Appleton Rum, YS Falls and Pelican Bar private tour

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Language: German, English, French and 1 more

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Why you’ll love this…

You'll follow your guide around the grounds of the oldest rum distillery on the island, Appleton Rum

During your visit to the YS Falls, you'll have plenty of time to go for a dip and cool off

This tour includes a boat trip to Pelican Bar, an above-water spot that's built on stilts

The experience is a private tour, meaning it has a much more laidback and bespoke feel

You'll have an expert local guide with you at all times who'll tell you all about the places you'll visit

What to expect

For an experience that's 100% Jamaica, look no further than this exclusive private excursion. A tour and tasting of the Appleton Estate rum factory gets the day off to a great start, followed by a refreshing dip in the famous YS Falls and a boat ride over to the one and only Pelican Bar.

Kick off at the Appleton Estate and you'll tour the factory that produces what many consider the finest rums in Jamaica. Learn about the distillation process, juice your own cane and, of course, taste the honey-coloured rum. On to the cascading waters of the YS Falls,...

✔Boat cruise
✔Admission fees
✔Lunch
✔Local delicacy tasting
✔Soft drinks
✔Transport
✔Driver/ guide
✔Swim stops

What to remember

This is a private tour option. When selecting this tour there will be different options depending on your group size. Please select the corresponding option in the drop down menu with your group size. E.g 2 adults, Select 2 adults and then the "Tour for 2 persons with English guide (Please select 2 adults for this option)". Guide available in English, German, Dutch & French. Maximum 7 persons can go on this private tour. As this is a private tour, you are in control. We offer a full-day itinerary which can be enjoyed at your own pace.

Not suitable for guests with reduced mobility

Bring bathing gear and sunblock

Bring a towel

Bring suitable footwear

Bring money for extras or gratuities

Not suitable for families with small children

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Based on 14 reviews from verified customers

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Great (3)

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Average (2)

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Sandra

May 2026

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 39 years old

Excellent

Fully enjoyed everything. Wendy are guide was very informative and looked after us so well. Would definitely book another one and recommend a private tour.

Nannini

July 2025

From Netherlands

Traveled as As a couple - 33 years old

Geweldige excursie met echt een top chauffeur Rhoan. Mooie plekken gezien. Tussendoor ook nog wat gegeten (lokaal) en vertelde ons veel van het gebied tijdens de rit. Heeft ook zelfstandig tijdens de excursie foto’s van ons gemaakt die hij aan het eind van de rit naar ons heeft doorgestuurd. Top dus.

Kaz

May 2025

Traveled as As a couple - 38 years old

We did the tour privately as the tui tour could not take my wheelchair. Appleton tour was fabulous, hot, but fabulous the tour guide was very knowledgeable and the rum tasting taught me alot. YS falls beautiful ?? and meal at the cafe was to die for. That lady does wonders in her hut. Didnt go to Pelican bar due to personal reasons so our driver took us for a drive through Black river to show us abit more of this side of the island. Talking about our drive excellent and knowledgeable very HAPPY

R&R

Traveled as As a couple - 34 years old

Great

Appleton was excellent, YS falls were good but not enough time there, lunch was brilliant and so was the Pattie stop. Pelican Bar was an experience an hour is long enough on it, beware of the toilet and sellers! Driver the we had was incredible so much knowledge and pride in his country, 13 hour trip was incredible start to finish highly recommend

Anke und Micha

March 2025

From Germany

Traveled as As a couple - 43 years old

Kompetende Reiseleitung ist sehr zu empfehlen. Negativ ist das wir für den deutschsprachigen Ausflug deutlich mehr bezahlen mussten als für den englischen.

Jill and Dave

February 2025

Traveled as As a couple

The paperwork said collection at 8am. We got a phone call at 6am while still in bed to say our driver was here. We left at 6.30am and thankfully we did. 6.30am really should be a standard or atleast 7am. We negotiated YS falls first and then the rum place. I wanted to enjoy the YS falls in peace - not at lunch time with hordes of people. We booked private so we could flip the itinary. Also drinking rum at 9.30am would have been too much and the. Walking on slippy rocks? YS falls should be 1st.

BECCA

November 2024

Traveled as With family - 35 years old

It was an amazing day. Uton Cunningham our guide was excellent. We couldn't have asked for a better person to show us around.

Hannah

June 2024

Traveled as With family - 9 years old

Average

The excursion itself was fantastic. However, we had to pay for the private tour in order to guarantee it would happen as it had already been rescheduled once for us and 3 times for another guest at our hotel, with TUI unable to gather enough numbers. This is not our problem and as it seems to be a regular occurrence with this tour, I would suggest not offering it to guests staying in Runaway Bay at all as it only created disappointment and resentment at having to spend extra money.

Jessica Head

March 2023

Traveled as With friends - 23 years old

Our driver was lovely made you feel very relaxed and told us what to expect and times etc. the Rum estate was definitely worth the trip, YS falls was beautiful and the food there was lovely. Driving through the mountains you got to see the real Jamaica which we loved. The pelican bar was great to go see but glad it wasn’t just that we visited as you only need a hour there to experience and the loo situation at the pelican bar is not something you want to try. Overall a fabulous day

JCP

January 2023

A little longer at YS Falls would have been nice, but it’s a long day as it is so understand why not. We really enjoyed seeing more of Jamaica, the countryside is beautiful. All 3 of the experiences were really good fun. Our guide Novelette was fantastic, made the day more interesting.

Good Day Out

December 2022

Traveled as As a couple - 19 years old

Was a good tour and the guide Kevin was amazing, he took time to tell us about the history of Jamacia and answered our questions etc we really enjoyed his company. Lunch was ok but was rushed as had to get to pelican bar so although fine wouldn’t have been my preference to eat on the go. The pelican bar itself was ok, too many people at the bar and not enough time to relax and enjoy the bar. Would recommend going though

B Henry

November 2022

Traveled as As a couple - 12 years old

We loved the private tour as we had a private guide and a nice car to ourselves but I must say we did expect a little more from each stop, free drinks etc it’s sold as a VIP tour but not so much. Lisa our tour guide was amazing and we learnt so much from her! The falls we really good but we didn’t know our way round and couldn’t find the pools ??????? so didn’t spend much time here. Could do with longer at pelican bar! Also there was miscommunication on pick up time so we were late!

Courtney

July 2022

Traveled as With family - 8 years old

we got to the arrival point we was informed by the driver that he had been waiting for us since 7 but It was booked for 8,I had paid for a private tour and this was not the case, also at the hut we was not informed before hand or before I had booked the excursion that drinks and food had to be paid for, I thought with paying over £400 we wouldn’t be cramped with so many people on the Appleton rum excursion witch was the most important for my dad on his birthday and would all be free on the day.

Anonymous

August 2021

Wow what a day, it’s worth to pay the extra to have your own driver. Lisa was our driver who was punctual, informative, nothing was too much trouble. We started off with Appleton Rum Tour which later gave me Dutch courage as it was as i ask my better half to become my wife at the Pelican Bar