We were very excited to finally visit Jamaica on our recent cruise on Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas. Despite this being our 13th cruise, we had never visited this island. Unfortunately our previously-booked excursion to the Blue Hole was canceled (literally the day we boarded the ship), so we had to choose another excursion for our port stop in Falmouth, Jamaica.
We chose the excursion to Bamboo Beach because it gave us the opportunity to visit a beach and samples of Jamaican food would be served as part of the excursion. It also wasn't an all-day excursion so we would have some time (not enough!) to walk around the cruise port terminal and do some shopping.
It's about an hour and fifteen minute drive from Falmouth to Bamboo Beach. This allowed us to see some of the beautiful countryside scenery of Jamaica...
Bamboo Beach is a really nice beach with lots of sugary sand and turquoise water.
Comfortable beach loungers were available for us under swaying coconut palm and almond trees just steps from the water.
We laid out our beach towels on our loungers and immediately headed into the water. I'm not much of a swimmer, and I am very cautious about burning in the Caribbean sun so I wear a t-shirt over my swimsuit along with a hat and sunglasses. But I absolutely love just wading out in the cool Caribbean water as far as I can. My husband loves laying in the sand and having the waves pummel him. We had so much fun.
I wanted to taste some real Jamaican food and part of this excursion included tapas-size portions of different types of the local dishes. The young women who worked at the beach club served us the food and drinks right at our beach chairs. We were able to sample several different dishes including jerk chicken, cole slaw, spicy sausage, flavorful fried dough, rice and vegetables in a spicy sauce. All were delicious.
We were entertained with some Jamaican dancing by young men and women in traditional costumes.
We really enjoyed our time at the Bamboo Beach Club. It has a really nice beach...
Jamaican reggae music playing under the shade trees...
Souvenirs for sale...
A walk-up bar...
Plenty of beach chairs with great views...
And friendly people...
We would highly recommend it for anyone sailing to Jamaica.
All photos were taken by my husband and me during our visit to Jamaica in November, 2017. Unauthorized use is prohibited.
