Kissing the sky over the eastern half of Jamaica, the Blue Mountains throw the rest of the island into sharp relief. Barely an hour from Kingston, the region's slopes and fern forests seem light-years ...

The Blue Mountains rise outside of Kingston to 7,402 feet at Blue Mountain Peak, our destination. Our goal: To reach the summit to see the sunrise. The Jamaica Tourist Board told us we were the first ...

PHOTO: Jamaica's Blue Mountain has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. (Courtesy of Jamaica Tourist Board) Jamaica's Blue and John Crow Mountains were designated World Heritage Sites Tuesday ...

When I set out to climb Blue Mountain, I was hoping to flesh out my mountaineering resume. I had scaled peaks in every increment of 1,000 from Mount Tom (1,201 feet) to Kilimanjaro (19,341), with ...

Jamaica's government is taking steps to ensure the development of the recently named Blue and John Crow Mountains UNESCO World Heritage Site for visitors and residents, said Portia Simpson Miller, ...

I step out of the airport into the tropical night to find myself alone in Jamaica. There are cab drivers galore and one guy with a sign that bears a name that's not mine. I walk a while through the ...

The prestigious World Heritage site designation is also the first “mixed-heritage” site for the Caribbean sub-region. The site is one of only 32 mixed-heritage sites, taking in cultural and natural ...