Location: Sheffield Road, 2 miles (5 km) East of Negril
Open: 9am-6pm daily
Tel: 876 364 7407
Open: 9am - 6 pm
Royal Palm Reserve is a protected biosphere along Sheffield Road, 2 miles (5 km) East of Negril in Jamaica. It covers a total ara of 289 acres and managed by Negril Area Environmental Protection Trust (NEPT). Royal Palm Reserve protects second largest wetland in the country of Great Morass. Numerous rare plants, animals and birds find refuge here. You can explore this park by walking along boardwalks. It is legal to fish here in the small lakes and streams within a reserve. Do get to Royal Palm Reserve you need to take Sheffield Rd east of Negril and travel for about 6km and turn left after the golf course. Royal Palm Reserve is home to 6 native bird species, which include the Jamaican woodpecker, Jamaican oriole, Jamaican euphonia, Jamaican parakeet, and the endemic endangered West Indian whistling duck along with about 16 other species that come to nest here.