It's nearly impossible to access this Public Beach without a local "volunteering" to help you down to the beach or give you a guided tour. They will be very helpful, but then insist on a tip, which has to be at least $5 per person for the beach and $25 for the tour. Is it a big deal? No. Are the falls beautiful? Yes. If you politely decline all assistance will they follow you to your car and insist that you give them money anyway? Yes. Will the vendors insist that you buy something from them for watching your car? Yes.
The beach isn't much of a beach. They'll charge you for chairs and there isn't any place to just lay out a towel. Also, bring the water socks. This beach is NOT sand. It's all rock and going barefoot will hurt. Plus, there's a bar and a DJ on the cliffside. There are empty bottles and various trash strewn about and you will see bottle caps in the water, so watch where you step.
For the "tips" that everyone you encounter insist upon receiving, you'd think someone would bother to keep it clean. Overall, the beauty of the spot was diminished by the locals constantly pressuring us for money. Which sucked cause we drove over 2 hours from Montego Bay...
Read moreWe went to Mystic Mountain, Cool place to visit. Beautiful landscape and picturesque views. The staff for the ski lift or whatever you call it was great. Just wish they had less of the tourists shops at the top of the mountain and more authentic things to buy. There was a little museum like area which highlighted all the accomplishments that Jamaica had to offer. Unfortunately the restaurant was so slow and they didnt even have a large crowd. We never got our food and ended up leaving. I wanted to go into the pool via the slide but the water was too cold for me. Aside from that, the view is the best thing I can take from this trip. Next time I'll fly in so I can experience the real Ochos Rio. Oh if you are TERRIFIED of spiders just keep your eyes open because them suckers are HUGE. They werent crawling around but they were in the...
Read moreAmazing scenery, great place to watch the sun rise and set. The falls are slippery I recommend you bring river shoes, they are cheap and sold pretty much any souvenir store in ocho Rios. The falls are nice and cool and standing under them feels like it's beating out your tensions and stress then the beach is warm during the day and not to deep, so noon swimmers and kids can venture pretty far before water covering them is a problem.
The only con is the place could use a few activities like a seeing to jump into the water. There's no way to dive from the falls into the sea... It's too shallow for that. Also not many options...
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