Explore Live Cams in Jamaica

Jamaica is the third-largest island in the Caribbean, covering about 4,240 square miles (10,991 km²) south of Cuba. Its name comes from the Taíno word Xaymaca, often translated as land of wood and water, and it lives up to it, with forested mountains, rushing rivers and waterfalls inland and white sand beaches along the coast.

Its most famous natural landmark is the Blue Mountains, where Blue Mountain Peak rises about 7,402 feet (2,256 m), part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site with the John Crow Mountains. Near Falmouth, the Luminous Lagoon glows blue-green at night when the water is stirred. The doctor bird, a hummingbird with long tail streamers, is the national bird.

The rugged limestone hills of Cockpit Country are full of caves and rare plants, and the Jamaican iguana, once thought extinct, was rediscovered in the Hellshire Hills in 1990. Manatees graze in coastal lagoons, and American crocodiles live in the mangroves of the south coast.

Did You Know? The Homerus swallowtail, the largest butterfly in the Americas with wings up to 6 inches (15 cm) across, lives only in the mountains of Jamaica.

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