| If you are planning a trip to Jamaica and are | | | | even kiss your cheeks. As you start floating, they'll |
| interested in doing something that is really | | | | push their snouts on your feet and propel you |
| adventurous, you can include swimming with the | | | | forward. Higher and higher you will go and once you |
| dolphins in your itinerary. Also worth mentioning here | | | | start relaxing and enjoying the swim, the animal |
| is the fact that instead of staying in hotels, you can | | | | trainer will blow the whistle and instantly they will turn |
| make your stay extra special by staying in Jamaica | | | | back and leave you with your feet a wee bit soar |
| villas, cottages and apartments that are more | | | | and pulses racing. |
| affordable than hotels and offer more value for | | | | At this marine park, you can go along a rainforest |
| money in terms of services, amenities, privacy and | | | | trail and even cuddle an iguana or wrap a yellow boa |
| space. | | | | constrictor around your neck. |
| Ocho Rios is the island's most well-known and | | | | As already mentioned, Ocho Rios is the island's best |
| sought after tourist sites and located in close | | | | known tourist site. Aside from swimming with the |
| proximity to the attractions yet far away from the | | | | dolphins, you can also climb up the steps of the |
| crowds are numerous private homes, notably the | | | | Dunn's River Falls. This waterfall is unique in that the |
| Silver Sands villas, a secure community of villas and | | | | water gushes over a series of protruding rocks |
| cottages that provide some of the best services at | | | | before winding its way into the sea. These rocks |
| the most affordable rates. | | | | form a natural staircase and you can join a human |
| Coming back to swimming with the dolphins. This | | | | chain stumbling and balancing on its way to the top. |
| may sound a bit scary despite the facts that the | | | | Needless to say, the views from the top are well |
| dolphins are known to be friendly creatures but then | | | | worth each step that you take. You can also explore |
| they do weigh 300 pounds or more, have teeth and | | | | the nearby Grotto Caves that are believed to have |
| pop out of water without any warning. Lest this put | | | | sheltered Arawak Indians, the island's original |
| you off, let me add that these dolphins are well | | | | inhabitants, hundreds of years ago as also smugglers, |
| trained and respond to every little signal of their | | | | runaways and slaves over the centuries. |
| trainers. | | | | You can be near all the fun by staying in Ocho Rios |
| After a brief lecture from the animal trainers, jump | | | | apartments, housed within an apartment complex of |
| right into the water. Once you are in, these lovable | | | | four towers, overlooking a large swimming pool, in a |
| creatures will swim right besides you, clap, dance and | | | | secure, gated compound on the Ocho Rios Bay. |