Insider’s Jamaica is for travellers who truly want to experience the
island. The ethos behind it is simple; take a break from the ordinary by
choosing charming places that are off the beaten path and arrange your holiday
in a way that allows you to get out and familiarize yourself with the most
enchanting destination in the Caribbean.
We want to encourage more visitors to meet and interact with our people, so as
an insider, you get the scoop on the most unusual and exciting restaurants,
attractions and local events.
The island’s intimate accommodations are usually family-operated. They all offer
the warm, intimate, personalized service that is characteristic of Jamaican
hospitality. When you wake up in the morning at Piper’s Cove in Runaway Bay, the
owner of the hotel, Daisy Chin, asks with a smile, what you want for dinner that
evening, so that she can go to the market to buy fresh produce for the day. At
Strawberry Hill Villas in St. Andrew, carpenters and artisans from the
surrounding communities handcraft all furniture and fixtures. The owners of
Hotel Mockingbird Hill, Barbara and Shireen pride themselves as operators of one
of the first hotels in the world to receive Green Globe accreditation. The
recognition is certainly well deserved; at Mockingbird Hill, almost everything
is recycled or reused, and waste is kept at the absolute minimum.
Every single room of Trelawny’s Hotel Rio Bueno is a discrete art gallery,
featuring the works of renowned Jamaican painter and hotelier Joe James among
other local artists. At Jake’s, in Treasure Beach, the line between the
community and the hotel is so blurred that the first person you see could very
well be a fisherman on his way out to sea for the day. More than half the guests
who stay at the Bar-B-Barn in Negril and at Mango Walk Villas in Montego Bay
have been there before…why do they come back again and again? Go, and find out
for yourself, maybe you’ll go back again and again!
If you truly want a break from the ordinary, just bring a spirit of adventure
and a desire to make our home yours. Every Jamaican is a lifelong friend you
haven’t met yet, and away from the beach, there’s a whole island to discover.
Come see what’s inside!