Roaring River
- May 3, 2006
- Rated 1 of 5 by
Moggymoll from Louisville, Kentucky
Roaring River is a rather beautiful little creek with miniature falls leading down to a small blue-green mineral pool. However, make sure not to let anyone on a motorbike guide you to the site, as it will lead to much hustling. They will lead you to a false "tour office" where you can buy tickets for $15 each. A guide will take you for a short walk down to the mineral pool and back up again all the while climbing over barbed wire fence. This so-called tour takes no more than 15-20 minutes and you have no more insight into the roaring river than you did when you began. The guide will then tell you that you owe him $40 (don't pay him of course!). This might have been enjoyable if we had known beforehand to go on the official tour and not follow the young motorbike guides. Our trip to this beautiful little site was sullied by the fact that we were duped. Unfortunately, Americans aren't the only ones who are duped into this overpriced "tour," from talking to other Jamaicans, they too have fallen victim to these young motorbike guides and roaring river. As a final word, beware of Roaring River!
From journal Exploring Real Jamaica