falmouth Jamaica

hi has anyone been to doctor's cave beach? we were researching and Jaital tours has an excursion from the pier for a really reasonable price . is this too good to be true? We just want to relax on a beach. no shopping or touring or climbimg the falls. the rose Hall excursion thru DCL was extremely expensive.

There is no reason for a beach excursion to be expensive. Research the tour company as well as the tour, and determine what you will get that you couldn't get by just doing transportation on your own. Then decide what will work best for you.

minniemart - thought my review of Falmouth/Montego Bay may be helpful to you. We went to Rose Hall via Resort for a Day. It was worth the money for our group.

Falmouth**Montego Bay

Last time we ported in Falmouth we walked around the Port and headed back to the ship. Only two ships can port in Falmouth and we didn’t realize that with two large ships a wind tunnel was created. As such it was quite breezy so we decided perhaps it wouldn’t be a good beach day. This time around we booked something in advance. Again; doing lots of research we decided to book a beach day through Resort for a Day. We had the choice of going to Hilton Rose Hall and Jewel Runaway Bay. I decided upon Jewel because reviews had indicated it had the nicer beach (we’re beach people) and that the food was better. The bonus was that they were building a waterpark similar to Rose Hall that was scheduled to be completed end of 2014. For those interested that waterpark still isn’t completed and Jewel is being very cryptic with when it will be completed. That’s neither here nor there since we didn’t end up at the Jewel. We encountered some poor weather which prevented us from docking in Falmouth so we ended up docking in Montego Bay. The terminal at Montego Bay is not nearly as nice as Falmouth. It is actually kind of rundown by comparison but we didn’t’ care as we weren’t spending the day at the terminal anyways. Since our ship wasn’t scheduled to port in Montego Bay our ship docked at a shipping yard and we took shuttles to the main terminal (2 min ride). I was a bit worried about our bus transfer given we were supposed to port in Falmouth however I knew we’d find someone at the terminal representing Resort for a Day given they do tours from Montego as well. After asking a couple people we found the Resort for a Day rep and were on a shuttle to our beach within 10 minutes of arrival. The Jewel is closer to Ocho Rios and Falmouth so it was about 1hr 10min from Montego. About 10 minutes into our transfer our driver asked if we’d prefer to go to Hilton Rose Hall which was closer and wouldn’t cost us any more than what we would have paid at Jewel. We agree and spent an amazing day at the Hilton Rose Hall. The beach was closed because of the weather which was really just windy so we found a nice spot near the lazy river/water slides. Our daughter loved…loved the lazy river and water slides and we couldn’t get her out of the water. Our waiter was amazing and kept the drinks and patties flowing all day. Other than the patties the food was ok but when you compare any food to what you’re eating on the ship everything is just ok. If we port in Montego again I wouldn’t hesitate to go back to Hilton Rose Hall but I am a little disappointed to have not gone to Jewel since it seemed to offer everything my wife and I look for in a land based vacation. Again; great day despite the curveball and kudos to Resort for a Day for scrambling to make sure we had a fantastic day.

We just came back from our Fantasy cruise and we went to Doctor's Cave beach while docked in Jamaica. I thought it was a beautiful beach and we really enjoyed spending the day there. They also have a bar and grill on the beach that serves wonderful food at very reasonable prices. My husband and I shared the jerk platter which includes jerk chicken, pork, sausage, fries and something called festivals which are like corn fritters. I think it was only $22.00 and can easily be shared by 3 or 4 people. The specialty cocktails can be a little expensive (they averaged between $8.00-10.00 each), but the frozen Bob Marley I had was worth the 10 bucks. My husband's beer was $12.00, but he got the large bottle which was enough to fill a decent sized mug twice, so it would have averaged out to about $6.00 a mug.

We did not book an excursion to Doctor's Cave, we just hired a van from the port (there were 14 of us altogether) and paid the admission price to get in which is only $6.00 a person. However, chairs and snorkel gear cost extra. One thing that bugged me is that after we paid the admission price and entered, our group was followed onto the beach by two men who kept hounding us about renting chairs, even after we politely told them no thank you. Only three people in our group wanted to rent a chair, but they were trying to get everyone in the party to pay extra for one. They finally left us alone. Other than that, though, we really enjoyed it. Yes, you will encounter merchants trying to sell you things on the beach (even while in the water, they will swim up to you), but the ones I encountered left you alone after a polite no thank you. I also understand this is the case all over Jamaica (this was my first visit there and we didn't go anywhere else).

thank you very much . we booked jaital tours to doctors cave beach 26 $ pp thank you telling us bout the food and drinks and people selling things . can't wait!

thank you very much . we booked jaital tours to doctors cave beach 26 $ pp thank you telling us bout the food and drinks and people selling things . can't wait!

Hi, how was it?, did you have to pay extra for chair and umbrellas ?