Montego Bay Highlights Tour with Shopping & Bamboo River Rafting

About

This tour packs Montego Bay's tourist checklist into five to six hours: a city highlights drive, some shopping time, and a bamboo raft ride down the Martha Brae River. The raft part is the centerpiece — a quiet pole-down a shallow jungle river on a two-person bamboo platform, which is exactly as slow and peaceful as it sounds. The highlights loop typically includes a drive through Hip Strip, a stop at a craft market, and maybe a brief pause at a lookout or rum shop depending on the guide. Shopping means you'll see straw goods, wood carvings, and coffee — mostly geared toward cruise passengers, so haggle if you're buying. The tour runs $119 and pulls five stars from 18 Viator reviews, which suggests the guides are doing their job and the pace is manageable. It's a solid half-day option if you want the river float without renting a car to get there yourself.