Ocho Rios According to a Local | 22 Things to Do, See & Eat
If you're working out what's actually worth your time in Ocho Rios, the short version is that you start up in the hills at Blue Hole, and you pick your Dunn's River Falls day around the cruise ships. --- ✅ How to travel more and visit your dream destinations without breaking the bank: https://travelmorepayless.com Ocho Rios Blue Hole and Dunn's River Falls Tour: https://viator.tpo.lv/I6qHG4zr Private Sightseeing Tour in and Around Ocho Rios: https://viator.tpo.lv/hRAZeL32 Ocho Rios or Runaway Bay Bob Marley Nine Mile Private Tour: https://viator.tpo.lv/x8mzRRTD Ocho Rios: River Tubing, Lunch and Cocktails at Bamboo Beach Club: https://viator.tpo.lv/7gOgraT6 --- My friend Delroy grew up in Ochi and has driven visitors around these hills most of his life, so a lot of the timing in this video is his. Blue Hole, signed at the gate as Island Gully Falls, is my number one, a cold turquoise pool you jump into off the rocks with a guide in a red shirt beside you. Dunn's River Falls is still worth the climb, about 600 feet of limestone terraces running down to the sea, but ships mostly call midweek, so I'd save it for a Sunday. From there the list goes to bamboo rafting on the White River, the chairlift and bobsled at Mystic Mountain, a horseback ride that ends with the horse swimming in the sea, and the Green Grotto Caves, where the Spanish hid in 1655. For food, I cover jerk at Drax Hall, the difference between festival and bammy, and one proper dinner at Miss T's Kitchen. There's the quiet falls at Konoko, Seville Heritage Park where the Spanish built their first capital in 1509, Turtle Beach in town, and the craft market, where I'd only go if you enjoy haggling. Dolphin Cove is in there too, though I'd spend that money on the horses. The last two things to do in Ocho Rios are the longest drives, Noel Coward's hilltop house at Firefly and Bob Marley's village at Nine Mile, and both are worth planning a day around if they mean something to you. Book Nine Mile with a driver instead of a bus tour. Ocho Rios works best as a base you range out from, with the ship calendar deciding which day goes where. If you've been and there's a jerk stop or a waterfall you'd put on this list, tell me in the comments.