Chukka Caribbean Adventures Opens New Park in Jamaica

The tourism sector in Jamaica has received a major boost with the addition of a new nature adventure park in Sandy Bay, Lucea. The US$2 million facility has been developed by Chukka Caribbean Adventures.

Jamaica minister of tourism, Edmund Bartlett, declared the attraction officially open earlier during a ribbon cutting ceremony.

He was supported by John Byles, executive director of Chukka, and Marc Melville, chief executive, after which the group toured the seaside facility, which sits on 26 acres.

Chukka Ocean Outpost Sandy Bay, joins the list of attractions operated by the company in Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Turks & Caicos, Belize and more recently, Barbados.

Also of special interest to minister Bartlett was that the park was enabling more of the island’s tourism workers laid off by the shutting down of the tourism industry some nine months ago, due to Covid-19, to return to work.

He projects that the current winter tourist season will peak at about 40 percent of what it was last year and provide more jobs.

The project was undertaken by Chukka working in collaboration with the Tourism Product Development Company (TPDCo), Jamaica Tourist Board (JTB), Hanover Municipal Corporation and the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), who provided guidance in ensuring a sustainable and environmentally friendly facility.