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Appleton Estate, Black River Safari and YS Falls

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Appleton Rum Tour and Jerk Chicken Experience from Montego Bay

7 to 8 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

What's Included

Hotel pickup and dropoff
Tour Bus with Knowledgeable Tour Guide
Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience
YS Falls with Natural Spring Pools and Relaxing Gardens
Black River Safari with Wildlife Sightings
Lunch included in this package
Explore one of the longest rivers on the island via a boat tour along the swamp’s main waterway
Cruise down the river in the midst of towering mangrove trees and lush plant life
This trip will also have you viewing over 100 species of birds in their natural habitat
View crocodiles sunning alongside the banks and over 100 species of birds in their natural habitat
Lookout for whistling ducks, egrets and other wildlife as you go along
YS boasts seven stunning waterfalls where cool, clear waters cascade into naturally forming pools
Immerse yourself in the exclusive Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience
Appleton Estate is the oldest and most famous sugar estate and distillery in Jamaica
Savour your favourite Appleton Estate cocktail as well as sweet sugar cane and molasses on your tour
Explore the rum distillery and the ageing house
Guided tasting of three of Appleton Estate’s premium aged rums
Shop for your original Appleton keepsakes in the gift shop
Dig into an authentic Jamaican lunch at the beautiful full-service restaurant and bar
Get ready to experience a deeper appreciation of Appleton Estate Rum

Other food and beverage available for sale
Appleton Estate Rums and other souvenirs are available for sale

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

09:00 AM

Pickup details

ARRIVAL TIME Please note the time selected during checkout is your arrival time, not the hotel pickup time. Hotel pickups commence approximately 90 - 180 minutes prior to this time depending on the hotel location. HOTEL PICKUP The hotel pickup time will vary based on distance. Our reservations team will reach out to the guest to advise on their specific hotel pickup time. Please make sure to check your email for this information. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us.

What To Expect

The Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Black River

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

YS Falls

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Most travelers can participate
ARRIVAL TIME Please note the time selected during checkout is your arrival time, not the hotel pickup time. Hotel pickups commence approximately 30 - 90 minutes prior to this time depending on the hotel location.
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Minimum 18 years and older to consume alcohol

The Joy Spence Appleton Estate Rum Experience is approximately 2 hours away from Montego Bay and Negril
There will be scheduled rest stops along the journey
Journey may cause motion sickness
At Appleton Estate, photos can be taken except for in the distillery
Some areas of waterfalls are fairly rocky, as such water shoes are recommended
Please note that this tour requires a minimum number of guests to operate. Should your this tour not be confirmed for your selected tour date, we will make contacted in advance to offer a rescheduled date, suitable alternative tour or a full refund.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 24 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Thomas_B

Great tour. It's an all day experience. Our tour guide Elliott was the best. He kept things fun and gave out great historical info along the way. I highly recommend.

Reviews

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Great day seeing part of thecountry.

Thomas_B, Apr 2024

Great tour. It's an all day experience. Our tour guide Elliott was the best. He kept things fun and gave out great historical info along the way. I highly recommend.

3 in one

staceylloyd, Apr 2024

Brilliant day out, long day but definitely worth it. Our guide was very knowledgeable and kept us occupied on route to our first stop the crocodile safari. Definitely worth doing if you're a wildlife lover. We then headed over to YS falls, beautiful place, the local guides were amazing. They kept hold of our phones and took loads of photos for us. We finished the day with lunch and rum tour at Appleton Estate. Informative and fun 😁 thanks to our guide Elliot and driver Jimmy for a fun day x!

Fantastic Way to Enjoy the Best of Jamaica.

Jerome_T, Mar 2024

All three main parts of the trip were excellent. We loved the boat trip up the river with the wildlife viewing, playing in YS Falls, and the very interesting tour of the Appleton Rum distillery. It was the only way we could have been able to do all of these, and especially not to have to hazard driving all that way. Or guide, Elliot was very attententive to everyone and made sure everyone was happy.

We enjoyed all the places...

IanandLinda_F, Feb 2024

We enjoyed all the places we visited but the bus was very crowded! Seats were too close together for a full group!

