Negril

A resort area on Jamaica's westernmost tip, with the 11-km Seven Mile Beach and sunset bars on the West End cliffs — one of the island's three main bases alongside Montego Bay and Ocho Rios.

Negril sits at the westernmost tip of Jamaica, straddling the parishes of Westmoreland and Hanover, about 75 km (around 1.5 hours' drive) from Montego Bay's international airport, and is the most laid-back of Jamaica's three main resort areas. The area has two very different coastlines. To the north is the roughly 11-km white-sand beach known as "Seven Mile Beach", lined with every kind of accommodation from all-inclusive resorts to budget wooden cabins; you can take a glass-bottom boat, try water sports or snorkel at Booby Cay, while Bloody Bay beyond Rutland Point at the northern end is quieter. To the south, the West End is a stretch of limestone sea cliffs 10–20 m high, lined with clifftop hotels and bars; at places like Rick's Café you can watch cliff divers or jump in yourself to snorkel the sea caves, and in the evening the entire coast is a front-row seat for the Caribbean sunset, ending at Negril Lighthouse, built in 1894. Seven Mile Beach and Rick's Café are also classic day trips from Montego Bay and are covered under the Montego Bay entry in this app. Nearby, you can jump into the mineral spring at the Blue Hole in Brighton or go birdwatching at the Royal Palm Reserve; to the north are Half Moon Beach and Lucea's dolphin cove, and to the east the Roaring River caves, Mayfield Falls and Bluefields Beach on the south coast. The best season is the December–April dry season; June–November is hurricane season, and summer is hotter but cheaper. Taxis are the main way to get around town — always agree on the fare first; there are plenty of beach vendors, so decline politely. Plan to stay 3–5 days, mostly relaxing, with a day or two of excursions.

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