Fishing Boats are available on charter. Game fish include Blue Marlin, Sailfish, Wahoo, Dolphin and Tuna. Several invitational tournaments are held each year. Jamaica's national flower is the lignum-vitae, a blue flower which blooms on a tree of the same name. See our cultural calendar for a listing of exhibitions .
Foods Highly spiced foods are the hallmark of Jamaican cuisine.
A hot peppery sauce is always available. Geography Having an surface area of 4,411 square miles, Jamaica is the third largest island in the Caribbean. This is a country of mountains and plateau, plains and rivers, mineral springs and no harmful animal life. Half of the country rises more than 1,000 feet above sea level with the highest point culminating in the Blue Mountain Peak at 7,402 feet. At its longest, the island is 145 miles and 52 miles at its widest.