Winnifred Beach
A community run public beach with reef close inshore, shaded by natural tree canopy, used mainly by Jamaicans rather than tour groups.
A community run public beach with reef close inshore, shaded by natural tree canopy, used mainly by Jamaicans rather than tour groups.
A long public white sand beach park on the south west coast, busy with Jamaican families at weekends, with a large free car park.
Roughly six miles of rugged, largely undeveloped south coast across several bays: Frenchman’s Bay, Calabash Bay, Great Bay and Old Wharf. Good for long shoreline walking.
A landscaped city park with tropical planting, a jogging circuit and the Redemption Song sculpture.
The main visitor area of Jamaica’s only national park, with five marked cloud forest trails: Blue Mahoe, Shelter, Wag Water, Oatley Mountain and the Waterfall Trail.
The trail to Jamaica’s highest point at 2,256 metres, plus guided nature walks and birding run by the national park trust.
Jamaica’s largest public botanical garden, founded in 1873 on the old Hope Estate, with mature tropical collections and open lawns.
A scenic day tour into the cooler Blue Mountains to learn how Blue Mountain coffee is produced and taste it, with stops for local Jamaican treats, an Ital-stew lunch, and a coffee finish at Devon House.
A full-day south-coast trip: swim beneath the tiered YS Falls in the rainforest, then take a pontoon safari on the Black River spotting crocodiles and egrets, with a Jamaican lunch included.