Savanna-la-Mar is the largest town in western Jamaica and the capital of Westmoreland parish. ‘Sav, ’ as it is locally known, offers few attractions.
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Category: Negril And The West
If you’re looking for a brief escape from the fun-in-the sun ethos of Negril, spend an hour or two down the caves at Roaring River Park (cave tours adult/child US$15/8; 8am-5pm). This natural beauty spot contains mineral waters that gush up from the ground in a meadow full of water hyacinths and water lilies. A stone aqueduct takes off some of the water, which runs turquoise-jade. Steps lead up a cliff face gashed by the mouth of a subterranean passage lit by electric lanterns (you can enter the caves only with guides from the cooperative). Inside, a path with handrails leads down to chambers full of stalagmites and stalactites. Take your swimming gear to sit in the mineral spring that percolates up inside the cave, or in the ‘bottomless’ blue hole outside the cave. Harmless fruit bats roost in the recesses.
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In the 1970s, Negril lured hippies with its offbeat beach-life to a countercultural Shangri-la where anything goes. To some extent anything still goes here, but the innocence left long ago.
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Negril, 81km west of Montego Bay, is the vortex around which Jamaica’s fun-in-the-sun vacation life whirls. You’ll soon find yourself falling in love with Negril’s insouciance and its scintillating 11km-long beach sliding gently into calm waters reflecting a palette of light blues and greens. Coral reefs lie just offshore, and you’ll want your camera close by to record the consistently peach-colored sunsets that get more applause than the live reggae concerts.
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The Dolphin Head Mountains rise inland of Moskito Cove and are known for their cascades. The grandest of these are at Mayfield, near Pennycooke, about 16km south of Moskito Cove (6km east of Lucea). Here, a series of 21 falls and pools beckons you to take a refreshing dip in any of the delightful swimming holes, which are shaded by glades of bamboo. You can even swim through a cave.
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‘Lucy, ’ as the town is commonly known, is built around a harbor ringed by hills on three sides. Forty kilometers equidistant from Negril and Montego Bay, Lucea is small enough for visitors to walk everywhere.
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