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Untamed

Guided since 2008 · Blue Mountains and the north coast

Eight on a trip, two guides, and the grade is on the tin

A walker on a ridge above a green valley

Walking, paddling and climbing trips across Jamaica, graded honestly so you can tell before you book whether you are fit enough. Every departure below has places left on it.

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Every departure
Sat 19 Sep Holywell day walk, SaturdayGrade two. Three places left. Meet at Irish Town, half past six. USD 95.00 Sat 26 Sep Rio Grande paddleGrade three. Five places left. Transport from Kingston included. USD 165.00 Sat 3 Oct Blue Mountain Peak, overnightGrade four. Two places left. Up at one in the morning for the sunrise. USD 285.00 Fri 9 Oct Reach Falls morningGrade one. Six places left. Back in Kingston by four. USD 120.00 Wed 21 Oct Cockpit Country, three daysGrade five. Four places left, and we will ring you before confirming. USD 640.00 Wed 28 Oct Holywell, night walk and campGrade two. Eight places. Head torches provided, and the sky is the whole point. USD 140.00

The trips

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285.00 Blue Mountain Peak, overnightGrade four. Up in the dark for sunrise at 2,256 metres, down the same day. Twelve miles, 1,200 metres of ascent, and the hardest hour is... 95.00 Holywell day walkGrade two. Five miles of forest trail with a lot of stopping to look at things. The trip we send people on first. 165.00 Rio Grande, paddledGrade three. A full day on the water with two portages. You will get wet and you do not need to have paddled before. 640.00 Cockpit Country, three daysGrade five. Camping, no phone signal, and terrain that is genuinely hard going. We will ask what else you have done before we take the booking. 120.00 Reach Falls and the coastGrade one. A morning, a swim, and lunch. Suitable for anybody who can walk a mile on uneven ground. — Private trip, your groupAny of the above for your own group of up to eight, on a date you pick. Priced on the trip and the number of you.

Grading, honestly

We would rather lose the booking than carry you off a ridge

Grade one is a morning. Grade five will hurt, and we will ask what else you have done.

Every trip on this site carries a grade, a distance, an ascent and an honest sentence about what the hardest hour is like. If you book a grade four and tell us the longest walk you have done is an hour on the flat, somebody will ring you and suggest a different trip. That call has happened about forty times and nobody has ever been annoyed by it.

Who we are

People on a trip
8
Guides on every one
2
Trips we talk people out of
1 in 5
Guiding since
2008
6 photographs

The guides

Andre Blake

Andre Blake

Lead guide, founder

Started the company in 2008. Has been up the Peak more than four hundred times and still goes on his days off.

Simone Palmer

Simone Palmer

Guide, water

Runs the paddling trips and the swift water rescue training for the rest of us.

Wayne Douglas

Wayne Douglas

Guide, multi-day

Cockpit Country and everything with a camp in it. Carries the heaviest pack and never mentions it.

Kadine Rose

Kadine Rose

Guide, bookings

Makes the telephone call when somebody has booked the wrong grade. Has never once had it go badly.

What people say afterwards

4.75 out of 5 · 8 reviews
They rang me before confirming because I had booked a grade too high. Right call.
· 5/5
Two guides for six of us and one walked at the back the whole time.
· 5/5
Never paddled before. Nobody made me feel stupid about it.
· 5/5
Grade five is genuinely hard. Believe the page.
· 4/5
Weather turned and they moved the date the evening before, no argument.
· 5/5
Eight people, not eighteen. You can actually hear the guide.
· 5/5
Boots and a waterproof are on you. Everything else was theirs.
· 4/5
The kit list saved me about two hundred dollars of things I did not need.
· 5/5

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Before you book

Grades, kit, weather and what happens if it goes wrong.

What do the grades mean?
One is a morning on easy ground. Three is a full day and most people should start there. Five involves camping and terrain that is genuinely hard. Every trip page carries the distance, the ascent and an honest sentence about the hardest hour.
What if I book the wrong grade?
Somebody will ring you. About one enquiry in five ends with us suggesting a different trip, almost always an easier one, and it has never once gone badly.
What is included in the price?
Transport from the meeting point, permits, food on the trip, and both guides. Not included: your boots, your own insurance, and anything alcoholic.
Why two guides on every trip?
So one can stay with somebody who is struggling while the trip continues, and so a decision to turn back is never one person’s alone. It is expensive and it is not negotiable.
What happens if the weather turns?
We move the date or refund you in full, and we make that call the evening before rather than at the trailhead. Twice in eighteen years we have turned back partway and refunded half.
Do I need my own kit?
Boots and a waterproof, yes. Tents, packs, head torches and everything technical are ours. The kit list page says what to skip as well as what to bring.
Can you do a private trip?
Yes, any trip for your own group of up to eight on a date you pick. Priced on the trip and the number of you, and the eight-person cap still applies.

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Eight places, two guides

Tell us the hardest thing you have done and we will tell you the right trip

Not the fittest you have ever been. The hardest walk, paddle or climb you have actually finished, and when. That one sentence is all we need.

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Field notes

Everything
17 Sep 2026 The day we turned back at the ridgeEight people, one decision, and why nobody argued. 17 Sep 2026 Boots, honestlyWhat works in this heat and humidity, and why the expensive waterproof ones are often wrong. 17 Sep 2026 The kit list, and what you can skipEleven things that matter and about nine the shops will try to sell you. 17 Sep 2026 How we grade a tripDistance, ascent, terrain and the hardest hour. Why the fourth one is the honest part. 17 Sep 2026 What the weather actually does, month by monthWritten from eighteen years of trip logs rather than from an almanac.

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5 Newcastle Road
Irish Town, Saint Andrew

+1 876 944 7231

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