One island, five bases, every parish.

Blue Hole

Irie Blue Hole, St. Ann

A chain of turquoise limestone pools hidden up the White River valley, with rope swings, cliff jumps and ledges to climb behind the falls. It is the wilder, less polished cousin of Dunn's River, and the one guests come back talking about.

Dunn's River Falls

Ocho Rios, St. Ann

Six hundred feet of terraced waterfall running straight into the Caribbean, and the one climb everybody knows Jamaica for. Link hands with the chain and walk up it, or take the stairs alongside and meet them at the top.

Mystic Mountain

Rainforest Adventures, Ocho Rios

A chairlift through the rainforest canopy to a ridge above Ocho Rios harbour, then a bobsled run back down through the trees. Pick one activity or bundle two or three — the park prices them together and the savings are real.

Dolphin Cove Ocho Rios

St. Ann

A natural cove where the dolphin programmes run from a shallow beach rather than a concrete tank. Admission alone covers kayaks, the jungle trail, the waterslide, the pool, the beach and a Jamaican lunch; the swims are booked on top.

Bob Marley Nine Mile

St. Ann

The village Bob Marley was born in, high in the St. Ann hills, where he is buried in the mausoleum beside the house he grew up in. Rasta guides walk you through it, and the drive up through the interior is half the trip.

Martha Brae Bamboo Rafting

Trelawny

An hour and a half poled down the Martha Brae on a thirty-foot bamboo raft, two to a bench, with a raft captain who has worked this river for years and will tell you about every bend of it.

Negril Seven Mile Beach

Westmoreland

Seven miles of white sand and calm, shallow, absurdly clear water, lined with beach bars that will happily feed you all afternoon. No gate and no ticket — just tell your driver what time you want collecting.

Rick's Cafe

West End, Negril

The cliff bar at the end of the island, where local divers throw themselves off the thirty-five-foot ledge and the sun goes down directly in front of you. Jump yourself if you have the nerve, or take a rum punch and watch.

Seven Mile Beach & Rick's Cafe

The whole of Negril in one day, and neither stop has a gate fee. Afternoon on Seven Mile Beach, then ten minutes down the coast to the West End cliffs in time for the divers and the sunset.

Dunn's River Falls & Mystic Mountain

They are next door to each other in Ocho Rios, which makes them one of the easiest pairs on the island to run together. Climb the falls, then take the chairlift up and bobsled back down.

Montego Bay Highlights & Doctor's Cave Beach

St. James

A run through the city — the Hip Strip, the craft market, Sam Sharpe Square — finishing at Doctor's Cave, the calm white-sand beach whose spring water made Montego Bay a resort town in the first place.

YS Falls

St. Elizabeth

Seven tiers of cold spring water dropping through a private estate on the South Coast, with natural pools, rope swings and a jitney ride out to the falls through the cattle pasture. Greener, quieter and far less crowded than the north-coast falls.

Blue Hole & Dunn's River Falls

Both of St. Ann's great waterfalls in one day. They are twenty minutes apart, so the only thing a second stop really costs is a little more driving and waiting — which is exactly what the combo price covers.

Horseback Ride and Swim & River Rapids Tubing

Swim the horses in the morning, float the river in the afternoon. Both are short, both are wet, and doing them together makes a full day out of two half days.

YS Falls & Black River Safari

The classic South Coast day and PPP's best seller. The crocodile safari in the morning, lunch on the way, then the falls in the afternoon — both in St. Elizabeth, half an hour apart.

Appleton Estate & YS Falls

Rum in the morning, cold spring water in the afternoon. Appleton and YS Falls are both in St. Elizabeth and sit naturally in the same day, which is why this one sells as well as it does.