Forty-minute tours down the lower reaches of the White River on bamboo rafts (2 people, US$55) and rubber inner tubes (1 person, US$25) are on offer from Calypso River Rafting. (Contact Judi Marsh-yasanadi@yahoo.com)
Call or email for assistance planning your trip: +1 (212) 203-0064 | reservations@moonjamaica.com
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A riverside park and chill spot along the White River, Calby’s River Hidden Beauty (9am-5pm daily, US$10, US$5 under age 13) has a rope swing and areas where the limestone riverbed has been formed into smooth slides by gushing water. Tubes, guides, and life jackets are included. A bar and restaurant serve beer, jerk chicken, and pork with rice-and-peas and festival.
One of the best beaches in the vicinity, previously known as Reggae Beach, is Bamboo Beach Club (2 minutes east of White River, St. Mary (8am-6pm Mon.-Thurs., 9am-midnight Fri.-Sun., day pass from US$11). The private enclave caters mostly to cruise ship passengers with admission fees ranging from US$11 for entry and beach chair only to US$39 inclusive of food and drink.
Ocho Rios Bay Beach (US$5), also known as Turtle Beach, dominates the shorefront area in the heart of town. Moon Palace Jamaica Grande has roped off a large piece of the beach on the eastern side of the bay, while Turtle Towers and Fisherman’s Point share the western end with the public beach park and Marina at the end.
James Bond fans may be on the look-out for the beaches that appeared in the 1963 film Dr. No. Pearly Beach and adjacent Laughing Waters served as Crab Cay, the fictitious island that was home to villainous Dr. No, where the first “Bond girl” Ursula Andress famously emerged from the sea to meet 007. Both beaches are privately managed by the St.
Hashtagz (11am- midnight daily) is a food truck operated by Quincy Smith since 2016 in the Total gas station in the Clock Tower Square. A couple of stools serve as the dining room where patrons wolf down lasagna, kebabs, and buffalo wings on the go.
Mongoose Jamaica Restaurant & Lounge (9:30am-1am Sun.-Thurs., 9:30am-3am Fri.- Sat., US$10-35) serves well prepared and nicely presented starters like chicken wings, coconut breaded shrimp, and salads, and main courses that include the signature Mongoose burger with smoked bacon, grilled pineapple, and sautéed onion with ginger wine glaze.
Formerly the Tropical Beach seafood restaurant, Tropical Buzz (9am-11pm daily, US$8-20) now occupies a unit three-quarters of the way down the boardwalk to the beach, serving fish, octopus, conch, shrimp and traditional Jamaican breakfast of ackee and saltfish in the mornings.
Whalers Seafood Restaurant (upstairs) serves fish, shrimp, conch, and lobster (US$10-25).
Sharing the second level with Whalers, Lobster Dave (upstairs,10am-11pm daily, later on weekends, US$6-20) has indoor and balcony seating for air-conditioned and alfresco dining. The kitchen pumps out crab, lobster, fish and conch.
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