Jamaica Vacations Attract Visitors with Beautiful Resorts, Tropical Settings
July 24th, 2011 by Henry, under Jamaican Vacations. No Comments
Jamaica Vacations Attract Visitors with Beautiful Resorts, Tropical Settings
Taking a Jamaica vacation is a sure way of finding a relaxing resort in a tropical setting. It’s also a great way to visit an island with interesting people and things to do.
Jamaica is one of the five most popular vacation destinations in the Caribbean for other reasons. The island is located 600 miles from Miami, so it is more easily accessible than other locations in the Caribbean, especially the southern destinations.
Anyone planning to vacation in Jamaica for the first time might look for hotels or resorts in three major areas — Ocho Rios, Negril or Montego Bay. Like the Dominican Republic, Jamaica is known in particular for all-inclusive resorts, where guests are able to take advantage of meals, beverages and entertainment for one fee. It is similar to the experience they will find on a typical Caribbean cruise.
Although many visitors stay at the all-inclusive resorts in Jamaica all week, some of the more active visitors will want to get out and find Jamaica attractions worth seeing. One of the most famous family attractions is Dunn’s River Falls, where visitors can climb hundreds of feet up the cascading waterfalls in a daisy chain of handholding. Other visitors who want outdoor adventure can hike through the Blue Mountains, which are known as the location of Jamaica’s famous Blue Mountain Coffee.
Kingston is a popular place to tour for both cruise visitors and anyone staying for the week on the island. It is the largest English-speaking city south of Florida and has local attractions including the Bob Marley Museum, the nearby Royal Botanic Gardens, plenty of shopping and a long list of other historical and cultural sites to see.
If you are planning your first visit to Jamaica via a hotel or resort, you need to obtain a passport to enter or leave the country. If you are visiting via a cruise ship, you will need a passport when you embark on the cruise and when you return. But you will need only your ship ID to get off and back on the ship when it docks in Jamaica.
Jamaica weather is a critical part of any plan for a vacation there. Visitors avoid September through November because those months are in the middle of the annual Caribbean hurricane season. Heavy rain and tropical storms are common, while hurricanes pass through or nearby on rare occasion.
The two most popular months to visit Jamaica are June and July, while the late spring months are popular as well.
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Scott Bateman is a professional journalist with 29 years of experience as a reporter and editor. He publishes a Caribbean vacation guide with articles produced from nine trips to the region.
