Martha Brae River Rafting


Martha Brae River Rafting
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Rafting on Jamaican rivers is another adventure you should add in your long list of things you should do and places to visit. It is definitely a unique and exotic getaway to soothe and relax your ever stressed nerves. The new experience will add life to the usual monotony of sight seeing you do whenever you visit and tour different places.

If you would like to try a new river adventure in Jamaica, you should go for Martha Brae rafting. Rafting in the Martha Brae is unique because the locals use thirty feet bamboo rafts with seats also made of bamboos to tour visitors in a three mile ride. You will surely enjoy the river adventure because of the native feel of the bamboo raft and the views of the river banks.

The river is just one of the many options you have when you go to Jamaica. But when you have already stayed in resorts or hotels in Ocho Rios or Montego Bay, a Martha Brae river visit is simply hard to miss. Many tourists are intrigued by the tales and legends surrounding Martha Brae. According to the legends and what the locals know, there was once a witch who was captured by the Spanish conquistadores because she apparently knew the place where the treasures and gold were hidden. The witch led the Spanish soldiers to a cave where she left them and used her powers so that the river engulfed them and eventually killed them. After this, the witch changed the course of the river so that no person will eventually be killed by their greed for the treasure.

If you are interested to experience the Martha Brae rafting adventure, it is highly recommended that you take the river tour with a special someone. The tranquility and romantic mood of the place will make the two of you even closer. Try the adventure when you visit Jamaica and you surely would not regret the experience.

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