J. Charles Swaby's Black River Safari

The original crocodile boat up the Great Morass, running since 1987

Address 1 Crane Road, Black River
Email [email protected]
Phone +1 876 965 2513
Website blackriversafari.com
WhatsApp +1 876 883 9215
Book on WhatsApp

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The first operator on the river, running since 1987, taking boats about four miles up the Black River Great Morass — Jamaica's largest wetland, and the stronghold of what is left of the island's American crocodile population.

The crocodiles are genuinely wild and genuinely there, although some have learned which boats carry chicken. You also get mangrove, egrets and the particular quiet of a river the colour of strong tea, stained by peat rather than silt.

Mornings are better than afternoons for wildlife and for light. Their landline has been down; the WhatsApp number is the one they push.

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