Tours, sightseeing tours, activities & things to do | Viator.comDunns River Falls and Ocho Rios Shopping Tour
based on 23 reviews
Duration: 9 hours (approx.)
Location: Montego Bay, Jamaica
Product code: 2325MBORDRF
23 reviews of Dunns River Falls and Ocho Rios Shopping Tour
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Dunns River Falls is beautiful. The climb was a bit scary but worth it!
Reviewed by: Anonymous, Canada, March 2009
The tour was very well organized. We were picked up on time from our hotel and the bus was nice and air conditioned. The tour guide was very nice, easy to understand and very informative. Dunns River Falls were amazing and definitely worth visiting. They are easy to climb even though they don't look it at first so don't be put off as it really is a good experience to climb it. The only thing I would change is the shopping part of the trip, as the vendors are very pushy and you could not stop for a second to look at anything, particularly in the jewelery stores. My partner and I didn't have the lunch at the place we were taken to on the trip (we ate at the Hard Rock Cafe at the 2nd shopping stop to avoid the shops) but I heard from the others on the trip that it was buffet style, lots of choice and generally very good food. Also good value at around £10-£15 per head. Be aware though that if you don't eat at the buffet you are still required to pay the £10 entry fee so that you can get in and there is not much else to do in the area while you wait so you might as well eat there. Personally, I would have preferred to be taken to a town where you can have a wander around, do a little shopping and choose your own place to eat. Overall, though the tour was very good and worth doing while you are in Jamaica. Enjoy!!
Reviewed by: Lauren M, United Kingdom, February 2009
It was a good time - climbing the falls was fun. The shopping wasn't that great - you just go to tourist stores and they all have the same thing.
Reviewed by: Ben U, United States of America, February 2009
Good time.
Reviewed by: Julie A, United States of America, December 2007
This is really breathtaking. However, the journey from Montego Bay took 3 hours round trip and so time spent at Dunn's River was short. The whole climb was a great experience but appeared to be rushed which in our opinion is not good when you are in a chain. As there are people of different ages and fitness the chain seemed at times to be a little dangerous and unnerving as there was hardly any waiting for those who found it slower to climb. We would have also liked to have been able to see a little of Ocho Rios which we thought was included in this tour. We did not get enough time to do any shopping at the stalls if we had wanted and therefore did not even get time to dry off so sat in wet clothes all the way back to our hotel!
Reviewed by: Anonymous, United Kingdom, April 2007
Nice experience! However, we would have liked to shop with vendors within the town prior to the 'business vendors' within the immediate city.
Reviewed by: Bruce A, United States of America, August 2006
The drive to Dunns River Falls was very interesting, and the tour guide was very informative. The Dunns River Falls themselves were an experience and so was all of the vendors trying to sell you stuff that you don't really want or need. I personally did not find the Ocho Rios Shopping Tour that great of an experience as the products are all the same in most of the stores and the prices are inflated by quite a margin, especially for a Canadian since we are paying 1.30 for each U.S. dollar. So the mark ups just make the products that much more unappealing to buy. My suggestion to improve this trip would be to offer one with the Ocho Rios Shopping Tour and another without it so those that want to go just to the falls will have that option.
Reviewed by: Anonymous, Canada, March 2009
Going to the shopping mall was only 40 minutes long and over ran with people. The straw market had the women who ran the shops all over you as soon as you left the bus. Dunns River Falls was very pretty, the falls was hard to climb due to the amount of people in a group 20-25. At the near end of the climb we didn't see our guide. He was at the top of the deck asking for a tip, following people to the lockers which was pushed on people at the beginning of the tour. If you trust your driver, leave your stuff on the bus. The guide even followed people back to their bus looking for money.
And after all that, exiting the falls you are guided through a village of shops with people trying to get your last dollar. This could have been a great tour if it was planned better.
