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RafJam Bed & Breakfast

3.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

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Panoramic Double Room, 1 Bedroom, River View, Overwater
Room, 1 Double Bed, Patio, River View (Africa Room) | View from room
Reception
Deluxe Cottage, Kitchenette, River View | Room amenity
Reception

Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Room service
    Room service
  • Spa
    Spa
  • Pet-friendly
    Pet-friendly
  • Bar
    Bar
  • Pool
    Pool
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk

Explore the area

Map
Red Light District, Newcastle Road, Newcastle, Saint Andrew
  • Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park
    13 min drive
  • Holywell Park
    13 min drive
  • University of Technology-Jamaica
    14 min drive
  • Kingston (KIN-Norman Manley Intl.)
    58 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Room, Multiple Beds, Garden View, Garden Area (Eischer Room )

Room, Multiple Beds, Garden View, Garden Area (Eischer Room )

Room, Multiple Beds, Garden View, Garden Area (Eischer Room )

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bed

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Room, 1 Double Bed, Patio, River View (Africa Room)

Room, 1 Double Bed, Patio, River View (Africa Room)

  • River view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

View all photos for Economy Room, 1 King Bed, River View, Mountainside (Van Gogh Room)

Economy Room, 1 King Bed, River View, Mountainside (Van Gogh Room)

Economy Room, 1 King Bed, River View, Mountainside (Van Gogh Room)

  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Exclusive Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Luxury Double Room

Luxury Double Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Deluxe Cottage, Kitchenette, River View

Deluxe Cottage, Kitchenette, River View

  • River view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Double Beds

View all photos for Panoramic Double Room, 1 Bedroom, River View, Overwater

Panoramic Double Room, 1 Bedroom, River View, Overwater

Panoramic Double Room, 1 Bedroom, River View, Overwater

  • River view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

View all photos for Deluxe Room, 1 Bedroom, River View

Deluxe Room, 1 Bedroom, River View

Deluxe Room, 1 Bedroom, River View

  • River view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Newcastle

Located in Newcastle, RafJam Bed & Breakfast is in the mountains, within a 15-minute drive of Hardwar Gap and Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park. .This bed & breakfast is 10.5 mi (16.9 km) from Bob Marley Museum and 17 mi (27.4 km) from Jamaica Beaches.
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What's nearby

  • University of the West Indies - 17 min drive - 12.4 km
  • United States of America Embassy - 20 min drive - 15.0 km
  • Bob Marley Museum - 23 min drive - 16.9 km
  • National Stadium - 24 min drive - 17.5 km
  • Jamaica House - 27 min drive - 18.8 km

Getting around

  • Norman Manley Intl. Airport (KIN) - 58 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪KFC - ‬19 min drive
  • ‪Northside Plaza Pan Chicken - ‬21 min drive
  • ‪Cafe Blue - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Thai Orchid - ‬21 min drive
  • ‪Burger King - ‬21 min drive

About this property

RafJam Bed & Breakfast

Bed & breakfast in Newcastle with free breakfast and spa services
RafJam Bed & Breakfast offers 7 accommodations. Rooms open to balconies. Televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include showers. This Newcastle bed & breakfast provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Irons/ironing boards and hair dryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on a limited basis.

Recreational amenities at the bed & breakfast include an outdoor pool.
Guests can pamper themselves by indulging in the onsite spa services. Services include Swedish massages, body wraps, body scrubs, and manicures and pedicures.
Make yourself at home in one of the 7 guestrooms. Rooms have private balconies. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and hair dryers.
Pamper yourself with onsite massages or enjoy recreation amenities such as an outdoor pool. Additional amenities at this bed & breakfast include complimentary wireless internet access and babysitting (surcharge).
Enjoy a meal at the restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the bed & breakfast's room service (during limited hours). Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily from 9 AM to 11 AM.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services and a 24-hour front desk. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours).
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 9 AM and 11 AM.
RafJam Bed & Breakfast has a restaurant on site.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • No on-site parking available
  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 9 AM–11 AM
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Room service available

Things to do

  • Outdoor pool
  • Spa services

Family friendly

  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Outdoor pool

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Housekeeping (limited)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Body scrubs
  • Body wraps
  • Manicures and pedicures
  • Massage - Swedish

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • Hairdryer (on request)
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 42-inch TV
  • TV channels

More

  • Iron/ironing board (on request)

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 40 per pet, per day

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 80.0 per day
Cribs (infant beds) are available for USD 14.0 per night

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: USD 70.00 per vehicle (one-way)
  • Pet fee: USD 40 per pet, per day
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: USD 14.0 per night
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 80.0 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

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Rafjam Bed & Breakfast Jamaica/Kingston
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RafJam Bed & Breakfast Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 27 out of 73 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 25 out of 73 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 12 out of 73 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 73 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 73 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Sherena, Miramar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

8/10 Good

Alicia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A nice getaway from the city life
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2024

8/10 Good

Locksley

Liked: Staff & service
River was good.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stella

