Things to do in Black River
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Canoe Tours
For a less regimented (and a more authentic) experience, you can easily hire a guide to take you upriver by canoe or boat. Ask near the bridge in town. Or, if you're continuing on to Treasure Beach, you can hire a boat there for a round-trip tour that includes a stop at the Pelican Bar and a journey up the Black River.
Midday tours are best for spotting crocodiles; early and later tours are better for birding. Take a shade hat and some mosquito repellent.
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Riverside Dock Restaurant
This midrange riverside eatery, recently renovated with a bright color scheme, serves well-prepared dishes including seafood kebabs, lobster, guava-jerked chicken and roast pork with apple sauce. Service can be slow. You can book excursions with South Coast Safaris, which operates a desk here.
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Parish Church of St John the Evangelist
Foremost among the historic structures worth checking out is the yellow-brick Parish Church of St John the Evangelist, built in 1837. The airy interior is graced by wooden porticoes and a stately balcony, while the graves around the back cemetery date from the 17th century.
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iron bridge
Immediately east of the Hendricks Building is an old iron bridge, a good spot for watching crocodiles waiting for tidbits thrown by tourists from the riverside berths. Trawlers lie at anchor immediately south of the bridge and here you can watch fish being hauled ashore onto the wharfs.
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Cloggy’s on the Beach
This beachside joint is an all-round pleaser with its relaxed vibe, great bar ambience and excellent chow. It occasionally throws well-attended beach sound-system parties; ask the bartender for the lowdown. The menu features shrimp, lobster, conch and steamed and stewed fish.
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South Coast Safaris
A number of companies in Black River offer Great Morass boat tours. South Coast Safaris, on the east side of the bridge, offers 60- to 75-minute journeys aboard the Safari Queen. The trips leave from the old warehouse on the east bank of the river.
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Bayside Restaurant
This self-proclaimed ‘pastry and pub’ is a local favorite, serving an eclectic menu of Jamaican and continental fare plus pastries. Bayside Jerk & BBQ Centre is at the rear, overhanging the sea.
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Tasty Foods
This barnlike eatery is strictly Jamaican and seriously cheap. Keep an open mind and sample the red peas and chicken foot, stew pork and, for the culinary adventurer, cow head. Dessert anyone?
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Bridgehouse Inn
Serves seafood and Jamaican dishes such as curried goat, washed down with health drinks made from beetroot juice and Irish moss. A variety of chicken dishes are also on offer.
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King Lion Reggae Centre
There are stalls by the market and a bus station selling I-tal food. The best is King Lion Reggae Centre, serving health foods and juices for under US$3.
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Hendricks Building
High St is lined with colonnaded, Georgian timber houses with gingerbread trim. At the east end is the Hendricks Building, dating from 1813.
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Produce Market
You can buy fruit, vegetables and meats at the open-air produce market, but hygiene here is questionable.
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Irie Safaris
Tours of Great Morass are offered by Irie Safaris, wharfside from a jetty just east of the bus station.
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Willows Restaurant
The fanciest place around, serving up Jamaican and continental favorites in elegant surrounds.
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St Elizabeth River Safari
Tours of Great Morass are offered by St Elizabeth River Safari, behind the Hendricks Building.
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Supermarket
There's a Supermarket in the Hendricks Building, and another one 100m north.
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