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The lighthouse of Morant Point. Climb the oldest lighthouse of the island for a fantastic view on the Blue Mountains.
Open: Daily
Bath Fountain near Bath. The warm mineralwater brings you rest. It is good for your skin to!
Open: Tuesday to Sunday, from 8:00am till 9:30pm
Blue Mountain Trail to the highest top of Jamaica. Do it at night (with guide) to see the most beautiful sunset of your life!
Open: Always
Judgement Cliff in Llandewey, about 1000 feet high, formed during an earthquake in 1692.
Morant Bay. Not because -to be honest- it is a beautiful town, but because of its history. The statue of Paul Bogle in front of the courthouse is made by Edna Manley.






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Morant Point Lighthouse
This lighthouse, located at the easternmost point of Jamaica, is the oldest in the island.
It consist of a cast iron tube 30 m (100 ft) long which has a diameter of 5 m (18 ft) at the base and 3 m (11 ft) at the cap. It was cast in London in 1841.
This is listed by the Jamaica National Trust Commission as one of the historic monuments of St Thomas, being 'of considerable interest to historians of industrial technology'. The lighthouse was erected in 1841, the labour being provided by Kru men from Sierra Leone, Africa. They were among the Free Africans who were brought to Jamaica in the period following emancipation.

To get there is not easy:
from the gas station along the A4 in Golden Grove it is a 7km drive trugh sugarplants without any sign of direction. But..., the view on top is excellent!


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