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A deep, offline guide to Jamaica, inside the Port Things app. Every place shows walking minutes from your pier, and the day plans are timed around the all-aboard. Every place, description and day plan is on the phone, so it works with no signal. Only the map background needs one.

• 1,521places
• 26ready-made days
• 4cruise piers
• 11languages

Where the ships dock

• Montego Bay Cruise Port (Freeport)
• Historic Falmouth Cruise Port
• Ocho Rios Cruise Ship Pier
• Reynolds Pier, Ocho Rios

Typically 8 AM – 5 PM · Jamaica keeps Eastern Standard Time all year — check whether your ship keeps a different time

Ready-made days

• Dunn's River & Mystic Mountain

  Climb the falls before the crowds, then ride the chairlift into the rainforest

• Montego Bay Town & Doctor's Cave

  From the Montego Bay pier: Sam Sharpe Square, the craft market, the Hip Strip and the famous beach

• Rose Hall & the Great Houses

  The legend of the White Witch, Johnny Cash's Cinnamon Hill, and jerk at Scotchies

• Historic Falmouth on Foot

  From the Falmouth pier: Georgian streets, Water Square, the Artisan Village and the churches of emancipation

• Martha Brae by Bamboo Raft

  A quiet hour on the river, lunch by the Luminous Lagoon, back in good time

• Rose Hall from Falmouth

  Thirty minutes west to the great houses, with a jerk lunch on the way back

• Blue Hole & Konoko Falls

  Cold blue pools in the hills, gardens above the bay, and lunch in town

• Nine Mile: Bob Marley's Birthplace

  A long day into the St. Ann hills — only with a licensed driver and a late all-aboard

• Doctor's Cave Morning

  Montego Bay's lifeguarded beach and jerk by the pound, back in 4 hours

• The Hip Strip, the Easy Way

  Taxi to the flat seafront boulevard, a drink over the sea and a jerk lunch

• Planes & Local Beaches

  Been here before? Free public sand under the runway and by the harbour

• Sam Sharpe Square & the Old Town

  The National Hero's square, the 1806 Cage, a museum and the Georgian church

• Rose Hall in a Morning

  The great house's first tour and a Scotchies jerk lunch, pier to pier in 4 hours

• Falmouth, Close to the Ship

  The makers' village by the gate and the Georgian square, all on the flat

• Patties & Jerk in Falmouth

  A walking lunch from the port to Water Square and back, for small bills

• Rainy Day in Falmouth

  Stay inside the port gates: covered shops, a coffee and patties

• Green Grotto & Discovery Bay

  Caves with an underground lake, a free roadside museum and a calm beach park

• The Glowing Lagoon (Late Calls)

  Only when the ship stays past 10 PM: dinner, then plankton that glow at night

• Ocho Rios on Foot

  A free town park, the craft market and a Main Street lunch — no taxi

• Rainy Day in Ocho Rios

  Covered shops near the pier and a long Jamaican lunch while it passes

• Dunn's River, First Thing

  Climb the falls before the tour buses, swim at the foot, back by noon

• Mystic Mountain from Reynolds Pier

  Chairlift, bobsled and ziplines in the canopy, then a jerk lunch

• Konoko Falls with Kids

  Gardens, a waterfall, a small zoo and Taíno history, 10 minutes from the pier

• Prospect Plantation & Turtle Beach

  Jitney tours, camels and horses on a working estate, then a swim in town

• Seville Heritage Park

  Taíno, Spanish and plantation Jamaica in one place, then Scotchies jerk

• Firefly & James Bond Beach

  Noël Coward's hilltop view and a beach by Ian Fleming's GoldenEye

Areas covered

• Montego Bay Cruise Port & Freeport
• Hip Strip & Doctor's Cave
• Downtown Montego Bay
• Rose Hall, Ironshore & Greenwood
• Montego Bay Hills & Countryside
• Historic Falmouth & the Pier
• Luminous Lagoon & Rock
• Martha Brae & the Trelawny Hills
• Duncans & the Trelawny Coast
• Runaway Bay & Discovery Bay
• Reynolds Pier, Dunn's River & Mystic Mountain
• Ocho Rios Town & Cruise Pier
• Blue Hole, Fern Gully & Nine Mile
• Oracabessa & the St. Mary Coast

What's in the map

• Beaches
• Waterfalls & River Rafting
• Snorkel & Dive
• Boat Trips & Lagoon Tours
• Great Houses & Landmarks
• Tours & Adventure
• Parks & Gardens
• Museums & Culture
• Restaurants
• Cafés & Bakeries
• Bars & Nightlife
• Craft Markets
• Shopping & Souvenirs
• Family Fun
• Hotels & Resorts
• Golf & Spas
• Groceries & Supermarkets
• Piers, Taxis & Airport
• Pharmacies
• Hospitals & Clinics
• ATMs & Banks
• Fuel & Car Rental
• Police & Tourist Help

Languages

English, Spanish, French, Portuguese (Brazil), German, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Chinese (Simplified), Swedish.