An Idyllic Jamaican Escape

Sierra La Mar Villa, Culloden By-The-Sea, Whitehouse, South Coast, Jamaica.

• Sierra-La-Mar overlooks the new Sandals Whitehouse European Village and Spa.
• 1 ½ hours from Montego Bay airport
• 30 minutes from the town of Savanna La Mar,
• 20 minutes from the quaint historic town of Black River.

Spacious, newly constructed air conditioned villa, with 6 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms and private swimming pool in a secure gated development of luxury villas and stately homes. The building is designed to afford our guests a commanding view of the sea from every room.

Sierra La Mar is nestled on a hillside with a breathtaking view of the turquoise Caribbean sea, boasting some of the world’s most beautiful sunsets, and constant refreshing gentle breezes.

Situated mere minutes to secluded world class (natural) white powdered sand beaches, renown for safe swimming, snorkeling, scuba diving and fishing. The property is located on the beautiful unspoiled south coast, overlooking the luxury Sandal’s Whitehouse European Village & Spa.

A favourite pastime of guests is relaxing on the pool deck or balcony, drink in hand, watching the fishing boats, catamarans, and glass bottom boats from Sandals lazily meander around the bay.

A Tropical Paradise:

Sierra-La-Mar sits on ¾ acres of lush well tended, gardens. The grounds are abundant with exotic flowering plants, trees and colourful birds. You will enjoy coconuts, bananas, papayas, mangoes, limes, and breadfruit freshly picked from your very own gardens.

Sierra La Mar is situated in an area of tranquil traditional fishing villages rich in history. although far removed from the frenetic hustle of commercial tourism, it is only an hour’s drive from the world famous Negril Beach. Whitehouse, being the center of the Jamaican fishing industry affords one the opportunity of buying live lobster and fresh fish directly from the fishermen and also fresh organically grown fruits and vegetables from the local farmers' market.

We are ideally suited to vacationers seeking privacy, rest and relaxation, also ideal for writers and artists seeking an inspirational retreat.

There are several nearby nature preserves and bird sanctuaries such as: Black River Caribbean crocodile safari, Font Hill Bird sanctuary and Y.S. Falls. There are many local island tours available such as: The Appleton Estate rum tour and Mayfield Falls tour.

For the culturally minded, there is the annual Calabash Writers Festival held at Treasure Beach. Also to be found at Treasure Beach is Jakes, a popular magnet for international recording artists, writers and painters.

Those who have experienced the beauty and warm hospitality of this area find themselves irresistibly drawn back repeatedly, we invite you to join them.

The Culloden /Auchindown properties were first owned and operated by the Campbell family, migrants from the failed Scottish settlement on the Isthmus of Panama. The property was first used for the cultivation and shipping of logwood and fustic trees used to make dyes in the Textile industry. Limes were also an important product from these properties. The Campbell family became very prominent in both the political and commercial life of Jamaica.

The ruins of a castle on the Auchindown property built by Sir Archibald Campbell was rumoured to have been built to house the deposed emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. This castle was built with underground escape passages to the sea and to the nearby hills.

There was a connection between the famous mutiny on the Bounty and the Campbell family of western Jamaica. In fact it was the Jamaican planters who had commissioned captain Bligh to go to Tahiti to transport the breadfruit plant back to Jamaica as a staple for the slave population. It is a historical fact that captain William Bligh’s son during one of his frequent visits to Jamaica learned of the mutiny.

At Sierra-La-Mar we would like to imagine that he was once sitting on this spot where a majestic breadfruit tree now grows. He must have been looking down on the Whitehouse harbour, with a glass of ("Good Ole Jamaica Rum") in hand, watching slaves row barges filled with logwood, fustic, cattle, and limes to the schooners anchored offshore, just as today’s visitor can gaze out upon the many fishing and pleasure boats that ply these same waters.