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Jake's Jamaican Off-Road Triathlon and Sunset Run organized by BREDs, sponsored by Jake's, and held the last weekend in April, consists of a 500-meter swim, a 15-kilometer mountain bike ride, and a seven-kilometer cross-country run. It draws Jamaicans from across the island as well as international competitors.
Andy Nembhard rents Trek, Raleigh, and Cannondale mountain bikes (US$25 per day), operates two-hour sea kayak tours (US$60 per person), and rents single-person kayaks (US$45 per day). Andy also runs 2\3-hour hiking and biking tours (US$60 per person) to Great Bay, Fort Charles, and Lover's Leap.
Fantasea Divers (contact Paul Dadd, cell tel. 876/381-4357, pdadd@cwjamaica.com) caters to hotel and especially villa guests along the North Coast. PADI instructors offer lessons and certification.
Chukka Caribbean Adventures (tel.
Your best bet for kiteboarding, windsurfing, paddle boarding and scuba in Montego Bay is with Water Network Jamaiaca, managed by Judith Ferger with instructors Brian Schurton and Andrew Davis. Based at Sea Castles just past Rose Hall and the Montego Bay Convention Centre heading east. Introductory lessons start at US$180 for three hours, all-day rentals at US$290.
Marine Life Divers is a dependable dive shop offering certification courses and equipment rental for PADI-certified divers. The one-dive discover scuba intro course costs US$80; PADI certified divers with their own equipment can rent full tanks (US$42 one dive, from shore - 9am-10:30am, US$85 for two by boat 9am-1:30pm) or tanks and equipment (US$50/100).
Jamwest Motorsports and Adventure Park is a short drive from Negril in Old Hope, Little London, offering ATV tours (US$115), safari tours (US$89), zip-line tours (US$115), horse- back riding (US$89), a driving experience on a racetrack (US$250), and combo packages (from US$139).
Captain Junior’s Glass Bottom Boat Tours (US$30 pp) takes guests on a clean boat on 1.5-hour snorkel trips to reefs about 15 minutes offshore or along the coast. Junior docks his boat next to Negril Palms Hotel on Norman Manley Boulevard, but he can pick you up from your hotel anywhere along Seven-Mile Beach.
