Ys or Mayfield

[jar77]

Which one if you had to pick?

[Oncedeported]

I thought Mayfield was great. wife and kids loved it as well. No crowds to speak of. Check out this thread for more answers.
http://negril.com/forum/showthread.p...Mayfield-or-YS

Also there are pictures of Mayfield and a description in my recent trip report

[Barb111]

How far is Mayfield from Couples Negril?

[Shaggy]

In my younger days I would have said Mayfield but you have to be in pretty good shape to do the walk through the river and falls. If you are up to it I highly recommend it. You will have a guide with you and ours was very helpful. First time we went to YS was not long after they opened to the public and we loved it. Now it's all built up and I see they even have zip lines (shudder). Still well worth seeing and you can do it as part of a South Coast trip.

[Shaggy]

Barb, according to the Mayfield Falls website it is about an hour ride from Negril which as I recall is about right. It's a beautiful ride too.

[Barb111]

Thanks, Shaggy. Trying to decide between Mayfield or going to the Blue Hole and Little Bay. Can you tell me more about the "guide" for the falls. We would be hiring a driver to bring us. Is this someone at the falls? Can you just visit on your own?

[Jenn]

Barb ~ Mayfield is more of a river walk with falls. You are in the water the whole time at Mayfield, whereas at YS, you can walk up alongside the falls on stairs. You need to be fairly agile to get through Mayfield, but it is so beautiful and peaceful. We've been to both, and I would definitely go back to Mayfield Falls. We were the only ones "on the river" at the time. The guide is from there. He carried our cameras for us in a waterproof bag and took fantastic pictures.

[Barb111]

Thanks, Jenn! That really gave me the information I was looking for.

[rellim]

Having only been to Mayfield , I can recommend it for sure kids loved it

CAUTION: if you let the guide use your camera ,put a fresh card in for the day as I forgot & he accidentally deleted about 150 pictures

The vibe was defiantly "No rush Mon"

[Jenn]

Plan on tipping your guide. To my knowledge, they work for tips. I could be wrong, but he really made our trip through the river fun!