Cockpit Country Adventure Tours Accommodation in Albert Town

zuletzt aktualisiert am 05.01.2010

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.

All 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 &quot,sea and sand&quot, vacations.

4. Provide guests and homeowners an opportunity for cultural exchange and development of international friendships.

Cockpit Country Adventure Tours (CCAT) is headquartered in Albert Town, Trelawny, located on the eastern boundary of the Cockpit Country. CCAT is a small eco-tourism outfit managed by the Southern Trelawny Environmental Agency (STEA) . STEA's mission is to promote development in Trelawny and its environs by implementing environmental conservation and economic opportunity projects (such as the Trelawny Yam Festival) and CCAT is one way in which this mission is funded. CCAT uses the local resources of Cockpit Country t o provide an authentic Jamaican experience that is an alternative to the &quot,sun and sand&quot, vacation most visitors associate with Jamaica.

Local guides familiar with the area are professionally trained to take visitors to natural attractions, residents of the area open their homes to provide Bed &amp, Breakfast services and local chefs provide authentic Jamaican cuisine as part of each tour. By developing and using these local resources CCAT aims to provide high-quality, safe and reliable recreational and educational eco-tourism experiences based on the natural attractions of Cockpit Country while providing economic opportunities for citizens of the area.

Wegbeschreibung

From Montego Bay
To Albert Town: Go east along North Coast Highway past Falmouth to Duncans, from Duncans go south to Clarks Town, fom Clarks Town go 5 miles east to Jackson Town, From Jackson Town go south to Albert Town. Approximate travel time 2 hours.
To Bunker's Hill: Go east along North Coast Highway to Falmouth, from Falmouth go south ten miles to Wakefield, in Wakefield turn left at intersection to Bunker's Hill. Approximate travel time 1 hour.

From Ocho Rios
To Albert Town: Go west along North Coast Highway to Runaway Bay, from Runaway Bay go south to Browns Town, from Brownstown go southwest to Jackson Town, from Jackson Town go south to Albert Town. Approximate travel time 2.5 hours.
To Bunker's Hill: Go west along North Coast Highway to Falmouth, from Falmouth go southwest Wakefield, from Wakefield go south to Bunker's Hill. Approximate travel time 2 hours.

From South Coast (including Kingston)
To Albert Town: Go to Mandeville, from Mandeville go north to Christiana, from Christiana go north to Albert Town. Approximate travel time from Mandeville 1.5 hours.
To Bunker's Hill: Go to Mandeville, from Mandeville go north to Christiana, from Christiana go North to Albert Town, from Albert Town go north to Falmouth, from Falmouth go south to Wakefield, in Wakefield turn left at intersection to Bunker's Hill. Approximate travel time from Mandeville 3 hours.