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HOTEL MOCKING BIRD HILL, PORT ANTONIO, JAMAICA

Mocking Bird Hill

Jamaica's award-winning environmentally friendly luxury boutique hotel is the perfect Jamaican holiday hideaway tucked away in the foothills of the Blue Mountains, close to Port Antonio and minutes from the beach. At Hotel Mocking Bird Hill guests can also enjoy fine cuisine in the hotel's highly acclaimed restaurant Mille Fleurs.

The rooms at Hotel Mocking Bird Hill are comfortable, elegant, and eco-chic, lovingly appointed with hand crafted bamboo furniture, locally printed fabrics and decorated with original art.

Mocking Bird Hill Hotel

You may find 265 different species of birds with over 20 endemic to Jamaica on a birdwatching vacation in Jamaica. Between the Blue Mountains and Port Antonio you can usually see almost all of the Jamaican endemics. Indeed many can be viewed at Hotel Mocking Bird Hill, which is particularly known as one of the best places to see the Black-billed Streamertail. You will discover 40 different birds on the hotel's property alone, of which two are on the endangered list: the Ring- tailed pigeon and the Black-billed Streamertail. A further two are listed on the international rare list, the Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo and the Rufous tailed flycatcher. Local experts can be arranged to accompany you during your birdwatching vacation in Jamaica.

Click here for a list of species sighted at Hotel Mocking Bird Hill.

Jamaican Tody

Email info@hotelmockingbirdhill.com or mockbrd@cwjamaica.com

Skypename: mockingbirdees

Hotel Mocking Bird Hill
P.O. Box 254
Port Antonio, Jamaica

From Europe:
Phone: 001-876-993 7134 or 001-876-993 7267
Fax: 001-876-993-713 3

From the US
Phone: 1-876-993 7134 or 1-876-993 7267
Fax: 1-876-993-713 3

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SMALL HOPE BAY LODGE, ANDROS ISLAND, BAHAMAS

Small Hope Bay Lodge

Welcome to Small Hope Bay Lodge, since 1960 we have been hosting scuba divers, birders, nature lovers, & friends at our out island getaway in the Bahamas. Let us introduce you to this unique island, from dramatic scuba diving, the best snorkeling sites, world class birding, & more. Unspoiled & virtually undiscovered. Andros Island, Bahamas is a world apart from the crowds.

yellow-crowned night heron

Ornithologist and one-time Andros resident Dr. Mike Baltz once again will offer his Birding and Ecology tours on Andros, using Small Hope Bay Lodge as base camp. This is the eighth year in a row that Dr. Baltz brings his knowledge and experience of the Andros ecology and environment to Small Hope Bay Lodge guests. In addition to daily birding outings in search of Bahamian specialties and Neotropical migrants, the week will offer opportunities to see some of the famous Andros blue holes, take boat rides into the interior of the island, and to visit the settlement of Red Bays, home of the island's best basket weavers and wood carvers. Click here for a report on the Andros Big Day and here for another report from Andros and Click here for a description of some of the birds that can be seen around Small Hope Bay Lodge

Local number (for our U.K. friends) 242-368-2014.

Toll-Free from the U.S. and Canada Direct to Andros: 800-223-6961

Small Hope Bay Lodge, P.O. Box 23324 Fresh Creek, Andros Island, Bahamas. Email Us

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VILLA TOSCA IN TOBAGO

Visit Tosca in Tobago

Tosca in Tobago, set high on a ridge overlooking Buccoo Reef and the Caribbean sea.

Located next to the Grafton bird sanctuary, Malcolm & Annie Taylors' villa traditionally designed semi-detached villa affords luxury accommodation within the secure Sanctuary Villa estate, close to Mt Irvine Bay and up the hill from the village of Pleasant Prospect, which boasts not only a fine restaurant - the Indigo, but also a bar, a shop, and an all important (but rare) cash point.

Motmot

The nearest beaches are only five minutes walk away - though the owners’ 4X4 car, which is included in the rental price, is a lazy alternative.

Our Bananaquit

Phone: 020 8749 2619 +(44) 20 8749 2619 or Email Us

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