Traveling with Kids

Hello All-

I am taking my two boys Ages 5 & 8 to Negril for their first time! My quick JA background; I have been coming to JA for about 22yrs since I was 18 and have been pretty much all over the island and to Negril many times. We are going in May and staying at Idle Awhile cause the suites are nice and the staff is wonderful!! I am thinking of taking them to swim with the dolphins and was wondering if anyone has done this and what they thought of this. If anyone has done something cool with there kids around Negril and want to share please let me know. P.S. My boys are total water kids. We live on Chesapeake bay and they are always boating, fishing, swimming ect.

Thanks!

There was a couple with young kids when I stayed at Idle Awhile. I kept an eye on them as well when they would tend to wander down the beach:) The 1 bedroom and jr suite would both be great!

We visited the Dolphin Cove park in Ochi Rios and had a blast! Don't miss it! Your boys will love it and will always remember their time there. They will get to swim with the dolphins and see all kinds of other animals and exotic birds. You can purchase a video of the kids swimming with the dolphins. We haven't been to the one closer to Negril yet but plan to go there soon! Go and enjoy!

Traveling with kids is the BEST!! We are water people too. Try out Mayfield Falls. Go hang out at Canoe and enjoy some great food and drinks and watch the kids look for sea glass or snorkel right there off there part of the beach. Rick's is kool for cliff jumping. But the are pricey on drinks and appetizers. IMO. Our kids have been going to Jamaica since they was 3 & 5. Now they are 11 and 13. Live it up with the kiddos in Ja.!

Hi!! Ok contact Crossjamaicatours . We will take you and your kids to anyone of the major water falls or water activity , Mayfield falls, YS falls, Dunns river falls and many others not so touristic. Just give us a call (876) 3624906. We also provide airport transfert or whichever taxi services required. Just call us!!!

Make sure they know how to tell someone the name of the hotel, in case they get lost. Or better yet, put a wristband on them if they're available. When I worked the beach in Atlantic City, we've found kids miles from where their parents thought they lost them.

edit: sorry, not trying to imply that you'll lose them. Just a general comment.

Thanks all for the info!

I'm bringing my 4 almost 5 year old in April. All he really wants to do is play on the beach but he loves the water so we are going to do Mayfield Falls and we are going to do the jumpy things by margaritaville. I need to try to find a playground as well.

Please don't let them go near the water without those inflated arm-bands that keep them afloat. My kids had them (35 years ago), so I assume they still sell them. I just being paranoid I suppose; but it makes me feel better to see kids young kids wearing them.

Was there In May with my 10 year old.. took him and a friend he met to the Kool Runnings Water park- He had a ball! I know,.. I know... Can go to a water park here in the States, but just not the same when you got Reggae in the back ground..:cool:

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Thanks Honey518. That does look pretty cool.

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Originally Posted by koolbreeze

Hello All-

I am taking my two boys Ages 5 & 8 to Negril for their first time! My quick JA background; I have been coming to JA for about 22yrs since I was 18 and have been pretty much all over the island and to Negril many times. We are going in May and staying at Idle Awhile cause the suites are nice and the staff is wonderful!! I am thinking of taking them to swim with the dolphins and was wondering if anyone has done this and what they thought of this. If anyone has done something cool with there kids around Negril and want to share please let me know. P.S. My boys are total water kids. We live on Chesapeake bay and they are always boating, fishing,
swimming ect.

Thanks!

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Have you thought about going out Snorkeling with the kids? Here's a kool video of my experience...give us a call at 202 455 0648 or 876 485 4023 or you can email us for quick response www.SunbabyBoat@gmail.com

https://youtu.be/bTHXKStaGgs

We just returned from Negril a little over a week ago. We travelled with adult kids and grandchildren ages 14, 11 and 5. They all loved snorkeling at Canoe Bar and Xtabi and playing in the water at the beach. We took them to YS Falls where they loved the zipline. It's not for me but it was fun watching them. I'm sure your kids will have a great time.

I would not go swim with dolphins. I watched the doc "The Cove" and the practice of capturing the animals for that purpose is horrifying.

http://www.thecovemovie.com/

http://www.worldanimalprotection.us....mals-captivity

I knew it. Took longer than I thought....lol.

I took my two girls down last year ( ages 6 and 9) They had a blast! Search Pattison family in search to find full trip report

Thanks Oncedeported! That was a nice report.

Just returned on the 30th from 12 days with my daughters who are 3 and 8 (oldest had her birthday while we were there and Hammond's bakery made a FANTASTIC cake for her) they have been coming since little sister was in mama's tummy. They love the beach and pool far more than anything else. We try to stay someplace with a kitchen and usually eat only one meal out per day(kitchen has been invaluable as the little one isn't quite up to the "soon come" timing for food yet). Never been to Kool Runnings but I am sure they would love it too. It was closed for renovations when we were there this year so we couldn't go. The oldest loves to snorkel and there was great snorkeling from the beach at Rhodes Hall. They enjoyed Canoe Bar's steel drum show and there is a ton of seaglass on the beach there. No worries they will have a great time and it is not hard to find plenty to do.

We are bringing my 12 and 10 year old in June. Planning a "Island Tour" (Appletons and YS Falls), Cool Running Water park, and either a Cat Cruise or a Glass Bottom snorkeling trip. The rest of the time just beach and pool time. We are staying at Tree House so I am sure we will also go down to Margaritaville and use the water trampoline and slides. Just ordered us all snorkeling sets from Amazon, also going to bring a couple of inflatable rafts and a football and soccer ball. Kids also want to try (me too) the paddle boards at Tree House. It is going to be a great trip!