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Jamaican Food Tour: Discover Local Cuisine and Culture from Ocho Rios
4.6
37 Ratings
Ocho Rios
On this tour you will enjoy sightseeing through the mountains and local communities and town center. Discover the beautiful Fern Gully with it’s hundreds of different ferns and stop at a local fruit stand where you can sample exotic fruits of the island. Stop for an authentic Jamaican jerk lunch and finish your day with some local shopping.
On this tour you will enjoy sightseeing through the mountains and local communities and town center. Discover the beautiful Fern Gully with it’s hundreds of different ferns and stop at a local fruit stand where you can sample exotic fruits of the island. Stop for an authentic Jamaican jerk lunch and finish your day with some local shopping.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Marvyn’s Paradise Tours - Enjoy a chauffeur-driven experience in a fully air-conditioned van, accompanied by a knowledgeable guide/driver. They will ensure a fantastic time, educating you about the local culture and people, offering samples of the island’s exotic fruits, and stopping for excellent photo opportunities. Indulge in authentic Jamaican…
- Marvyn’s Paradise Tours - Enjoy a chauffeur-driven experience in a fully air-conditioned van, accompanied by a knowledgeable guide/driver. They will ensure a fantastic time, educating you about the local culture and people, offering samples of the island’s exotic fruits, and stopping for excellent photo opportunities. Indulge in authentic Jamaican Jerk Chicken or Pork, a must-try! The day concludes with shopping or a return to your resort or cruise port.
- Fern Gully - Experience a drive through the naturally winding rainforest, with tunnels formed by hundreds of towering fern species. Roadside vendors add to the delightful scenery.
What's Included
- Bottled water
- Professional guide
- Lunch
- Live commentary on board
- Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
- Bottled water
- Professional guide
- Lunch
- Live commentary on board
- Hotel/port pickup and drop-off
What's Not Included
- Drinks
- tips
- Drinks
- tips
Additional Information
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- At time of booking, cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
- Maximum amount of people per booking 15
- We pick up from other locations outside of Ocho Rios for an additional charge
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- At time of booking, cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
- Maximum amount of people per booking 15
- We pick up from other locations outside of Ocho Rios for an additional charge
Location
Ocho Rios
We pick up 9 am by Ocho Rios Jerk Village
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(37 Ratings)
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Elspeth
May 19, 2025
Amazing food and fun - Excellent tour with Lascelles. He is funny and extremely knowledgeable about all the different plants and their uses. We learnt a lot and laughed a lot too. The food was amazing! Definitely recommend to anyone visiting the St Ann area.
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Akisha_c
Aug 19, 2024
Our tour guide was very... - Our tour guide was very informative and friendly. It was overall a great experience. Our 5 year old son was also part of the tour and he enjoyed it just as much.
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Mprideaux75
Apr 27, 2024
Great time, Amazing Food and Great Driver - Our driver was amazing. He vibed with us really well and even stop and got us beef Patties, jerk chicken and coconuts. Yum! felt very safe and very informative.
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Shabre_b2024
Mar 24, 2024
Highly recommend!! - This has been one of the best excursions I have ever booked. Kenneth has been amazing and really made the experience personal. He made sure to stop at all of the local spots which allowed us to see the real side of Jamaica. Definitely recommend when in Ohio Rios!
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Noheli_b
Mar 10, 2024
A true taste of Jamaican culture - Our tour with Cool Daine was amazing! We started the tour off with a stop at a fruit stand where we enjoyed coconut water and sugar cane. We also loved our drive through fern gully and a neighboring parish. Our tour guide was patient and a great time! Would recommend this tour to couples and families of all ages!
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Veronica_m
Oct 30, 2023
Beautiful ride through town - The ride through the scenic greenery was beautiful. Our driver/host Joel was very welcoming and friendly. I highly recommend him and the tour. He gave us an informative narrative of the St Ann and St Mary parishes. I’m mobility impaired, so it was nice that I didn’t have to do too much walking. (I’m certain more walking about is offered, for more able bodied tourists.)
Lunch was great and we took an extra stop for a wee bit of shopping too!
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Romel_b
Aug 5, 2023
Great Authentic Local Experience! - If you’re looking for an authentic tour that will give you an opportunity to view different local areas in Ocho Rios, taste various fruits indigenous to Jamaica, and have some great local food for lunch then this is the tour for you.
My wife and I would definitely recommend this experience. To our surprise, or maybe I need to do a better job at reading a fine print, this ended up being a private tour, which was great for her and I.
Our driver, the Jamaican Mr. T, was absolutely amazing. He was very courteous, personable, engaging, and had great knowledge of the area which made for a great experience. He gets a 10 out of 5 rating!
The entire experience was only four hours, which gave us plenty of time to enjoy the beach and pool back at our resort for the balance of the day.
Definitely give this a shot!
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Jazmine_a
Dec 17, 2024
Not worth the money,... - Not worth the money, boring
Said that on sundays everything was mostly closed so why make Sunday available to book. Guy was nice but still not worth the amount of money we paid
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Stephanie
Jul 29, 2024
Do Not Book - Water and lunch were not provided. The experience consistent of riding around St. Ann and St. Mary. This was the worst tour experience because it did not match the description.
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Melissa_t
Dec 11, 2023
Save your money - This was positively the worst tour I have ever done. The guide was an hour late and blamed cruise traffic. We were off the cruise so he should have allowed for extra traffic. But that was ok we didn’t want that to ruin our day. Then he drove us to some statue that took an hour round trip to see. The statue was some local hero and the guide couldn’t tell us why he was a hero. We then sat in the same traffic going back to town. Then the guide stopped and ran into the meat pie store while we waited in the car and tossed us the bag of hot greasy deep fried pies to us to eat in the car. We then drove through a tropical road to see some old guy sitting on the side of the road selling spices on a small table. Could not understand a word he said. We asked our driver if we could skip the next stop and just try the jerk chicken. It was dry and had no jerk flavor at all. We then were dropped back at cruise port. There was no fun interesting info about the island or anything we were seeing. We spent the day in the car and in traffic. The food was nothing exciting. And this was expensive. Horrible waste of a day and money. I would gives negative stars if I could.
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