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film, shouting “ye-haa!” and pretending to
whip our horses.
I’m not sure we impressed the instructors
with our rhythm, but it was a spectacular
ride, and a pretty cool story to take home.
MORE ADVENTURES...
Other activities at Chukka Caribbean Adventures include:
Zion Bus Line Tours: a guided tour of key Bob Marley
locations in a rasta-style painted bus, blasting out reggae
hits at full volume along the way.
River Tubing Safari: bump and splash your way down the
White River in Ocho Rios aboard a rubber ring, through
roaring rapids and tranquil lagoons.
Dogsled Experience: the Jamaicans aren’t perturbed by
that they trotted obediently along without to Chukka Cove’s private beach. It’s a great
a lack of snow when it comes to winter sports. Find out
how they do it with a ride in their four-wheeled sleds
much interference from us riders. way to see the natural beauty of the island.
pulled by rescue dogs.
You are apparently matched to a horse Once at the beach, saddles are removed,
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based on weight and height, though after life-buoys are handed out and the fun really
having to inelegantly climb on to a very tall starts. Our horses galloped into the sea,
and athletic-looking horse by the name of plunging deeper and deeper until they were With thanks to
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Sea Breeze, I was a little sceptical. swimming.
The three-hour tour takes you cross-coun- As the guides rode around us, splashing us
try to St Ann’s Bay, the island’s former capi- with water and acting as if their horses were
tal under Spanish colonisation, through two out of control, we all began to feel as though
of Jamaica’s oldest sugar plantations and on we were the stars of some epic adventure
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