The Green Grotto Caves
Situated on 25.9 hectares of the island's beautiful North Coast, the Caves are located between the resort centres of Ocho Rios and Montego Bay and are precisely 3.2 km from Discovery Bay to the west and 4 km from Runaway Bay to the east.
Green Grotto is 1,525 metres long and 12 metres deep and is characterised by numerous chambers and light holes and a subterranean lake - the Grotto Lake - occupies its bowels.
The caves can also be identified with that period between the two world wars where they were used by smugglers running arms to Cuba. In the latter years during the Second World War, the Government of Jamaica used the entrance of the cave as a storeroom for rum in barrels. In the 1960's Green Grotto Caves fell into the possession of the Kirkner family. Today, they are owned by the Urban Development Corporation and operated by the St Ann Development Company and the attraction is being developed to include a nature park and reserve.
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Known at various times as the Runaway
Bay Caves, Cave Hall Caves, Discovery Bay Caves, Dry Harbour Caves, Hopewell
Caves, Rum Caves and Dairy Caves, are among Jamaica's most prominent natural
attractions. They are of international repute and have been seeing visitors
since the 18th century. 
The central feature of this natural attraction
is the large labyrinthine limestone cave with its numerous rock formations,
its stalactites, stalagmites and abundance of overhead ceiling pockets.
The cave is rich in history and can be
identified with different groups of people. The first Jamaicans, the Arawak
Indians (Tainos) found shelter in the caves initially. Proof of this is
evident in the multiple fragments of pottery and adzes that are unearthed
from time to time. During the period of take-over by the English, the
caves were used as a hideout for the Spaniards who were being driven out
of the country.