There are a couple of reasons I only give 2 stars for this.
The main thing I will say is that the ATV experience itself
is okay, but for the price ($115 per person), it's absurd.
We did this experience after Jamwest's reopening post-COVID,
and the information that we read about it online still shows
that they go to the beach (Salmon point). We discovered
after already paying for this experience that they no longer
go there given complaints from villagers in that area re:
the tourists. Fully recognizing this isn't explicitly the
company's fault, information needs to be updated online
immediately so customers realize up front what they are
getting (or rather AREN'T getting). We were looking forward
to swimming on a very hot day at the end of this experience
after paying extra money to our taxi man just to make it out
to Jamwest, so this was very disappointing. The other thing
is that the experience is very short, like maybe 30-40
minutes at most. Apparently the course was also
changed/shortened after COVID, because the safari experience
also had to be changed given villager complaints.
In summary (TLDR): I was very disappointed that this ATV
tour to salmon point is no longer a tour to salmon point
(and this was not evident online), it is more like a 30-40
minute ride on a circular trek for $115 per person, which
online made it seem like it was $115 for TWO PEOPLE. I would
not have paid more than $30 for this, and even with the
"free" inclusion of a trip to the mineral bath, truthfully I
would not have paid more than $50. Really wish we had
realized all these things beforehand so we could've saved
extra hassle to go all the way out to Jamwest and avoid
spending over twice what we really would have been willing
to pay (we are recent graduates with a LOT of student debt
and can't afford to drop $ on things we don't really like or
really want to do). On that note, we did also ask if they
have a student discount; we were told "it's already
discounted" (BS). Hopefully by reading this you'll know what
you are getting into; the experience itself is not bad, it
is just not even close to worth it in my opinion.
On a slightly positive note -- the guy that came with us to
the mineral bath was really nice. His name was Orlando; he
gave us some notes about other cool places to check out
while in Jamaica e.g. the blue hole in Negril (very cool
place).
