I read some reviews online just raving about how fun their Orville Taylor tour was. He even has a website which makes it really convenient to arrange ahead of time. All he needs is a name and a date and some idea of what you want to do. He even has a description of the tours available. One thing you should understand is that many of the activities available are handled by "Outfitter groups" that handle getting the equipment ready for you and require payment (and tips) seperate from Orville. Our group did a trip up the mountain to take pictures, the Dunn's river Falls tour and Tubing tour. The Dunn's river falls does not require a tour guide but many of the tourist come in a large group with several guides who make you hold hands and herd you up the falls. If you are even half-way physically fit it is a very easy climb and an awesome experience. Only cost $15 dollars per person. If I were to do it again, I would allow time to go up twice in a row. It was a blast. One member of our group even brought her $300 dollar digital camera all the way up the falls with her. We got some great pictures. We were all carefully to help her not get in too deep of water. The deepest it got was chest high. If you have a problem with the high pressure sales tactics of the locals I would suggest staying to the left through the exit gates when you leave Dunn's river. They try to route you on the right side through a maze of trinket salepeople. The tubing was $20 per person. This is really fun but too short in my estimation but I would still do it again. Again there is some pressure to by wood carving and trinkets then they take you to a 15 foot drop of by the bank where you can jump off into the river as many times as you like. A couple brave guys in our group did this. Looked fun but I didn't want to loose my suit on the way in. That's the other thing, wear swim suits under your clothes if you want to do those tours and bring a towel. We just stripped down to our suits for both tours and then dried off and put our clothes back on before we got back in the bus. The nice part booking Orville is you can do exactly what your group want to do and take as long as you want. One heads up, Ask what Orvilles price is for the first, say 3 hours and then ask how much for say 5 hours and how much for more than 5 hours. We were thinking it was a flat rate no matter what the time which is not the case. But he was still reasonable considering the convenience factor.
Courtney Taylor?
in Jamaica
Posted
I read some reviews online just raving about how fun their Orville Taylor tour was. He even has a website which makes it really convenient to arrange ahead of time. All he needs is a name and a date and some idea of what you want to do. He even has a description of the tours available. One thing you should understand is that many of the activities available are handled by "Outfitter groups" that handle getting the equipment ready for you and require payment (and tips) seperate from Orville. Our group did a trip up the mountain to take pictures, the Dunn's river Falls tour and Tubing tour. The Dunn's river falls does not require a tour guide but many of the tourist come in a large group with several guides who make you hold hands and herd you up the falls. If you are even half-way physically fit it is a very easy climb and an awesome experience. Only cost $15 dollars per person. If I were to do it again, I would allow time to go up twice in a row. It was a blast. One member of our group even brought her $300 dollar digital camera all the way up the falls with her. We got some great pictures. We were all carefully to help her not get in too deep of water. The deepest it got was chest high. If you have a problem with the high pressure sales tactics of the locals I would suggest staying to the left through the exit gates when you leave Dunn's river. They try to route you on the right side through a maze of trinket salepeople. The tubing was $20 per person. This is really fun but too short in my estimation but I would still do it again. Again there is some pressure to by wood carving and trinkets then they take you to a 15 foot drop of by the bank where you can jump off into the river as many times as you like. A couple brave guys in our group did this. Looked fun but I didn't want to loose my suit on the way in. That's the other thing, wear swim suits under your clothes if you want to do those tours and bring a towel. We just stripped down to our suits for both tours and then dried off and put our clothes back on before we got back in the bus. The nice part booking Orville is you can do exactly what your group want to do and take as long as you want. One heads up, Ask what Orvilles price is for the first, say 3 hours and then ask how much for say 5 hours and how much for more than 5 hours. We were thinking it was a flat rate no matter what the time which is not the case. But he was still reasonable considering the convenience factor.