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing experience, a little piece of paradise in the middle of the Blue mountain. Not very accessible by car. Room and amenities were great (Internet, games, TV). Food was delicious (we ordered dinner and breakfast). My best experience during the full trip.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lynn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
What a lovely visit! Beautiful, great service, "quiet" (waterfall is loud butvthats awesome), quirky, and we loved it! The proberty has some ongoing projects so be prepared to go over the gravel pile and past construction, but beyond all that is magical. The mountain and the driveway are hard going, but that's the case in Jamaica overall, and this is no exception. Have 4 wheel drive and drive carefully, and it's all cool.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A unique experience!
Quiet, secluded location, beautiful surroundings, terrific food, thoughtful staff and clean facilities. The facility is being built a section at a time and has a homey, handmade feel. Rooms are named, not numbered, and are themed (the Africa Room, the M.C. Escher Room, etc.) Rooms are spacious, comfortable and imaginatively decorated. Facilities include a spacious lounge, generous outdoor seating and a full self-service bar. The property includes several footpaths, including one to a waterfall. Highly recommended. The only challenge is getting there!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Diana

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
The property is down a steep nearly inaccessible road right off the road entering Red Light. You need 4 wheel drive. The two guys who were here were friendly enough but overly low key. I live in JA and know the slowness of things but nothing was ready for us—no towels, no soap, after booking I was told our two bedroom room only had one bed and they could provide an air mattress. Ok but give me a discount or change the room. We waited an hour past the time we wanted dinner and there was only a small assortment of snacks —no fruit nothing. The place seems surprised to have guests. The small spring fed pool with a lovely small waterfalll, the surrounding hills and lovely flora and birds are what make this place special. The restaurant and bar are rustic and charming. It just seems that having guests is a second thought.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

sandra

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We never arrived because it's off a horrible dirt road with latge pot holes and large rocks our car got stuck the tires kept spinning in the dirt and going no where You need a 4x4 vehicle to navigate that horrible unmantained dirt road Location is on a hill far away of St Andrew city area. Not close to anything that is mentioned on Expedia When we called Raf Jam to inform them that Expedia did not say anything about a dirt road or need for a 4x4 or tall vehicle get to Raf Jam and cancel reservations because out car got stuck. She was rude non shalant to call Expedia not her. When I tried calling Expedia customer Service listed I got recording in Jamaican saying call was a long distance. I would like a refund if possible. Very upsetting and poor experience Reason why I waited a few days before submitting this review. I am also requesting for Expedia Customer service to contact me.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gabrielle

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lyneth

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is beautiful lush paradise. Breakfast is amazing and delicious.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Garth

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall very good stay love the spring verses a pool met nice friendly guests owner Susan was very pleasant also
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2023

2/10 Terrible

Samantha

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was a very poor experience. It was very difficult to get through to the property and customer service was very poor!

8/10 Good

Joanne

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very cool, secluded place in a wonderful setting with wonderful hosts. Highlight of our trip!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Audrey

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing place weird people
Bad experience with susan, the owner...weird person, not doing what she said. we had to sleep in a bizar "king size" bed (two single beds with a big matelas on, hole in the middle!) with my husband and son! When i ask for an extra bed she just hin-hin me... When we check-in William said us breakfast included and when we chek out susan ask us to pay for breakfast ! In jamaica this is called hustling...bad I m very disapointed of this expérience, i came in rafjam 4 years ago and spend a great time in this amazing place but i wont come back again because of susan's attitude.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sabine

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Es ist wirklich ein schönes Fleckchen Erde. Es ist etwas schwierig zu finden , weil es schlecht beschildert ist. Mit einem tollen kleinen privaten Wasserfall. Einfach prima.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Anna

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Elisa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing place to stay! Had a great time
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Tieji

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Stacy-Ann

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is rustic and very clean! Our stay was very tranquil and peaceful. It was a pleasure falling asleep and waking up to the sound of the nearby river. The overall surrounding is very pleasing to the eyes with vegetation and nature all around. Breakfast was good and special mention must be made of perhaps the best lemonade we have had in along while!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Nienke

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff and owner Susan go above and beyond to help you out with whatever you need. Really nice people. Nice rooms too with everything you need. The food was very delicious, you can get breakfast, lunch and dinner there. The only negative things are the road that leads up to the hotel is very, very bad. Also the shower isn't great, it's a trickle. We stayed for 3 nights but 2 is probably enough because there's not that much to do around the area and the wifi is very flaky so not ideal if you want to have a quiet spot to work online from. Other than that, great place.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2021

8/10 Good

Kimya

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The property was beautifully located in the mountains right next to a running stream. The staff was very pleasant and helpful. The only negative about the property which is no fault of the facility is the road that leads there is not in a good state. Thankfully, the woman who runs RafJam is the best driver on the mountain and drove out with us to guide us and make sure we got back on the main road safely.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2020

10/10 Excellent

Riece, New York, NY

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The whole stay was great! The property is very scenic with a river pool, waterfall and walking distance to other water bodies. There are a lot of fruit trees and the customer service was great! The owner is very flexible and will alter to food choices to your meal restrictions. Would definitely go back
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2020

10/10 Excellent

Chalon

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Everything was good .cant wait to return.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2020