Cockpit Country Adventure Tours Jamaica Off The Beaches and Into The Hills
Daily Tours Hiking, Trekking and Mountain Climbing Nature Walks and Herbal Tours Agri-Tours and Camping Caving Adventures Southern Trelawny Environmental Agency
Licensed Tour Operator
STEP INTO SOMEWHERE HIDDEN IN THE HEART OF JAMAICA. THE COCKPIT COUNTRY, THE ISLAND’S BEST KEPT SECRET.
Try a unique island getaway on for size. With daily adventure tours that provide a different view of our beautiful Jamaica, the Southern Trelawny Environmental Agency makes it easier than ever to get into our environment.
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See our Beautiful Flora and Fauna
Table of Contents Tours: Caving Adventures
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Tours: Nature Walks and Herbal Tours
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Tours: Picnicking and Agri-Tours
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Lodging: Bed and Breakfast
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Vacation Packages and Specials
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About STEA and CCAT
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Educational and Company Tours
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Caving Adventures Rock Spring Cave Exploration This excursion packaged for adventure offers visitors a mild 400 meter trail on which is showcased the local traditions of a community surrounded by a river, yam cultivations, a diverse array of plant life and magnificent Tower Karst. The journey takes you into the wide cavern of a fascinating network of underworld stalactites and stalagmites. On your way you can dance, crawl, wiggle and giggle as you navigate your way during this awesome experience. The journey takes you to a comforting underground pool where you can swim in therapeutic waters in preparation for entering the meditation room for a spiritually revitalizing experience. The tour ends with a Jamaican bush cooked meal and a chance to unwind and reminisce on your experience.
US $65/JA$5,200
Quashie River Sink Cave - *Extreme* The excitement of this exploration begins immediately with an exhilarating 150 foot climb where ropes and small hand-rails are required just to reach the cave entrance. The entrance of the cave is guarded by 20 foot waterfalls and crystal-clear swimming pools as the ominous black mouth of Quashie Cave beckons only the bravest to enter its depths. Once inside visitors are treated to walls and ceilings glistening with minerals, spectacular stalactites and stalagmites, boulders as big as cars and roaring waterfalls. Deeper into the cave crabs and other small creatures that live in complete darkness scurry through the waters and past visitor’s feet. This tour is physically challenging and recommended for experienced outdoor adventurers ONLY. This tour is at your own risk!
US $75/JA$6,000 Cockpit Country Adventure Tours Page 5
Nature Walks and Herbal Tours Burnt Hill Nature Walk Take the trail of a relaxing foray into the fringes of the Cockpit Country. Once a road built by the Canadians in the mid-1900’s, it is slowly finding its way back to nature due to the small amount of traffic that currently uses is. The Burnt Hill nature Walk is ideal for all ages, and allows you to explore Cockpit Country at a leisurely pace. While viewing the unique geological formations of Cockpit Country visitors can keep an eye out for endangered Jamaican Yellow and Blackbilled Parrots flying overhead, as professionally trained guides relate traditional herbal remedies and folklore and point out many of the area’s endemic species of ferns, epiphytes and butterflies.
US $35/JA$2,800
Alps Herbal Trail In Jamaica, there are over 100 endemic medicinal plant species, all of which are found in the Cockpit Country. For these traditional herbal remedies and folklore, experience the Alps Herbal Trail. Our local medicine man and trained guides identify and explain the uses of Cockpit Country herbs seen along the trail, and provide information on there traditional uses as herbal teas and folk medicine with therapeutic value. The tour culminates at the herbal garden where you observe the different indigenous species and have the opportunity to sample the teas.
US $35/JA$2,800 For Tour Booking Call: 876.610.0818 Page 6
Bunker’s Hill Paradise Picnic The most peaceful and relaxing of all the Cockpit Country Adventure Tours, the Paradise Picnic gives guests a true taste of the laid back life of the Jamaican countryside and the community of Bunker’s Hill. Situated along the banks of one of the Roaring River’s many spectacular waterfalls, this tour offers visitors a wide array of water-based activities or the chance to sit along the banks of the river and meditate on the beauty of Cockpit Country with a Red Stripe in hand, reggae music playing in the background and the smells of traditionally prepared Jamaican cuisine floating through the air. Tubing, water swings, rafting and natural swimming pools are one of the many ways to beat the heat of the sun. Professionally trained guides are on hand to ensure the safety of all water activities. On land beat the heat by relaxing under the shade of the Cockpit Country canopy in one of the many peaceful nooks & crannies of the picnic site. Enjoy a delicious Rasta-approved Jamaican lunch with something cold to drink from the Bamboo Bar. Local crafts and souvenir items are available.
