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Blue Mountains, reggae roots and a coastline made for slowing down.

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Jamaica at a glance

Jamaica is a country in Caribbean; its capital is Kingston. People mainly speak English. The currency is the Jamaican Dollar (JMD). VoyaKin maps 68 places to see here, including 2 UNESCO World Heritage sites.

Blue Mountains, reggae roots and a coastline made for slowing down.

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Capital
Kingston
Region
Caribbean
Languages
English
Currency
Jamaican Dollar (JMD)
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Before you go: official information

Entry rules, visas and health requirements change. Confirm them with Jamaica’s official immigration authority or its embassy before you book and again before you travel.

Check your own government’s travel advice before you go.

Places to see in Jamaica

12 of the 68 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

  • Port Royal

    Port RoyalUNESCO

    Town · Kingston Parish

    Port Royal is a small town located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Raychristofer (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

  • Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park

    Blue and John Crow Mountains National ParkUNESCO

    Park & nature · Portland

    Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park is a national park in Jamaica. The park covers 495.2 km2 and accounts for 4.5% of Jamaica's land surface.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wolmadrian (Public domain). Map

  • Kingston

    Kingston

    City · Kingston

    Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: The original uploader was Blofeld of SPECTRE at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Montego Bay

    Montego Bay

    City · Saint James Parish

    Montego Bay is the capital of the parish of St. James in Jamaica. The city is the fourth most populous urban area in the country, after Kingston, Spanish Town, and Portmore, all of which form the Greater Kingston Metropolitan Area, home to more than half a million people.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Don Ramey Logan (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Ocho Rios

    Ocho Rios

    City · Saint Ann Parish

    Ocho Rios is a town in the parish of Saint Ann on the north coast of Jamaica, and is more widely referred to as Ochi by locals.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Standish77 at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Black River

    Black River

    Town · Saint Elizabeth Parish

    Black River is a coastal town in southwestern Jamaica. It is the parish capital of St Elizabeth and developed as a port around the mouth of the river of the same name. Today, the town is a centre of environmental tourism and a gateway to the Treasure Beach resort area.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Johannes49~enwiki at English Wikipedia (CC BY 3.0). Map

  • Negril

    Negril

    City · Westmoreland Parish

    Negril is a small, widely dispersed beach resort and town located in Westmoreland and Hanover parishes at the far western part of Jamaica, 80.8 kilometres (50.2 mi) southwest from Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: wardyboy400 (CC BY 2.0). Map

  • Port Antonio

    Port Antonio

    Town · Portland Parish

    Port Antonio is the capital of the parish of Portland on the northeastern coast of Jamaica, about 100 km from Kingston. It had a population of 12,285 in 1982 and 13,246 in 1991.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Chaoleonard (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

  • Falmouth

    Falmouth

    Town · Trelawny Parish

    Falmouth is the chief town and capital of the parish of Trelawny in Jamaica. It is situated on Jamaica's north coast 29 km east of Montego Bay. It is noted for being one of the Caribbean's best-preserved Georgian towns.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Derek Hatfield from Peterborough, Canada (CC BY 2.0). Map

  • Trenchtown

    Trenchtown

    Neighborhood · Saint Andrew

    Trench Town is a neighbourhood located in the parish of St. Andrew, part of which is in Kingston, the capital and largest city of Jamaica.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: YardEdge (CC BY 2.0). Map

  • Sabina Park

    Sabina Park

    Landmark · Kingston

    Sabina Park is a cricket ground in Kingston, Jamaica. It is the home of the Jamaica cricket team and is the only Test cricket ground in Jamaica.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jamaica1962 (CC0). Map

  • Rose Hall

    Rose Hall

    Heritage site · Saint James Parish

    Rose Hall is a Jamaican Georgian plantation house now run as a historic house museum. It is located in Montego Bay, Jamaica with a panoramic view of the coast. Thought to be one of the country's most impressive plantation great houses, it had fallen into ruins by the 1960s, but was then restored.

    Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Don Ramey Logan (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

Keep exploring

Also in Caribbean: Dominican Republic · Barbados · Bahamas · Anguilla · Antigua & Barbuda · Aruba · British Virgin Islands · Caribbean Netherlands

Last updated November 7, 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons, OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Partner offers below are separate from this guide and never change what’s written here.

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