Chilongolo Country Tour,
St. Ann’s Bay – Bamboo-Brown’s Town-Discovery Bay-Green Grotto Caves -Little Dunn’s River- Ocho Rios Fisherman Beach
Chilongolo Signature Country Tour Is the Ultimate opportunity to experience the REAL Jamaica. This tour takes you to places where the traditional tourist don’t dream of going, the tour starts once you board your bus, you will be given a quick briefing, then off you go to Experience Jamaica-Jamaican Style.
Chilongolo Signature Country Tour is:
- Educating
- Entertaining
- Informative
- Authentic.
There is no other tour to give you this kind of experience. Yea Mon!!
History-St Ann’s Bay
When Christopher Columbus first came to Jamaica in 1494, he landed on the shores of St. Ann’s Parish. He returned to Jamaica on his fourth voyage and was eventually marooned for one year at St. Ann’s Bay (June 1503 – June 1504), which he called Santa Gloria. A statue of Christopher Columbus is located near the town’s main traffic intersection to commemorate the discovery of the bay.
The first Spanish settlement in Jamaica was also at Sevilla la Nueva, now called Seville, just to the west of St Ann’s Bay. Established by Juan de Esquivel, the first Spanish Governor of Jamaica, St Ann’s Bay became the third capital established by Spain in the Americas. The first sugar mills were established by the Spaniards in Sevilla la Nueva before 1526. After 1655, when the English captured Jamaica, St Ann’s Bay gradually developed as a fishing port with many warehouses and wharves. The parish of St. Ann was later named after Lady Anne Hyde the first wife of King James II of England.
St. Ann’s Bay was named as the Capital of the Parish of St. Ann, largely because of its large harbour and port for shipping goods ranging from bananas to bauxite. In later years, Ocho Rios has eclipsed St. Ann’s Bay due to its rapid growth in tourism and commerce, but St. Ann’s Bay remains a popular destination for those seeking a more traditional Jamaican experience. The town features a number of well-maintained buildings in the early 20th century Jamaican vernacular tradition. Two of the oldest buildings in town are the St. Ann Parish Church and the St. Ann’s Bay Courthouse. The St. Ann Parish Church is located at the corner of Main St. and Church St. and was constructed in 1871. The St. Ann’s Bay Courthouse is located nearby and was constructed in 1860.St. Ann’s Bay is also home to Jamaica’s first prison, and is a reflection of the town’s early importance and position of authority.
One of Jamaica’s most famous citizens, Marcus Garvey, was born in St. Ann’s Bay in 1887, and a statue was erected in his honour in front of the St. Ann’s Bay Library.
History-Brown’s Town
Brown’s Town is one of the principal towns in St. Ann, Jamaica. In 1991, its population was 6,762.The town is a market and road centre in an agricultural region.Brown’s Town is located in northwest St Ann in the Dry Harbour Mountains. The town is about 12.87 km (8 mi) from the island’s north coast. The ugly fruit was first discovered in 1914 growing wild near the town.
One notable region is called Tobol ski.
Dr James Johnston who had been born in Scotland in 1851 arrived in Jamaica in 1874. He started his Jamaican Evangelical Mission in 1876. Johnston created nine churches but the base of his medical mission and his religious assemblies were in Brown’s Town. Johnston became the political representative for St Ann’s Parish before he left to explore Africa. In the 1890s he took a team of Afro-Caribbean Jamaicans to England where they were equipped themselves to complete a 20-month journey of 4,500 miles through south central Africa. Their journey was photographed and described by a book published in 1893.
Brown’s Town became significant as a market centre in the mid-19th century following the abolition of slavery.
Brown’s Town is considered the educational capital of St. Ann. Brown’s Town Community College, located in the town, offers pre-tertiary and tertiary courses from the University of Technology, Jamaica and the University of the West Indies. There are three secondary schools in Brown’s Town: Brown’s Town High School, St. Hilda’s Diocesan High School for Girls, and York Castle High School.
In Brown’s Town, there is a health centre and a public health service, as well as private medical services. The St Ann’s Bay Regional Hospital and the Alexandria Hospital also serve the town.
Popular sports in Brown’s Town include football, cricket, netball, track and field, cycling, and lawn tennis.
