Photo: Christopher from Salem, OR, USA (CC BY-SA 2.0)
A self-guided audio tour of Ocho Rios, on Jamaica's north coast, in two parts. On foot from the cruise pier: Reynolds Pier, built from the late 1940s to ship bauxite brought by overhead conveyor from the mines at Lydford; the remains of Fort Ocho Rios, whose guns made an enemy ship pass the harbour by in 1795; Island Village; and the bay beach, made from land reclaimed after Edward Seaga's proposal of 1967. Then the town centre: Turtle River Park on the site of the old bus park, the Clock Tower at the meeting of three roads, and Our Lady of Fatima Church, dedicated in 1975. By taxi into the limestone hills: Shaw Park Gardens on the old estate, Konoko Falls on the Milford River, the shaded road through Fern Gully, and the travertine terraces of Dunn's River Falls, where tradition places a battle of 1657 between Spanish and English troops. The town centre is a short walk from the cruise pier; the hill stops are a taxi ride.
12 narrations, yours to keep — no subscription, no expiry. Works offline once downloaded, and if it isn’t for you we’ll refund it.
Going somewhere with no signal? Put the guide on your home screen first, then download it from that icon while you are on wi-fi — that way you download once, and it works in airplane mode with no roaming charges. Show me the order →
Every claim in this tour traces back to a named source — excavation records, the heritage authority for the site, and the primary texts themselves. Nothing is copied from other guidebooks, and anything we can't source doesn't make the recording.
Each stop is built from OpenStreetMap · 31 features in this old town (the field-surveyed mapping database behind Apple Maps), Wikidata · 1 cross-referenced entries (peer-reviewed structured records), the heritage authority below, and the primary historical texts where they exist.
Cross-referenced against Modern excavation publications · academic peer-review.
Every sentence is checked against those sources before it is recorded. If a claim can't be traced, it doesn't make the audio.
Every tour is reviewed by a person before it goes on sale. Stop selection, the route and anything ambiguous come back to the editor for a decision, and those questions routinely send a stop back for another accuracy pass. Nothing publishes on a machine’s say-so.
Spot anything inaccurate? Email [email protected] — fixed in the next pass.
Ocho Rios Cruise Pier, Reynolds Pier, Fort Ocho Rios, Island Village.
Ocho Rios Bay Beach, Turtle River Park, Ocho Rios Clock Tower, Our Lady of Fatima Church.
Shaw Park Gardens, Konoko Falls and Coyaba Gardens, Fern Gully, Dunn's River Falls.
The deep-water berth built for bauxite carried by overhead conveyor from Lydford; Reynolds shipped its first cargo here in 1952.
Four surviving cannons on the sea wall of the fort whose guns, in 1795, made an enemy vessel pass the harbour and attack Mammee Bay instead.
A broad white-sand beach made from land reclaimed from the bay after 1967, with sand dredged from beyond the barrier reef.
A former bus park turned public garden in 2004, with live turtles sunning themselves on the rocks beside its pond.
A winding gorge road about three miles long, cool and shaded under ferns, said to follow a riverbed left dry after the 1907 earthquake.
Travertine terraces built up by spring water on its way to the sea, climbed by visitors through the flowing water, often in a human chain.
Tap "Start Walking Tour" and allow location access. The map shows all 12 narration points.
Follow the suggested route or explore freely. GPS tracks your position. Reach a site and the narration plays automatically.
Each site has its own narration. 12 narration points.
Narrations play when you reach each site. No buttons, no track numbers. Walk naturally — the stories find you.
Premium narration that sounds like a documentary. Warm and knowledgeable, not a textbook reading.
Every narration is drafted, cross-checked against primary sources, then passed through a second editorial pass that strips unsupported claims. Dates, names, and citations verified.
See all narration points on the map. Tap any point to hear it early or replay it later.
Every narrated point in Ocho Rios — the Bay, the Falls and the Garden Parish, each with its own narration.
Spend an hour or a full day. Skip sites, revisit favourites, take breaks. The tour adapts to you.
12 narration points, including Ocho Rios Cruise Pier, Reynolds Pier, Fort Ocho Rios, Island Village and Ocho Rios Bay Beach. That is about 16 minutes of narration in all, and you walk between the stops at your own pace.
Yes. It plays in your phone’s browser as you walk: no guide, no group, no app to install and no fixed start time.
Three ways, all built in:
The map-tap option means you can stand anywhere — even at home before you travel — and play any narration. GPS just makes it hands-free while you’re actually walking the site.
No. Use the “Download for offline” button before you go, and the entire tour — audio, maps, narration text — works without any data connection. Tap-to-play and the map both work fully offline. GPS itself doesn’t need data; only the download does.
Add the icon first, then download from the icon. On iPhone a guide downloaded in Safari cannot be seen by the home screen icon, so downloading first means downloading the whole thing twice.
Putting it on your home screen — iPhone or iPad (Safari):
On Android (Chrome): tap the three-dot menu at the top right, tap Add to Home screen (some phones say Install app), then confirm. On Android either order works.
If you opened this link from inside Instagram, Facebook or Gmail, you are in that app’s built-in browser. It cannot add anything to your home screen, and a guide downloaded there is thrown away when the app closes. Open the link in Safari or Chrome first.
Two backstops. First, the map shows every site — just tap the marker for the place in front of you. Second, you can manually queue any narration even when GPS is off. The platform never assumes GPS works; it’s the convenience layer, not the gate.
The audio runs ~1–2 hours total, but you walk at your own pace. 12 narration points across the site. Most visitors take 2–4 hours; some spread it over multiple visits. Once you buy it, it’s yours — there’s no expiry and no subscription. Come back next year if you like; the link in your receipt always works.
One purchase covers one device session. Most couples share earbuds and use a single phone — the audio is paced for that. If you want everyone listening on their own device, each person needs their own purchase. We do not gate sharing aggressively; we trust visitors to do the right thing.
Full refund if you never trigger a single narration on-site. Partial refund based on how far you got. See the refund policy for specifics.