Green Grotto Caves

Green Grotto Caves

The Green Grotto Caves are show caves and a prominent tourist attraction on the North Coast of Jamaica

Location

The Caves are in Discovery Bay, Saint Ann

History

At various times they have been known as the Runaway Bay Caves, Hopewell Caves, Cave Hall Caves, Discovery Bay Caves, Dry Harbour Caves, Rum Caves and Dairy Caves,

The first know inhabitants of the caves were Arawak Indians. When Jamaica was a British Colony the caves were used as a hideaway by the Spanish who were being driven out by the British settlers. The caves were also know to have been used by escaped slaves, hence the name Runaway Caves.

Trivia

The filming of the 1973 James Bond film, "Live and Let Die", utilised the caves for villain Doctor Kananga's underground base beneath a cemetery on the fictional island of San Monique. Ian Fleming's original novel had had the villain using the real-life Jamaican caves as part of his SMERSH-funding smuggling operation.

ee also

List of James Bond film locations

External links

* [http://www.greengrottocavesja.com Green Grotto Caves]


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