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With Courtney, the $20 gets you into the park. If you want to hire one of the guides on the falls, that is extra, but our family just climbed up on our own. There were 6 of us total. We went tubing after that for $25/each, then to the Blue Hole $15 per adult and $10 per kid (plus tipping guides). Courtney took care of paying the fees and settled up at the end. He charged $35/Adult and $30/kid for the transportation. I bought him lunch and tipped a bit more at the end of the trip.

 

Courtney is a straight-forward, honest, and very pleasant guy. I'd book him again in a heartbeat.

 

If you don't mind me asking

 

He charges $20 to $25/ per person what dose that cover? how many hours ?

is $35/Adult is additional for transportation ?

 

$20 gets you in to botanical garden is that per person ?

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If you don't mind me asking

 

He charges $20 to $25/ per person what dose that cover? how many hours ?

is $35/Adult is additional for transportation ?

 

$20 gets you in to botanical garden is that per person ?

 

The prices in my post above were for having him all day as a private driver/guide for my family, and each activity was charged separately. So the $20 pp at DRF was just the admission into the park. There will be a lot of guides inside the park who will want you to pay them to escort you in a group up the falls--we skipped that and went up on our own. (Be forewarned--the group guides will get snippy with you sometimes if you're not in their group or with one of their buddies, but it's part of them trying to take care of their own little flocks usually. Also--the vendors inside the park are quite aggressive in their sales tactics as well!)

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The prices in my post above were for having him all day as a private driver/guide for my family, and each activity was charged separately. So the $20 pp at DRF was just the admission into the park. There will be a lot of guides inside the park who will want you to pay them to escort you in a group up the falls--we skipped that and went up on our own. (Be forewarned--the group guides will get snippy with you sometimes if you're not in their group or with one of their buddies, but it's part of them trying to take care of their own little flocks usually. Also--the vendors inside the park are quite aggressive in their sales tactics as well!)

 

Any idea how much were the guides charging ?

 

Plus i am planning to carry my SLR camera is it a good idea or do you get wet trying to climb the falls?

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Any idea how much were the guides charging ?

 

Plus i am planning to carry my SLR camera is it a good idea or do you get wet trying to climb the falls?

 

If I were you, I would skip the falls and go to Irie Blue hole. $10 per person and you will be one of the only few there. There are two guys that live there that personally (by hand) help you climb and take care of your family. I'm a very untrusting person by nature but I even handed the guides my brand new SLR and had them take shots of us. If they weren't holding my camera I gave it to Marvelous Marvin. At one point we also realized my husband was holding his cash in his pocket. We gave that to Marvin also and had absolutely no isses. We spent over two hours there and they treated my kids like their own. It is beautiful, private, you still get to climb up to the beautiful top area and you won't deal with the mass crowds and I think there was one vendor who made necklaces. She only spoke to us when we spoke to her and she was not pushy at all. There are also rope swings and the guys will show you all their skills and believe me... It is impressive. You are also allowed to stay there as long as you want to swim. The water is awesome. If you are a photographer in anyway I'm thinking you would rather have pictures of this instead of hundreds of peoples butts walking up the falls. :D

 

These guys also work for tips but you are already only paying half per person over the falls. Trust me, by the time you leave you will be so crazy about how good they were, you will want to tip them. If you want some pictures, email me at debbs@consolidated.net and I'll send you a few.

 

Debbie

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The price last month (Apr-2013) was $15 / person & Courtney told me that there are actually 8 guides there. He said that Omar is the main one and his father owns the access point (gate) and adjoining land ...

 

And the guides will insist on taking picutres of you ... They'll also give you a heads up to switch to video when they'r planning some crazy stunt & trust me get your video ready because you'll be amazed at how nutz those guys are.

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I am going on sept 9... He quoted me 19/pp for blue hole and 29/pp for transport but I believe bc of the reviews I am going to try it ;)

 

Which port will you dock at ?

 

for 22nd september i have received a different price

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The price last month (Apr-2013) was $15 / person & Courtney told me that there are actually 8 guides there. He said that Omar is the main one and his father owns the access point (gate) and adjoining land ...

 

And the guides will insist on taking picutres of you ... They'll also give you a heads up to switch to video when they'r planning some crazy stunt & trust me get your video ready because you'll be amazed at how nutz those guys are.

 

So $15/pp is for the guide or enterance to Blue hole ?

 

How much do you tip the guides or how much did you pay the guides at Drf

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He did say if it was less than 2 ppl it would be 39/pp but wonder why blue hole would be different?

 

Actually if it is 2 to 4 people the price is $40/pp i think he might have miss typed as the prices for blue Hole is same for every one you can confirm it with him .. is should be $15/pp

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Actually if it is 2 to 4 people the price is $40/pp i think he might have miss typed as the prices for blue Hole is same for every one you can confirm it with him .. is should be $15/pp

 

Thanks! I posted hoping more ppl will want to go and we can get a small group to go! It sounds like a great time!

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Actually if it is 2 to 4 people the price is $40/pp i think he might have miss typed as the prices for blue Hole is same for every one you can confirm it with him .. is should be $15/pp

 

My bad it is for minum 4 people $40/pp if less then 4 have to pay around $80/pp

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He did say if it was less than 2 ppl it would be 39/pp but wonder why blue hole would be different?

 

It wouldn't surprise me if they start charging more for the Blue Hole--it's been getting more popular. Courtney remarked to us that he didn't think it was going to be a "hidden gem" much longer! (Though realistically, there's only so many vehicles they can get up that road!!!!)

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quote=quercus alba;38374352]It wouldn't surprise me if they start charging more for the Blue Hole--it's been getting more popular. Courtney remarked to us that he didn't think it was going to be a "hidden gem" much longer! (Though realistically, there's only so many vehicles they can get up that road!!!!)

 

 

 

If you dont mind me asking how much Coutrney charged you and what port were u docked at ?

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quote=quercus alba;38374352]It wouldn't surprise me if they start charging more for the Blue Hole--it's been getting more popular. Courtney remarked to us that he didn't think it was going to be a "hidden gem" much longer! (Though realistically, there's only so many vehicles they can get up that road!!!!)

 

 

 

If you dont mind me asking how much Coutrney charged you and what port were u docked at ?

 

We were docked at Ocho Rios, and as I said above, in post #273,

With Courtney, the $20 gets you into the park. If you want to hire one of the guides on the falls, that is extra, but our family just climbed up on our own. There were 6 of us total. We went tubing after that for $25/each, then to the Blue Hole $15 per adult and $10 per kid (plus tipping guides). Courtney took care of paying the fees and settled up at the end. He charged $35/Adult and $30/kid for the transportation. I bought him lunch and tipped a bit more at the end of the trip.

 

Courtney is a straight-forward, honest, and very pleasant guy. I'd book him again in a heartbeat.

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If you dont mind me asking how much Coutrney charged you and what port were u docked at ?

 

We were docked at Ocho Rios, and as I said above, in post #273,

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So how many of you were with Coutrney? because he is not booking for less then 4 person :(

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