Great experience

ANDREA_S, Feb 2024

This was a fun excursion. The falls were beautiful and the guides take lots of pictures. The room tour was nice, drinks were good and lunch was good. The river tour was good, we saw a couple crocodiles and a bunch of different birds. Prepare for a very long day, the drive time from hotel and between locations is long. Ended up being a 10 hour day.

Chukka company left me stranded!!!!!!

Shawna_F, Feb 2024

The appleton estate was great but the chukka company was horrible. I arranged with them weeks inadvance to meet up with by the tour at the appleton estate because I was coming from kingston. They told me to get to the appleton estate at 9am and my tour guide will meet me there. When I got there they was no tour guide and the people at the appleon estate told me there first tour don't start until 1030am. The appleton estate tour was very good experience. After tour I call the chukka company asking them where is my tour guide that suppose to meet me for black river falls and YS fall they told me there none I have to find my own transportation. I told them I don't have any transportation because person that drop off at the appleton estate won't be back for me until 4pm. They told me I have to figure it out on my own. I explained to the representative on the phone that I'm not from this country. Her respond was that not her problem. So I had to call a taxi which charge me 65 dollars to go from the apple estate to black river falls safari. When I got there and give them my reservation they ask me where is my tour guide I told them my situation they told me everyone that come from chukka company alway have a tour guide. The black river experience was great also then i had to paid 65 dollars for another taxi to take me back to appleton estate, so my driver from kingston 1 pick me up. My friend and I was terrified because of story in news lately and to know I called the chukka company for assistance and the left me stranded even though I made arrangements with them weeks in advance. This is poor customer service.i didn't he get to do the YS FALLS because I couldn't afford to so much taxi fare.

All day excursion

Kelsey_G, Jan 2024

The YS falls were so pretty and the guides did a great job taking pictures for everyone as we went through them all! The water was very refreshing and everything about it was beautiful! The Appleton Estate was awesome as well however I learned I’m not the biggest rum drinker but all of the history and getting to see how they make it was pretty awesome! Black river safari was also fun to see the crocodiles! The only bummer (that’s obviously uncontrollable) is the distance between all activities because you do spend a chunk of time riding in the bus to and from everywhere but the guide did a good job of pointing stuff out to us and giving us island history to make some of it less boring! Overall it was a great time

A Long Day & Not Worth it

KAREN_T, Dec 2023

We did not enjoy this tour , the Appleton Rum Factory was very disorganized and lots of renovations taking place, got 3 miniscule tastings of rum, lunch was ok nothing special. The Black River Safari was not worthing doing, there were a few birds and mangroves, and in a building at the end held captive were a few poor turtles and Alligators in small concrete enclosures with green slimey water, not cool. The YS falls were very pretty, but again disorganized and time wasted standing around. We were hearded through them like cattle couldn't enjoy them at tour own pace.. The journey was very long from Negril to these places, there is no water provided on the bus and no rest stops. The driver was informative on the outbound journey but on our return pretty much silent, infact at one point I thought he was falling asleep, very scary. We only had the driver on board with us as the other guide had an emergency of some sort and left the bus, the driver seemed reluctant to accompany us at the 3 stops, at one he was asleep in the bus. On hindsight we would skip the Black River and Rum Factory hire a private driver to take us to the YS Falls and spend all day there.

Great tour

Oona_P, Dec 2023

Very good experience, Highly recommend it if you are visiting Negril. This tour was really good , informative and fun

Super interesting tour!...

Stefan_K, Nov 2023

Super interesting tour! The guides made it to a very special experience, even the long bus trip was fun!

This was a good introduction to two...

Melody M, Nov 2016

This was a good introduction to two popular items in Jamaica - jerk chicken and rum. I sampled three different types of rum and also learned to make jerk chicken, as well as being introduced to some reggae music and dancing. I was the only person, so it was more like a VIP tour, and I was glad they didn't cancel it because I was the only one. The only thing that is slightly misleading is that I thought I was going to the actual Appleton Estate for a tour and then making jerk chicken, but you actually do everything in the same spot sample rum and taste jerk chicken and pork. They brought me a very tasty plate of already prepared jerk chicken, pork, and some type of fried dough to go along with it. It was very nice. The guides were great and even took photos of me with my phone. All in all it was a nice tour and great way to learn to prepare to make jerk chicken.