Where to Stay in Clarendon, Jamaica for Boxing Day at Rocky Point & Jackson Bay

Clarendon's south coast fills for Boxing Day — fresh fish off the boats, beach cook-outs and sound systems on the sand.

If you're travelling to Clarendon for Boxing Day at Rocky Point & Jackson Bay, this guide covers the essentials: where international visitors should stay, how to get to Rocky Point & Jackson Bay fishing beaches, and how to build a proper Jamaica trip around the event.

Event details

• What: Boxing Day at Rocky Point & Jackson Bay
• When: December 26, 2026 (recurring annual event — 2026 dates to be confirmed)
• Where: Rocky Point & Jackson Bay fishing beaches, Rocky Point
• Parish: Clarendon
• Who's coming: Local families, Kingston day-trippers and diaspora visitors
• Category: Entertainment
• Rental demand: Low

Why international travelers should attend

Clarendon rewards visitors who come for more than a beach chair. Boxing Day at Rocky Point & Jackson Bay draws a genuinely international crowd, and the parish is set up for exactly this kind of trip — a Superhost-managed rental market that beats stacking hotel rooms, and enough to see and eat to justify extra nights on either side of the event.

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Where to stay

May Pen is the parish capital and the practical base — an hour from Kingston on Highway 2000 and central to everything in Clarendon. Milk River is the wellness corner, built around the mineral bath. Rocky Point and Jackson Bay are fishing-village coast, and Frankfield climbs north into cool citrus and coffee country.

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Getting around

Fly into Norman Manley International (KIN) — about an hour to May Pen on Highway 2000 — or Sangster (MBJ) at roughly 2.5 hours. Rent a car: Clarendon is a wide agricultural parish and its best spots are spread far apart.

Food & nightlife

Curry goat and mannish water at May Pen market, fresh fish at Rocky Point and Jackson Bay, Denbigh show-ground food fairs in season, and low-key country bars rather than clubs.

Things to do before or after Boxing Day at Rocky Point & Jackson Bay

• Milk River Bath — One of the world's most radioactive mineral spas, in use since 1794.
• Denbigh Showground — Home of Jamaica's national agricultural show and year-round events.
• Rocky Point & Jackson Bay — Working fishing beaches with the freshest seafood in the parish.
• Halse Hall Great House — A 17th-century estate house on the plains outside May Pen.
• Bull Head Mountain — The geographic centre of Jamaica — a proper country hike.
• Alley & St. Peter's Church — 1671 church and sugar-era ruins on the southern plain.

Book your Clarendon stay with ProHomesJA

We manage Airbnb Superhost-rated homes across May Pen, Milk River, Rocky Point & Frankfield — the exact areas you want for Boxing Day at Rocky Point & Jackson Bay. Whole-home rentals, professionally cleaned, with local support on WhatsApp.

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