White River – Ocho Rios, Jamaica
White River – Ocho Rios, JamaicaRiver Rafting & Tubing in Jamaica
One activity I’ve ALWAYS wanted to do in Jamaica is a guided raft tour down a river. There are a few different places you can do it and I chose White River, in St Ann’s just outside of Ocho Rios.
Bamboo raft and captain
River rafting in Jamaica means a bamboo raft built for 2 and comes with its own “raft captain”. Behind the captain as pictured above, there are two seats and he will give you a guided tour down the river while telling you everything about where you’re going and pretty much anything else you want to know about Jamaica.
I’m not going to lie…I never got to go rafting the day I went to White River. There had been heavy rains the day before and the river was running too swift for the rafts. We didn’t know that until we got there. They did give us the option of tubing but we weren’t equipped with swimsuits because we assumed we’d be doing the much less adventurous rafting.
In spite of not rafting or tubing that day I still loved going to White River. The scenery around there is gorgeous and I can only imagine what the raft ride would have been like.
Stairs leading down to White River
At the bottom of these stairs is the starting point for the rides, which they said was about 45 minutes long. I was almost tempted to do the tubing anyways, except for the fact that we were leaving Ochi to head to Negril that day and had all our baggage packed up. We would have had no place to dry off afterwards.
It was only after I got back from Jamaica this trip that I did some research on White River rafting and found out they do WAAAY more than just raft rides and tubing.
Here’s a link to their website if you’re ever in the Ocho Rios area and want to experience some awesome nature and cool adventure.
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I love these pictures…Im so jealous!! This is 2mins away from my boyfriends house and we always walk down to this part of the river! <3 it…!
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Well then you’ll hate to know I was just there again last week and have MORE pics to post!! Glad you like them.
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Another ting to add to my must do list – you sure are better than any travel agent to helping find stuff to do and peeps to meet!
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That’s kinda my goal….to let people know about the stuff to do there that isn’t inside a resort. There’s SO much to see!
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I did the white river tube adventure through Chukka tours, it was sooo peaceful and relaxing with a bit of excitment thrown in going through some rapids. the rainforest canopy was breathtaking and the water was cool and refreshing. truely paradise and loved every moment.
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omg
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thatz near where my husband lives
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