Roots & Culture
Immerse your spirit in what is truly Jamaican...
 

- Experience the beat of Jamaica - participate in traditional Nyabinghi drum circles.
- Visit the top reggae artists and studios in Jamaica.
- Enjoy the traditional foods of Jamaica - akee, jerk chicken, sour sop, tropical fruits, fresh Jamaican 
    fish, and Ital (vegetarian) foods, many which are organic.
- Travel with Jamaican Rastafarian teachers and healers,into the pulse of their simple lifestyle.
- Evening feasts and fire ceremonies under the moon lit Caribbean sky.
- Beachtime fun and frolic.

(left) Jamba teaches Brian about the folklore of Jamaican plants.
(right) Dr. 'Z' and Jamba show their bounty of wildcrafted herbs destined for bush tea.
 

Botanical Medicine
Open your mind to new knowledge of healing with herbs...

- Meet Bush doctors, Blue Mountain farmers, Maroon medicine people, and university-trained
   ethnobotanists - our guides in learning about Jamaican herbal medicine.
- Visit herb farms, Castleton Botanical Gardens, University of West Indies, and see native plant
   species in their rainforest habitat.
- Gather wild herbs, roots, and foods to prepare culinary feasts.
- Make salves, extracts, tinctures, and Jamaican roots to carry home with you.

(left) Looking up at the mammoth Tackee Falls in St. Mary, Jamaica. (right) Ecotourists penetrate deep into the rainforest.

Natural & Rainforest Excursions
Feel your body relax in the beauty of the rainforest...

- Hike deep into tropical rainforests and discover the magic of the plant and animal species.
- Bathe under majestic waterfalls, unknown to the outside world amidst the tropical beauty of the rainforest.
- Soothe your muscles and elevate your spirits in tropical hot springs.
- Enjoy yoga, meditation, and receive diagnostic and herbal consults with naturopathic and medical experts.
- Explore Black Sand Beaches and hiking along the stunning beauty of the north coast of Jamaica.
- Explore the coral reef and learn how to fish "Jamaican stylee".
- Sacred excursion to Blue Mountain National Forest and Peak (ten-day trip only).

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