Comfortable Country Home (#4447)

March 2008

Words cannot describe the warmth of our welcome from the moment we arrived at this traditional Mandeville family home. The perfect base to experience the real Jamaica. Mandeville is a friendly and safe place. At 2000 ft above sea level it is pleasantly cooler than the coast - temperature upper 70s/lower 80s F (22-28 C) Highlights included golf at the oldest golf club in the world outside Europe (Manchester Club founded 1867, just 5 minutes walk away); seeing the alligator and manatees at Alligator Pond; Jerk fish on the beach at Little Ochee; being welcomed to Accompong Maroons Village in the Cockpit country; a visit to Kingston; exploring the mountainous countryside of central Jamaica. We were very well looked after by property manager Rosalie O’ Meally and the housekeeper who provided a wide and exciting range of Jamaican meals. This is the venue for the discriminating traveller who wants to get to know the real Jamaica and not one who prefers to lie by the pool or the beach.