For those who love wildlife, there’s Dolphin Cove, where visitors can swim with a family of Bottlenose dolphins. The natural cove is surrounded by four acres of lush tropical rain forest and is home to other marine species such as rays, eels and sharks as well as tropical birds, like the macaw.
Steel pans might be popular but how are you going to get a whole drum kit home, even on a cruise ship? Bright shirts, Rastafarian items and shell and coconut arts and crafts are good buys
The Caribbean diet is wonderful, eat local and enjoy patties, rice and peas, jerk chicken and all the other street stall delights.
Dengue fever and Leptospirosis are risks across Jamaica, so visitors should use insect protection measures and avoid still fresh water. There are high levels of crime in Kingston and that has spread to Ocho Rios in recent years, don’t carry valuables in open view and be careful if out after dark.
Ocho Rios is the port, and cruise ships dock here almost daily in the season so everything is laid on for you.