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Savanna La Mar best Jamaica travel vacation destination videos

WorldTravelDB.com — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:12:45 +0000

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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Sav is virtually a one-street town. Its axis is 2km-long Great George St. It was founded around 1730 and grew modestly as a sugar-shipping port during the colonial era. It has an unremarkable history except where Mother Nature is concerned, as numerous hurricanes have swept the town.

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Roaring River And Blue Hole best Jamaica travel vacation destination videos

WorldTravelDB.com — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:12:45 +0000

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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As you arrive an official guide will meet you to show the way to the ticket office, and then around the gardens and cave; ignore the touts who congregate outside posing as tour guides. It has secure parking, a reception lounge, changing rooms, playground and crafts shops. A restaurant serves cheap Jamaican fare, as does Chill Out View, on a hill overlooking the burbling spring.

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Negril And The West best Jamaica travel vacation destination videos

WorldTravelDB.com — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:12:45 +0000

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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To be sure, the gorgeous 11km-long swath of sand that is Long Beach is still kissed by the serene waters into which the sun melts every evening in a riot of color that will transfix even the most jaded. And the easily accessible coral reefs offer some of the best diving in the Caribbean. At night, rustic beachside music clubs keep the reggae beat going without the watered-down-for-tourist schmaltz that so often mars the hotspots of Montego Bay and Ocho Rios.

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Negril best Jamaica travel vacation destination videos

WorldTravelDB.com — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:12:45 +0000

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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Tourism is Negril’s only industry. But despite phenomenal growth in recent decades, Negril can be as laid-back as anywhere else in Jamaica and there’s an easygoing rapport between visitors and locals.

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Mayfield Falls best Jamaica travel vacation destination videos

WorldTravelDB.com — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:12:45 +0000

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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Original Mayfield Falls & Mineral Springs (957-4864; www.mayfieldfalls.com; admission US$10, with lunch US$25) is a working tropical farm and tour attraction. To reach the cascades you’ll cross a bamboo-and-log bridge then follow the sun-dappled river course, clambering over river stones. You can learn about ackee, breadfruits and other Jamaican fruits, vegetables and flowers, and even join in traditional African music and dance during show time (2:30pm Tuesday and Friday). You can book a tour (per person US$65) at the office in Negril on Norman Manley Blvd, or through many local hotels; the price includes transportation, lunch and refreshment.

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Lucea best Jamaica travel vacation destination videos

WorldTravelDB.com — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:12:45 +0000

‘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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The once-bustling port abounds in old limestone-and-timber structures in ‘Carib-bean vernacular’ style, with gingerbread wood trim, clapboard frontages and wide verandas. The oldest dates to the mid-1700s. Lucea has appeared in several films, including Cool Runnings and Wide Sargasso Sea. The Hanover Historical Society (956-2584; Watson Taylor Dr) is active in the town’s preservation.

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