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Enjoying the lush forests in the Blue Mountains
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Walking in Cockpit Country's karstic environment
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Seeing Jamaica's endemic birds
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Photographing Jamaican endemic herptiles
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Exploring the contrasts at Portland Ridge

Discover Jamaica

Mar 20-28, 2024

9 days | Jamaica | Quest Nature Tours

Jamaica is an ideal entry point to discovering the flora and fauna of Tropical America. As a Caribbean island, it has its own special flavour, punctuated by many endemic species found nowhere else. In fact, its 28 endemic bird species are the most of any island in the West Indies.

A big reason for Jamaica’s ecological richness is the multitude of habitats born from an impressive mix of altitude, topography and climatic influences. We have specially designed this tour to include a broad range of Jamaica’s most unique habitats, including lowland rainforest, wooded foothills, moist cloud forest, dry lowland forest, arid scrub, coastal mangrove lagoons, and freshwater wetlands. Covering such diverse terrain means we will develop a keen sense of the Jamaica’s natural history as a whole, while giving ourselves great opportunities to observe its signature species.

The colourful Jamaican Tody, Black-billed and Yellow-billed Parrots, Jamaican Woodpecker, Arrow-headed Warbler and Jamaican Oriole are some of the island’s 28 endemic birds that we’ll pursue. Expect also to encounter many North American breeding songbirds, including numerous of the familiar wood-warblers that migrate through and (for many species) breed in Ontario. Endemic plants such as the Thatch Palm and various reptiles and frogs are also part of the cast of tropical flora and fauna.

Accompanying this tour is Ann Haynes-Sutton – Jamaica’s foremost naturalist and leading ecologist and conservationist. Join us for this special small-group tour that promises an intimate and eye-opening view of this Caribbean gem!
Quest Nature Tours Worldwide Explorers Club
Tour Cost (per person):
Approx. US$3495  Includes all taxes and gratuities.
Group Size:
9 - 12 participants

What’s included: Accommodations based on double occupancy, ground transportation, activities and park entrance fees, airport transfers, most meals, taxes and gratuities, services of your Quest leader and a local Jamaican naturalist leader.

"Jamaica taught me more than I ever imagined!"

Itinerary at a Glance

DayActivity
1Meet in Kingston
2To Port Antonio
3Ecclesdown Road and Port Antonio
4Transfer to Blue Mountains, Hardwar Gap
5To Marshall’s Pen via Portland Ridge
6Black River
7Cockpit Country
8To Montego Bay, Rocklands Bird Sanctuary
9Depart Montego Bay
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Your Tour Leaders

Josh Vandermeulen is a professional Field Biologist and is an active and well-known member of Ontario’s naturalist community. He regularly travels the province in pursuit of his two core interests, field herpetology and ornithology.

Ann Haynes-Sutton is a conservation ecologist who has spent her working life in Jamaica. She is the senior author of “A photographic guide to the birds of Jamaica” published by Princeton University in 2009, and has been leading bird and natural history tours in Jamaica and other islands for many years.

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Quest Nature Tours Worldwide Explorers Club
Tour Cost (per person):
Approx. US$3495  Includes all taxes and gratuities.
Group Size:
9 - 12 participants

What’s included: Accommodations based on double occupancy, ground transportation, activities and park entrance fees, airport transfers, most meals, taxes and gratuities, services of your Quest leader and a local Jamaican naturalist leader.

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