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Margaritaville Hip-Strip and Great River Rafting Private Tour

water

2.5h

mixed

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Margaritaville Hip-Strip and Great River Rafting Private Tour is a water activity in Jamaica rated 4.8/5 by 246 Viator travelers; from about $20 per person; lasts 2.5 hours.

About

This 2.5-hour private tour from Montego Bay pairs bamboo rafting on the Great River with a stop at Margaritaville on the Hip Strip. The rafting portion is the gentler of Jamaica's river runs — you're poled downstream on a two-person raft by a guide, with a pause for a limestone foot rub in the shallows, which is exactly what it sounds like. It's scenic, not thrilling. After the river, you're dropped at Margaritaville, the beachfront bar-restaurant on Gloucester Avenue where tourists in bikinis drink frozen daiquiris next to a waterslide. It's loud, it's air-conditioned inside, and the menu is burgers and jerk chicken. The tour has a 4.8 rating across 246 reviews, so the execution is consistent. Prices start at $20 per person, though that's typically a deposit — confirm what's included with your operator before booking.

At a glance

Category: water
Duration: 2.5 hours
Price: $20
Minimum age: None
Intensity: ●●○○○
Setting: mixed
Booking partner: viator
Product ID: 345266P8

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