Middlesex
The lush interior county anchoring Ocho Rios, river adventures, and the garden parish of St. Ann
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Ocho Rios
Waterfall-laced cruise port where jungle rivers tumble into the Caribbean Sea
Treasure Beach
Quiet south coast fishing village with red-sand coves and genuine community tourism
emoji_events Bounties in Middlesex
Climb Dunn's River Falls
Scale a 180-meter cascading waterfall hand-in-hand with a chain of fellow adventurers.
Take a Fishing Boat to Pelican Bar
Motor across open sea to a driftwood bar built on a sandbar a mile offshore.
Visit the Ocho Rios Jerk Centre
Eat perfectly smoky jerk chicken and pork at a bustling local spot overlooking the bay.
Eat Fried Fish at a Calabash Bay Beach Shack
Crack into crispy whole snapper served on newspaper at a family-run beach cookshop.
Explore the Green Grotto Caves
Descend into a limestone cavern system used by smugglers, runaway enslaved people, and Spanish soldiers.
Tube Down the White River
Float downstream on an inflatable tube through a jungle-lined river gorge near Ocho Rios.
Walk the Jack Sprat Beach at Golden Hour
Stroll a quiet red-sand cove on Jamaica's unhurried south coast as fishermen pull in their nets.
Wander the Shaw Park Botanical Gardens
Stroll through 25 acres of tropical gardens perched on a hillside above Ocho Rios harbor.