The Best Places to Explore

Recommendations from your hosts

There is much more of Jamaica to discover nearby. Dive into beautiful rivers and falls, swim with dolphins or fly like a bird through the rain forest, here are a few of our recommendations of things to do.

Blue Hole

Enjoy thrill and adventure on a beautiful river winding through the Jamaican jungle, see breathtaking views, and take exciting jumps along the way. The river is cool and refreshing, and the vistas are once in a lifetime, it is an experience you won’t regret, or soon forget!

Dunns River Falls

This is a popular attraction near Ocho Rios. You can join a family-friendly excursion that features hiking to the beautiful waterfalls, cliff jumping, Tarzan rope swinging, and much more. This is a quintessential Jamaican experience that is not to be missed.

Chukka Excursions

Let CHUKKA show you all of the island by flying through the rain-forest hundreds of feet in the air, swimming on horseback with one of our spectacularly majestic horses, exploring the countryside on an ATV or taking a relaxing float down the river (on one of our various tubing or bamboo rafting adventures).

Summer House

Caribbean gastropub featuring artisanal, seasonal, local and fresh food for the modern diner. A feast for the mouth and the eyes, Summerhouse is a sophisticated but laid back and informal establishment where the food is always tasty, the doors are always open and the guests never want to leave.

Scotchies

There are a few Scotchies restaurants located throughout the island and they are all known for their authentic Jamaican jerked chicken and jerked pork. Along with great food and a real Jamaican outdoor atmosphere, the prices are relatively reasonable. This is no frills type restaurant. Its appearance is rather rustic and authentic. It is situated outdoors and is quite casual.

Stush in the Bush (Book Early)

Featured in Conde Nast Traveller as one of the best plant-based restaurants in the world. Stush in the Bush is a bespoke, farm-to-table dining experience nestled in a regenerative garden in the verdant hills of St. Ann Parish. Dine al fresco as you enjoy a sexy “Ital” (vegetarian) feast grown on-site and prepared to excite all of your senses. Be sure to pick up some of the award-winning culinary products on sale as well.

Dolphin Cove

This natural cove is set in a lush tropical rainforest. Guests can swim and interact with Jamaican dolphins in their natural environment. You can also swim, hold, feed, and learn about the evolutionary secrets of Caribbean sharks.

Martha Brae River Rafting

Discover the origins of Jamaica and 3-mile raft down the calm Martha brae on bamboo rafts. A visit includes a tour of the grounds by educated tour guides as you explore the herb garden with a presentation of Jamaica’s herbs famous for their medicinal and healing properties. Once on the raft, guests can learn about “The Legend of Martha Brae”. The area to board raft covers six acres of beautifully manicured lawns situated on a natural horseshoe island.

Miss T’s Kitchen

“This restaurant is a celebration of all things Jamaican: the rustic country cuisine, the colourful culture, and the great outdoors… The oxtail stew here is famous, but that curry goat looks good too. And there are so many ways to have your fish or meat prepared: steamed, escoveitch, brown stew, grilled, rundown, curried…. The wine poured, I relax, sink into the rhythm of the music gently playing in the background, and admire the outdoors-meets-indoors décor,”