Horizon - Belmont, Westmorland, Jamaica

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This private seaside compound in a untouristed fishing village is a favorite of artists, writers, honeymooners and adventuresome first-time visitors who come back again and again. Please click Map for enlarged view of area

Sea Ranch Cottage (cottage closest to the ocean) and Rasta Ranch Cottage sit directly on the water, with a small sandy beach just steps from your door.

Each furnished cottage features a large living/dining porch with privacy shades, a ceiling and table fanned bedroom with queen size bed, fully-equipped kitchen, private bathroom -- and unique open-air showers with reliable electric hot water, outside in a walled
garden of flowering vines.

Jamaican paintings, carvings and books abound. CD/radio players. Sea kayaks and seabed/floats. Outside grille, separate cookhouse with freezer-fridge and oven, should you wish to hire a local cook for marketing and dinner service. Or dine out at a handful of good little restaurants.

One hour from MoBay and Negril, yet off the beaten track in a traditional fishing village, Sea Ranch and Rasta Ranch at Horizon have been featured in Caribbean Travel & Life: Jamaica's Hidden Coast.

Each self-catering cottage sleeps 1-2. Children under 15 not appropriate. Housekeeper, boatmen, guides, night watchman. Dinner cook, boatmen and guides available for wherever you want to explore: YS Falls, the Blue Hole Gardens, Black River.

New seaside pavilion and jetty. Sea kayaking, snorkeling. Horseback riding nearby.

"Utterly charming" says the Lonely Planet Guide to Jamaica of Sea Ranch and Rasta Ranch, two sweet cottages in a private ocean front setting.