Jamaica On A Platter
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SAMPLE ITINERARY Kingston / Blue Mountains / Port Antonio 6 Days / 5 Nights – Island Home-Style Villas
Day 1 Welcome, Port Royal & Gloria’s Because of its fascinating historic significance, proximity to Kingston, and some of the best seafood (Gloria’s) on the island, we’ve chosen Port Royal as a good place to gather. If you arrive early enough, we can send you to Lime Cay for an idyllic swim or visit Mount Pleasant Chocolatiers in Bull Bay.
Day 2 Kingston to Blue Mountains Coronation Market & Lunch at BELCOUR with Robin Lumsden Before leaving Kingston for the Blue Mountains, you also have the option of visiting Clifton Mount Blue Mountain Coffee Processing Factory and/ or Jamaica’s National Art Gallery (both located near Coronation Market). Accommodations for the next 2 nights are in the pristine Blue Mountains, at Villas in the Greenwich community.
Day 3 Clifton Mount Blue Mountain Coffee Estate; EITS Cafe, Hiking, Birding & Spa Options! Spend the day in the lushest region of the Blue Mountains, where the truest of blue mountain coffee beans are gown. Learn the secrets of Jamaica’s pride, bean to cup. Plan to be as active as you like, hiking trails and gardens abound, Spas are nearby and the bird watching is exceptional!
Day 4 The Old Tavern Blue Mountain Coffee Estate to Port Antonio, Sunset Winifred Beach & Cook-up Two nights in Portie, the lushest and most romantic corner of Jamaica. A tempting choice of accommodations, Goblin Hill and Frenchmen’s Cove are 2 of our favorites.
Day 5 Jerk Jamaica Cooking Class, Blue Lagoon, And a Night on the Town Tour Port Antonio, a 19th century Banana Port, and markets, then cook with Sydoney Massop and friends, at Rebecca’s Town House Café, culminating in a scrumptious mid-day meal. Plan a night on the Town, we provide the designated driver!
Day 6 Rio Grande River Raft and Jamaica Farewell It was Errol Flynn, in the 1950’s, who decided River Rafting would be a wonderful way to entertain friends – we couldn’t agree with him more!
We are delighted to plan longer (or shorter) Itineraries that include Ocho Rios, Montego Bay, Negril and Treasure Beach. Jamaica is a large, diverse island. We have friends everywhere, and are happy to introduce you. Please call us for more information!
Sample Costing: 6 Days / 5 Nights from $1,750.00 Per Person, Double Occupancy. $750.00. Single Supplement Includes: All transportation, Accommodations, Meals as indicated, (5 B, 3 L, 4 D), entrances to Coffee Estates and Attractions, Classes, and Housekeepers gratuities. Additional: Lunch EITS, Final Night on the Town, Spa Treatments, Driver Gratuity and Alcohol. 5 Persons Minimum.
JAMAICA ON A PLATTER – HIGHLIGHTS Port Royal in 1600’s was a rich merchant city, homeport of pirates and buccaneers who made it the “ wickedest city on earth” and it’s destruction by earthquake in 1692, retribution for its sins. Also an important English naval station for two and a half centuries, Port Royal is on UNESCO’s list of top 10 ‘at risk’ World Heritage Sites deserving preservation. Today Port Royal is a fishing village located at the tip of the Palisadoes peninsula that joins it to Kingston. You will never be closer to Port Royal than when you disembarked from your flight to Jamaica.http://www.jnht.com/site_port_royal.php
Lime Cay: http://www.visitjamaica.com/lime-cay
Mount Pleasant Chocolatiers:www.coldbushorganics.com
Coronation Market – the heartbeat of Kingston. Experience the exhilarating pandemonium of Coronation – from green coffee beans and spices to the vast varieties of exotic tropical fruits and vegetables you will be sampling. The market experience is intimate and honest; eye opening and pure fun, Jamaica culture off the grid.
