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Spotlight On
Often regarded as Jamaica's most inhospitable region, the Cockpit Country is a hilly and dense area with limestone denudations traversing three parishes and covering over 500 square miles. The so-called “cockpits” are caused because limestone, the predominant soil in the area, does not retain water. Rainwater therefore, percolates downward through cracks and fissures, creating in time a landscape of pits and valleys. > Learn More
| With Chukka’s River Kayak Safari we will show you the woods in our tropical forests as you navigate the water in your very own River Kayak. > Learn More
| Breakaway to the recently renovated, playful, and all-inclusive
430-room Sunset Beach Resort & Spa in Montego Bay. Thrill down
water slides or float in the lazy river at Pirate’s Paradise Water Park. > Learn More
| | This 10K road race, once joined with the bicycle race, is now a separate ½ marathon event stretching from Falmouth to Bounty Hall and back to Falmouth. > Learn More
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First Mango Plant:
The first mango plants introduced into Jamaica were ‘captured’ on the high seas on their way from the East Indians to the West Indies by Lord Rodney’s ship H.M.S Flora in 1782. They were first planted at the private garden at Gordon Town, St. Andrew, belonging to Hinton East. The seedlings were numbered on arrival, eg. the number eleven. The Bombay mango was introduced later in 1868 at Castleton Gardens.
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