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Bike riding tours are a wonderful way to explore Jamaica.
Traveling by automobile just can’t provide the same experience.
You miss so much, like the scents carried by the wind – the
smell of the ocean, the tropical forests, the mountains, and
the abundant flowers and other plants. The slower pace allows
you to really see what you’re looking, to talk to local people,
and to really savor the experience of Jamaica.
Blue Mountain Bicycle Tours, Ltd., located at 121 Main Street,
in Ocho Rios, is one of the most well known providers of these
sorts of adventures. Their specialty is a day long bike tour
that begins 5,600 feet up in the Blue Mountains, which are the
highest mountains in the Caribbean. Blue Mountain Bicycle
Tours, Ltd., makes these tours available out of both Ocho Rios
and Kingston, Jamaica, providing charter bus service from these
points to the mountain for groups as large as 150, with the
average group being made up of about 40 people. All necessary
biking equipment is also provided, as are meals, and rates are
reasonable -- $93US for adults and $65US for children under 12
years of age.
The bicycle tour is all down hill, which makes it appropriate
for almost all age groups – age 7 is the youngest recommended
for participation -- and means that you’ll be able to devote
your most or your energy to enjoying the magnificent scenery.
And, magnificent it is! Bikers pass through stunning mountain
vistas that include the remarkable coffee plantations that
produce the Blue Mountain coffee beans that are becoming well
known to coffee connoisseurs for their superior taste and
quality, and enjoy wild life sights that are found nowhere else
in the world outside of Jamaica. They’ll see waterfalls and have
the opportunity to enjoy a refreshing swim in the cool, clear
mountain water. You’ll want to remember to bring a swimsuit,
towel and camera.
Manfred’s Jamaican Mountain Bike Tours, located in Saint
Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, offers a wonderful one-week get away
tour. Participants enjoy quality lodging and excellent local
cuisine on a 500 acre farming estate in Apple Valley. Each day
features a bicycle tour to a different part of Jamaica,
revealing parts of the country far beyond the usual tourist
destinations. This experience of the real Jamaica – beyond the
glitter and glitz of the tourism industries – is simply
unparalleled.
In Negril, Rusty’s Xcellent Adventures offers a variety guided
bicycle tours at different skill levels. Biking equipment and,
if necessary, biking instructors, are available. For those who
prefer independent exploration, there are numerous places
throughout Jamaica that offer bicycle rentals, as well as
rentals of scooters and the like.
Bicycle tours are an excellent way to explore Jamaica. In
addition to enjoying the natural Jamaica, its ‘real’ people and
culture, you’ll be doing so in away that has less of a negative
environmental impact. Bicycle tours allow you to slow down and
to savor your surroundings, collecting memories – and perhaps
even a newfound cultural awareness and understanding -- that
will last a lifetime.
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