Paradise Picnic
US $65/JA$5,200
Agri-Farm Tours Friday, March 18, 2011, 11:21AM Email sent to Tour Administrator Mel Brown Hello Mel, What a fantastic time we had today on the "Farm Tour". We found it amazing that so much could be grown on such a small space. The rest of us could learn a lot about the stewardship of natural resources that characterize the Jamaican farmer. Mr. Robe did an outstanding and entertaining job of explaining everything to us. This tour makes our Jamaican vacation complete. We will be telling our friends about our great time! Dan and Sue Robinson
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Bed and Breakfast
We Take Care Of Our Guests Forget the all-inclusive resorts and experience the real Jamaica with Cockpit Country Getaways! Stay with a local family and experience the rustic lifestyle of the Jamaican countryside. Take a trip to the river with the kids, head to the family farm to learn yam cultivation or cool out at a local bar while taking in the favorite Jamaican pastime of dominoes. Experience delicious country food and even help prepare the meal if you'd like. Select from a wide variety of accommodations, from homes that have conveniences like indoor plumbing, cable and air conditioning to homes where fetching your own water, bathing outside and cooking over a wooden fire are part of everyday life. Cockpit Country Getaways have been carefully inspected and are clean and safe with reputable and friendly hosts. The homeowners are part of a community development program designed to: 1. Provide supplemental income to households who are able to provide accommodations to visitors in keeping with the recommendations and standards of the tourism industry. 2. Support and enhance Cockpit Country's eco-tourism opportunities such as hiking, caving and riverside picnics by providing overnight accommodations and meals. 3. Support and enhance the tourism product of Jamaica by offering an alternative to "sea and sand" vacations. 4. Provide guests and homeowners an opportunity for cultural exchange and development of international friendships.
US $40/JA$3200 per night
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Vacation Packages The Singles Weekend Package $177/JA$14,900, SAVE 10% This package includes 2 night stay for one in our bread and breakfast lodge. 2 meals per day, breakfast and dinner 3 local tours: the Burnt Hill Nature Walk, the Herbal Tour and the Rock Spring River and Cave Exploration.
The “Weekend for 2� Package $347 /JA$29,145, SAVE 12% This package includes 2 night stay for two in our bread and breakfast lodge. 2 meals per day, breakfast and dinner 3 local tours: the Burnt Hill Nature Walk, the Herbal Tour and the Rock Spring River and Cave Exploration.
The Family Weekend Package $503-838/JA$42,230-70,380, SAVE 15% This package includes 2 night stay for a family of 3 to 5 in our bread and breakfast lodge. 2 meals per day, breakfast and dinner 3 local tours: the Burnt Hill Nature Walk, the Herbal Tour and the Rock Spring River and Cave Exploration or the Paradise Picnic.
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Southern Trelawny Environmental Agency (STEA) Mission Statement To promote development of the Parish of Trelawny in Jamaica, and its environs by implementing environmental conservation and economic opportunity projects. Vision To develop institutional capacity such that STEA is financially stable and can have a long-term environmental and community development impact in South Trelawny and its environs through discrete, integrated project activities in keeping with the mission of the organization. Goals To promote the conservation and protection of the Cockpit Country and Trelawny's natural and built environment. To develop community heritage and eco-tourism in Trelawny by highlighting cultural traditions, historic artifacts and the biodiversity of Cockpit Country. To develop and expand attractions like Trelawny Yam Festival to showcase the parish, increase tourism, and boost economic opportunities for local residents. To develop partnerships with government, the private sector, civic organizations, grant funders and financial institutions in order to access and combine human resources, technical expertise, physical facilities and finances in order to implement projects efficiently and effectively. STEA has developed an internationally recognized community and eco-tourism program in Southern Trelawny called Cockpit Country Adventure Tours (CCAT), which utilizes the resources of the Cockpit Country. Projects funded by the Royal Netherlands Embassy, Environmental Foundation of Jamaica, Global Environment Facility - Small Grants Program and U.S. Peace Corps, among others, have improved the ability of CCAT to offer professionally organized, guided tours through Cockpit Country. These tours generate income for trained guides, chefs, homes offering Bed & Breakfast and other service providers in the area, and help to sustain STEA's operations. This project is in keeping with STEA's mission to provide alternative business activities for local citizens that are consistent with conservation and sustainable use of the natural resources of Cockpit Country. The program has hosted thousands of visitors to the area and is recognized by the Jamaica Tourist Board. STEA has recruited, trained and certified over nearly 30 Tour Guides. An educational tour package has been developed that that has brought thousands of students from across the island to observe biological diversity in Cockpit Country and learn about the unique ecology of this area.
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Educational Tours: Our Commitment to our Community and Country
Camperdown High School
Westwood High School
The Educational Tour Programme of the Cockpit Country Adventure Tours offers students island-wide from Primary to Tertiary level an opportunity to learn and be exposed to the diversity of the Jamaican landscape and the unique characteristics of Cockpit Country Karst Topography. The educational programme opens with a presentation on the areas ecology, rock weathering, flora and fauna and an insight into the economic value of the biological resources of the region and it’s benefits to the Jamaican economy. The presentation is tailored to the academic level of the students being hosted. Students then have a chance to explore the landscape with our trained guides and experience the cave communities first hand to reinforce the theoretical presentation. In addition to being educational, the tour is also recreational with a caving experience and great outdoor and underground adventure culminating with a swim in the Mouth River. Following this holistic experience the students are treated to a bush cooked meal and the option for fun games before preparing for their journey home. The subsidized cost for the package is $1400 per student.
Churches Teacher’s College
Albert Town High School
Holmwood Technical
Mannings High School
Ocho Rios High School
Main Street Albert Town P.O. Trelawny Jamaica, W.I. http://stea.net http://jamaicacockpitcountrytours.com Phone: 876-610-0818 Fax: 876-610-1676 E-mail: stea@cwjamaica.com
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