Water · Trelawny
Rafting on the Martha Brae
Settle onto a two-seat bamboo raft while your captain poles you three miles downriver, bamboo arching overhead most of the way.
Rafter's Village, Martha Brae — Falmouth, Trelawny
On foot · Trelawny
Historic Falmouth
Walk the streets behind the pier — Jamaica's largest surviving Georgian townscape, built on 1790s sugar money and still working.
Falmouth had piped water before New York City, and the town the sugar boom built is still standing: the courthouse, St Peter's Anglican, and street after street of cut-stone and timber Georgian facades. Start at Water Square with its reservoir fountain and clock tower, pick up craft work at the Albert George Centre, and give it a slow hour on foot. Cruise days are lively; days between ships are quieter and better for photographs.
What you'll do
- Water Square's reservoir fountain and clock tower
- Falmouth Courthouse and the Cenotaph
- Street after street of Georgian facades
- Craft stalls at the Albert George Centre
Good to know
- When
Free to wander. Guided heritage walks exist — ask us and we'll point you to a current operator.
Falmouth town centre, Trelawny
More to do nearby
Nature · after dark
Luminous Lagoon
After sunset a boat takes you out where the river meets the sea, and the water lights blue-green around everything that moves.
Glistening Waters marina, Rock — Falmouth, Trelawny
Heritage · Trelawny
Good Hope Estate
An eighteenth-century estate in the Queen of Spain Valley, run now as Chukka's adventure outpost — ziplines above the river you tube down.
Queen of Spain Valley, near Falmouth, Trelawny