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Rainforest Bobsled Jamaica at Mystic Mountain (tel. 876/974-3990, reservations.jam@rfat.com, www.rainforestrams.com/jamicaintro.html, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

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Mystic Dining offers a Saturday night (6–10 p.m.) prix fixe three-course dinner (US$33.50 per person including lift, gratuity, and taxes) in what is perhaps the most affordable way to experience Mystic Mountain, albeit without sun, and eat some of the best food served in Ocho Rios. There's a surcharge on lobster and steak, and beverages are sold at an extra cost.

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Dolphin Cove (tel. 876/974-5335, info@dolphincovejamaica.com, www.dolphincovejamaica.com, 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

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Dunn's River Falls (8:30 a.m.–4 p.m. daily, from 7 a.m. on cruise ship days, US$20 adults, US$12 children 2–11, J$600/300 residents) is by far the most visited tourist attraction in Jamaica, if not the Caribbean.

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Located across the highway from Scotchie's and the Epping gas station just west of Riu, Drax Hall Polo Club has one of the oldest polo fields in the world, and certainly in the Caribbean. Home to the St. Ann Polo Club (Contact Shane Chin, tel. 876/952-4370 or cell tel. 876/383-5586, chinrcpolo@yahoo.com; or Lesley Masterton-Fong Yee, cell tel.

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Located across the highway from Scotchie's and the Epping gas station just west of Riu, Drax Hall Polo Club has one of the oldest polo fields in the world, and certainly in the Caribbean. Home to the St. Ann Polo Club (Contact Shane Chin, tel. 876/952-4370 or cell tel. 876/383-5586, chinrcpolo@yahoo.com; or Lesley Masterton-Fong Yee, cell tel.

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197. Fire River

Fire River is found in a park area a few hundred meters off the highway about 1.5 kilometers before the main junction to turn off into St. Ann's Bay. The river is so named thanks to flammable gas that rises from a pool in the river and can be lit in a curious mixing of the elements.

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Mammee Bay, located a few minutes' drive west of Dunn's River Falls, is home to Riu Ocho Rios and a complex of small hotels just to the east in Old Fort Bay.

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Cannon Villas is an assortment of old Jamaican cottage-style villas, four three-bedroom units and one four-bedroom, complete with lattice box windows, cushioned wicker furniture, and attractive interior decor. Villas have air-conditioning in the bedrooms, DSL, Wi-Fi, cable TV, a fully equipped kitchen, and a housekeeper. It's just steps from a fine white sand beach.

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The parish capital, St. Ann's Bay is a small bustling town at the base of the hills that lead into the interior along rough potholed roads. Originally called Santa Gloria by Columbus, St. Ann's Bay was the site for the earliest Spanish settlement of Sevilla La Nueva, or New Seville, which became the colony's first capital.

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