Where to Stay in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica for Treasure Beach Hook 'n' Line Canoe Tournament

Treasure Beach's fishing community stages its traditional hook-and-line canoe tournament with a beach village, live music and fresh-catch cook-outs across the bays.

If you're travelling to St. Elizabeth for Treasure Beach Hook 'n' Line Canoe Tournament, this guide covers the essentials: where international visitors should stay, how to get to Calabash Bay & Frenchman's Bay, Treasure Beach, and how to build a proper Jamaica trip around the event.

Event details

• What: Treasure Beach Hook 'n' Line Canoe Tournament
• When: August 7–9, 2026 (recurring annual event — 2026 dates to be confirmed)
• Where: Calabash Bay & Frenchman's Bay, Treasure Beach, Treasure Beach
• Parish: St. Elizabeth
• Who's coming: Fishing crews, community tourism visitors and repeat guests
• Category: Sports
• Rental demand: High

Why international travelers should attend

St. Elizabeth rewards visitors who come for more than a beach chair. Treasure Beach Hook 'n' Line Canoe Tournament 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.

St. Elizabeth travel guide

Where to stay

Treasure Beach — Calabash Bay, Frenchman's Bay, Billy's Bay and Great Pedro — is the accommodation heart of the south coast: community-run, villa-heavy and unhurried. Black River suits travellers doing the safari and YS Falls, and the Malvern hills offer cool nights 20 minutes inland.

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Getting around

Fly into Sangster International (MBJ) — about 2 to 2.5 hours south, or Norman Manley (KIN) at roughly 3 hours west. A rental car is close to essential here: the south coast is spread out and there is no ride-share.

Food & nightlife

Jack Sprat for pizza and conch, Jake's for sunset dinners, Middle Quarters pepper shrimp from the roadside, and Little Ochie down the coast. Nights are bonfires, dominoes and a slow rum.

Things to do before or after Treasure Beach Hook 'n' Line Canoe Tournament

• Floyd's Pelican Bar — A stilted bar on a sandbar half a mile out to sea.
• YS Falls — Seven tiers of spring-fed cascades, rope swings and zipline.
• Black River Safari — Pontoon boats through the island's largest mangrove wetland.
• Appleton Estate — 265 years of rum-making in the Nassau Valley, with tastings.
• Lover's Leap — A 1,700-foot cliff and one of Jamaica's great coastal views.
• Bamboo Avenue — Two miles of road canopied by giant bamboo.

Book your St. Elizabeth stay with ProHomesJA

We manage Airbnb Superhost-rated homes across Treasure Beach, Black River, Malvern & Bluefields side — the exact areas you want for Treasure Beach Hook 'n' Line Canoe Tournament. Whole-home rentals, professionally cleaned, with local support on WhatsApp.

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