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Organized tours
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Hundreds of
tour companies
operate out of Montego Bay; most have booths at the airport and offices along Gloucester Avenue and offer similarly priced trips to independent plantations and great houses. The
best operators
are slightly more adventurous: Barrett Adventures, Rose Hall (tel 876/995-2796, fax 979-8845), puts together customized packages to off-the-beaten-track waterfalls, farms and beaches from US$100 per person per day; Caribic Vacations, 69 Gloucester Ave (tel 876/979-3421), offers islandwide specialist and reggae tours and trips to Cuba. Alternatively, hire a
local driver
and do some independent sightseeing. Dale Porter, aka "Shaka" (tel 876/806-8147 or 375-7918), offers all-day tours for around US$100; he can usually be found outside
Caribic House Hotel
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There are also a few less pedestrian options: ATV Tours, east of town at Rose Hall (tel 876/953-9598), offers
quad-bike excursions
in the St James interior (1.5hrs; US$50); you'll pay a bit more if you want transportation from your hotel. Chukka Blue (tel 876/979-6599 or tel 990-9166,
) offers
tubing
along the White River in Ocho Rios (3.5hr; US$49), as well as five-hour
jeep safaris
(US$60 including lunch).
Horse-riding
trips (3hr; US$55) and
mountain-bike tours
(3hr; US$50) are also run by Chukka Blue.
River rafting
is a more sedate pleasure, best done along the Martha Brae River, 45 minutes' drive east of MoBay near Falmouth. You can either turn up at the Rafter's Village departure point (signposted from Falmouth's main square) and pay US$42 for a 1hr 15min trip on a two-person raft, or opt to be transported there and back, which costs US$45 per person; to book the latter, call 876/952-0889. Other useful information
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