SHORE EXCURSIONS

Jamaica's riverside scenery, outdoor adventure and authentic flavors are on spectacular display as you float downriver in an inner tube before soaking up the sun and having lunch at Bamboo Beach Club. You'll kick off the day with a scenic drive to a picturesque river nestled among the tropical jungle environs. After a short safety briefing, you’ll climb in your inner tubes and float through gentle rapids downstream. Your river guide will entertain you along the way until the end of your journey where the river runs into the Caribbean Sea.

Then travel to Bamboo Beach Club where you'll be served champagne welcome drinks, escorted to the VIP section, and given a padded lounge chair. Sip on specialty house cocktailsand house sodas, and enjoy a four-course lunch, including fresh fish and chicken, fish tartare, jerk chicken spring rolls with mango chutney, and rum raisin bread pudding. Hostesses will deliver everything to your chair so you can watch light entertainment by our staff and see our bartender’s daily mixology demonstration as they create the special cocktail of the day. On the way back to the ship there will be a stop for souvenir shopping if time permits and at the discretion of tour guide.

Settle in for an exceptionally scenic drive along Jamaica’s lush northern shore with stops every so often for photos. As you travel west, the area’s stunning natural beauty will be on full display. Expect to see one iconic tropical vista after another, as the land is largely undeveloped. Upon reaching the settlement of St. Ann’s Bay, you will pause at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, a church built with quarried stone from an unfinished church from the 1500s. Nearby, you will find statues of Marcus Garvey and Christopher Columbus, both of whom significantly influenced Jamaica and the Caribbean. Continuing on to the parish of St. Mary on the eastern side of Ocho Rios, you will visit the Rio Nuevo battle site, where in 1658 the invading English defeated the entrenched Spanish troops for control of the island. Another stop at Oceans of the Ridge will offer the ultimate hilltop view of Ochos Rios.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Enjoy a panoramic drive through the gorgeous countryside east and west of Ocho Rios.
• See a historical church in St. Ann’s Bay that was built with stones quarried in the 1500s.
• Visit the battle site where in 1658 the English defeated the Spanish for control of Jamaica.
• Pause at the Oceans at the Ridge lookout for the ultimate view of Ocho Rios.