of ferns and bromeliads, palms and exotic shrubs, spread out over 11 hectares centered on an old great house (once a…

  • Tacky Falls

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    Tacky Falls is so pristine and isolated that, if you stumbled across them wandering up the coast from Robin’s Bay, you might be tempted to claim them as…

  • Mahogany Beach

    Ocho Rios

    The small and charming Mahogany Beach is particularly popular with locals; it comes to life on weekends with loud music, smells of jerk cooking and…

  • Folly

    Port Antonio

    This rather appropriately named two-story, 60-room mansion on the peninsula east of East Harbour was built entirely of concrete in pseudo-Grecian style in…

  • Green Grotto Caves

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    This impressive system of caves and tunnels, 3km east of Discovery Bay, extends for about 45km. The steps lead down into the impressive chambers, where…

  • Cranbrook Rainforest Gardens

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    This vast botanical garden is a tranquil treat, crafted in the lush valley that carves up into the hills south of Laughlands, about 5km west of Priory…

  • Konoko Falls & Botanic Garden

    Ocho Rios

    This beautiful botanic garden has walkways and trails leading past pools and streams, and feeders buzzing with hummingbirds – a lovely quiet escape from…

  • Trident Castle

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    A strange slice of Ruritania in the Caribbean, this folly on a headland 3km from Port Antonio was built in the 1970s by the (in)famously eccentric…

  • Fishermen’s Beach

    Ocho Rios

    Immediately west of Island Village Beach is the tiny public Fishermen’s Beach, with colorful fishing boats and several eateries serving fresh fish and…

  • Yaaman Adventure Park

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    Formerly the more sedately named Prospect Plantation, this beautiful old hilltop great house and 405-hectare property has rebranded as an active adventure…

  • Castleton Gardens

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    These very fine botanic gardens, south of Annotto Bay, are spread over 12 hectares on the banks of the Wag Water River. They date back to 1862, when 400…

  • Ocho Rios Bay Beach

    Ocho Rios

    The main beach of Ocho Rios, popular with tourists, is the long fenced-off crescent known variously as Turtle Beach and Ocho Rios Bay, stretching east…

  • Errol Flynn Marina

    Port Antonio

    Port Antonio has one of the finest natural harbors in Jamaica, which has been converted into a posh yachting dock where sailboats moor and the well-to-do…

  • Bamboo Beach Club

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    This clean yellow-sand beach is hustler-free and popular with tourists only, due to the high admission price. Locals still call it by its old name, Reggae…

  • James Bond Beach

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    This attractive strip of white sand is pretty quiet during the week but livens up on weekends. If you want to enjoy more than just the beach, hire Jet…

  • Avocat Falls

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    This lovely, small waterfall, also sometimes known as Fishdone Falls, is a short but winding drive uphill from Charles Town into the coffee country of the…

  • Marcus Garvey Statue

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    The grassy forecourt of the parish library on King St is dominated by the Marcus Garvey statue, with St Ann's Bay's greatest son portrayed larger than…

  • DeMontevin Lodge

    Port Antonio

    This 1881 hotel, perched high on the Titchfield Peninsula, is one of Port Antonio's most iconic buildings despite (or possibly because of) it's slightly…

  • Boston Bay Beach

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    Boston Bay's beach sits in a small pretty cove, and while its golden sand is draw enough, the shape of the bay and prevailing weather make it a perfect…

  • Bikini Beach

    Port Antonio

    A small private city beach with a pretty lick of sand that's almost entirely wave-free, near the Errol Flynn Marina. There's a small grill shack offering…

  • Admiring the scenery - Somerset Falls, Orange Bay.

    Somerset Falls

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    This dark waterfall is hidden in a deep gorge about 3km east of Hope Bay. The Daniels River cascades down through a lush garden of ferns, heliconias,…

  • Titchfield Peninsula

    Port Antonio

    Along this hilly peninsula – known locally as ‘the Hill’ – are several dozen Victorian-style gingerbread houses, most notably DeMontevin Lodge, an ornate…

  • Columbus Park

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    This park on the remains of Quadrant Wharf, built in 1777 by the British, remembers the first fateful encounter between the Taíno people of Xaymaca and…

  • Devon's Coffee Ranch

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    Most Blue Mountain coffee tours are on the southern ridge of the mountains, accessible from the Kingston side, but this small plantation is a great option…

  • San San Beach

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    San San is a pretty beach used by residents of the villas on Alligator Head, and guests of the Goblin Hill, Fern Hill and Jamaica Palace hotels. The bay…

  • Rio Nuevo Battle Site

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    On the bluff west of the Rio Nuevo river mouth is this little-visited site where, in 1658, the English forces fought their decisive battle against the…

  • Sun Valley Plantation

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    This working plantation and botanical farm is at Crescent on the B13, some 5km south of Oracabessa. It offers enjoyable garden tours in a plantation…

  • Laughing Waters

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    At Laughing Waters (also called Roaring River), by Mammee Bay, a river appears from rocks amid a shallow ravine about 3km from the sea and spills to a…

  • Brimmer Hall

    Ocho Rios, Port Antonio & the North Coast

    This 809-hectare working plantation, near Bailey’s Vale, 10km southwest of Port Maria, grows bananas, coconuts, sugarcane, pineapple and citrus for export…