Go Off the Beaten Track in Jamaica and Discover Two Hills Falls and Park

A vacation in Jamaica accommodation rentalsThere is a hand-painted sign nailed to a utility pole on
provides many opportunities that you will find hard tothe edge of a dirt road, advertising the Two Hills Falls
discover when you stay in a hotel or all-inclusiveand Park. From here a dirt track takes you down
resort.through banana and coconut trees to a rustic old
Staying in Jamaica villas, cottages and apartmentsbridge made from odd planks of wood and posts
allow you to meet many local people who are notburied in the Martha Brae River.
putting on a tourist show. They are real people livingNow the exciting sound of the waterfalls can be
real lives, which you will be sure to find interesting.heard. Across the shaky bridge, there is a picnic area
And these contacts open up all kinds of avenues forcleared and again very rough benches and tables
you to enjoy the kind of Jamaica vacation that ishave been constructed under tall fruit trees like the
truly unique, not one that has been packaged forstarapple and jackfruit.
hundreds of people at a time.While Two Hills Falls and Park is not spectacular like
Consider doing things that take you off the beatenDunn's River Falls, it is a beautiful spot where one can
track away from all the tourists and attractions thatpicnic and swim in the river. There are areas for fires
are manufactured for entertainment. Find a driverand camp-style cooking.
who will take you on a journey into the countrysideBe warned, there are no bathroom or other facilities
where you can slip back in time and get a glimpse ofhere. This is an unspoiled beauty spot that you can
the real Jamaica.enjoy without having to jostle with crowds of
In South Trelawny, there is a place called Two Hillstourists. If relaxing on the bank of the river with a
Falls and Park that is just about an hour's drive fromcold drink, waiting for your jerk chicken to cook
Silver Sands villas. It is an exciting drive which startssounds like fun, then Two Hills Falls and Park will be
on the North Coast highway but quickly finds it wayjust your cup of tea. But go there on your next stay
into the hills, passing through sugar cane fields andin Jamaica accommodation rentals, because who
picturesque towns. Places with names like the Queenknows when this undeveloped beauty spot will be
of Spain Valley, Wakefield, and Dromilly.converted into another mass tourism attraction.
You will see old country houses showcasing EnglishThere are small farms all around and if you are lucky,
architecture from another century. Gingerbread eavesyou may meet Donavon Beckford, one of the local
and rusted zinc roofs under the hot tropical sun assmall farmers, who will be happy to show you his
brightly coloured washing pegged out on makeshiftground. Perhaps some of the ground provisions and
lines flutter in the breeze blowing through the tallfruits served to you at Silver Sands villas were
coconut trees.reaped from Donovan's small farm.