3 Best Sights in Jamaica

About a 20-minute drive inland from Falmouth, this 2,000-acre estate provides a sense of Jamaica's rich history as a sugar-producing island, incredible views of the Martha Brae River, and loads of fun. An adventure park offers zip-lining, river tubing, a great house tour, access to a colonial village, an aviary, a swimming pool, a challenge course for adults, and a kids' play area (with its own challenge course). The Riverside Restaurant & Bar, which serves Jamaican food and delicious drinks and cocktails, and a gift shop in the old sugar factory round out the amenities. Park passes get you access to all activities.

Surrounded by lush rain forest, Dolphin Cove is one of the island's top marine attractions. Packages allow you to touch, dance, or swim with the well-trained and friendly dolphins, who also love to receive a pat or a kiss goodbye. Other water sports and activities, including snorkeling, glass-bottom kayaking, boat rides, swimming with stingrays, and shark shows are offered. In addition to marine life, you can interact with such fauna as iguanas, snakes, and exotic birds on the jungle trail walk. There's also a small ice-cream parlor, restaurant, and gift shop.

Billing itself as the place where "Jamaica comes to play," this park has 10 waterslides and a ¼-mile (½-km) lazy-river float ride, as well as a go-kart track, kayaking, outdoor laser combat games, and Jamboo rafting (on floating bamboo). There is also a human gyroscope, a "kool kanoe" adventure, a wave pool, and paintball. General admission varies by height and gives guests access to the waterslides, wave pool, and lazy river-ride. Other attractions are an additional fee.