Jamaica National Gallery: http://nationalgalleryofjamaica.wordpress.com/about/ 
BELCOUR with Cookbook Author, Robin Lim Lumsden Belcour is a beautiful and peaceful place in a valley, surrounded by the Blue Mountains and with the Mammee River running through the bottom orchard. It was a coffee plantation in the 1800s and Robin Lumsden and her husband Michael live in the original old, wooden, overseer’s house. Robin had always dreamt about creating Jamaican products that could be marketed internationally, it seemed a realistic life goal whilst watching her grandfather Peter Desnoes, creator of Red Stripe do this. Starting Belcour Preserves was a culmination of her passion for cooking and gardening. Robin got into bee keeping because she thought it would enhance her garden, so her bees are the lucky recipients of many years of gardening and obsessive plant collecting. Belcour presently operates an apiary with over 75 bee colonies. Robin’s new cookbook, BELCOUR, celebrates Jamaica’s diverse culinary landscape as well as her family’s legacy of love, food and hospitality.http://www.belcourpreserves.com/about/
Settlement Trail, (Approx. 1.5 hrs. Downhill),https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCcBvsuJJUI A gradual switchback pedestrian trail through lovely Blue Mountain landscapes and spectacular views. Pass small coffee farms, cross footbridges along the Hope River, transcend through rural mountain communities. The trail ends at Redlight. Serendipity (http://www.serendipityholisticresort.com/spa.html) a brand new Spa, is open at the bottom of the trail. Or continue your walk to Strawberry Hill Hotel, Garden & Spa. https://www.strawberryhillhotel.com/
EITS Food Basket Café & Organic Garden – http://17milepost.com/eits-cafe/
Clifton Mount – Blue Mountain Coffee Estate
One of the oldest and finest Blue Mountain Coffee Estates in Jamaica, and the largest private exporter of Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee. The lovely Clifton Mount Estate House, in a garden full of flowers, is the last of few surviving 19th century Coffee Great Houses. Learn the process of growing, harvesting, pulping, and processing beans, then brew a cup of the world’s best coffee surrounded by the island’s most magnificent views over the mighty Blue Mountain range.
http://jamaicatoursociety.org/category/blue-mountains/page/2/
The Old Tavern Blue Mountain Coffee Estate, was the first coffee estate to be awarded a license to process and sell their own estate coffee, opening the door for all single estate Blue Mountain Coffee’s marketed today. Mother and son, Dorothy and David Twyman are the islands’ only artisan roasters, offering several types of roasts as well as the specialty Peaberry and Aged Coffees. http://www.jamaicanproductsusa.com/old-tavern-coffee-estate/ At the source you can buy coffee for half the cost of on-line purchases! 
Port Antonio, in the parish of Portland offers beautiful beaches, waterfalls, romantic river rafting and a great food adventure. This is where tourism began with paying customers arriving on banana boats, before Cruise Ships and Airports. Portland’s seclusion has always attracted the wealthy and eccentric, leaving behind follies and fables long remembered. 
Portland is also the home of Jerk, Jamaica’s fiery signature cuisine, now popular throughout the globe. Goblin Hill:http://www.goblinhill.com/ Winifred Beach is Portie’s favorite public beach and one of the prettiest beaches in Jamaica. We will arrive in time for a late afternoon swim. Dinner al fresco & bonfire on the beach, with Cynthia and Painter, who will provide a memorable fresh seafood cookup. 
Sydoney Massop and friends, atRebecca’s Town House Café, culminating in a scrumptious mid-day meal. Learn about ingredients and spices used in cooking authentic Jamaican dishes, with a focus on Jerk. You will be introduced to Ital cooking and the role of herbs in home remedies, including teas and tonics. Enjoy tasting a variety of unusual products and produce found readily in every well-stocked Jamaican pantry. 
Swim in the Blue Lagoon. Picture postcard beauty, the water a remarkable shade of blue, drops to almost 200 ft. at it’s deepest. Warm seawater mixes with cool mountain springs making this an extraordinary and exhilarating swim! http://www.explorejamaica.com.jm/rio-grande-rafting-jamaica.html Rafting on the Rio Grande: Once an easy way to transport bananas to the loading wharf in Port Antonio, it was Errol Flynn, in the 1950’s, who turned the practice of River Rafting to entertainment, organizing rafting for friends.
