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In addition, your whistle-toting local guides also serve as traffic patrol. Located at the front and rear of the group, the guides whistle to alert riders of an occasional approaching vehicle. With a song-filled and culturally eye-opening stop at the Cascade Primary and Junior High School, your descent is complete.

Negril

Known as one of the world's most beautiful beaches, Negril is teeming with resorts. However, this pristine natural wonderland is also home to endless activities and a Caribbean rarity - an extreme biking operator.

Extreme Biking

Joan Diaz-Balart of CBS This Morning calls Rusty's X-cellent Adventures, "The world's ultimate mountain biking adventure!" Small groups, custom-tailored itineraries, and trails geared towards the soft adventurer and the truly insane are among Rusty's tops offerings. A mere $25 secures a water bottle, helmet, and guide for two hours. Add $10-$15, and you'll get a front or full suspension bike. Visit Rusty's site for additional information at http://www.nyws.com/rusty.

Activities

The Roaring River area is home to numerous attractions including refreshing streams, the Roaring River Cave, and a tourist-friendly organic herb and spice farm.

Cockpit Country

One step down from extreme hiking is a trip to Cockpit Country. Huge underground caverns and enormous sinkholes give this rugged terrain a honeycombed appearance. The area's eroding limestone surface covers underwater caverns creating brittle surfaces ripe for cave-ins. However, for the hiker, this landscape creates a challenging, and at times, dangerous, guide-required adventure.

To add to the area's intrigue, most of its inhabitants are Maroon descendents. Original Maroons escaped British and Spanish slavers and sought refuge in this brutal environment. Here, they created culturally-rich communities that survive even today.

One such community, and a jumping off point for exploration, is Accompong. Mr. Harris Cawley (809-909-9222) is your ticket into this community and main source of guided exploration. After securing a guide, you're off on a two-hour hike to the Peace Caves, where Cudjoe, a legendary Ashanti leader, signed a treated with the British.

To bypass Mr. Cawley, contact Countrystyle Limited (809-962-3725) or one of many Cockpit Country operators. Located at the Astra Hotel, Countrystyle specializes in alternative travel for nature lovers. Their Cockpit Country tour offers cultural and environmental information via a hands-on, meet-the-people approach.

St. Elizabeth

Due to its long-standing reputation as a poor farming area, St. Elizabeth has escaped the long arm of high-volume tourism. Rather than resort-wielding, concrete jungles, adventurers will find cascading waterfalls, lush flora and fauns, undeveloped

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