Jamaica: Bluefields Bay Villas and Suites
AIRPORT AND TRANSFERS
Sangster International Airport (MBJ), Montego Bay. Approximately 70 - 75 minutes by road.
A new road opening in winter 2026 will shorten this.
Included in the rate:
Club MoBay VIP airport services at MBJ — fast-track immigration, lounge access, priority baggage, on arrival and departure
Arranged separately:
Private ground transfer between MBJ and the resort
DESCRIBE YOUR IDEAL GUEST
Young families who want an actual vacation. Nannies are included, not charged by the hour, so parents get the holiday rather than running one
Multigenerational families who want everyone under one roof with their own staff, rather than a block of hotel rooms
Couples and small groups who want genuine privacy and have outgrown the large-resort experience
Guests who value being looked after by people who know them by the second day, not by a service standard
Travelers curious about Jamaica beyond the north coast strips, and comfortable on a quieter coast
Repeat Caribbean travelers who understand what an all-inclusive rate with dedicated staff is actually worth
Wellness and retreat organizers looking to take a whole property for a week
TOP 5 REASONS TO VISIT BLUEFIELDS BAY
You are looked after by your own people. A chef, a butler, a housekeeper and a nanny, for your party alone. They learn your names on the first day and how you take your coffee by the second, and by the end of the week they are asking after your children by name.
Nothing to decide and nothing to sign. Every meal, every drink, every hour with the nanny is already in the rate. No menus with prices, no bar tabs, no bill at the end. Parents get a holiday rather than the job of running one.
A window into one of the most charming and loving societies on earth. Bluefields is a working village on the South Coast, and the people who look after you are from it. Guests leave having met Jamaica rather than a resort's version of it.
A private stretch of shoreline on a coast most visitors never reach. No cruise ships, no strip, no crowds. A quiet bay, a long beach, and the sea to yourselves.
Forty years of the same family and much of the same staff. People have grown up here, raised children here, and taught the next generation to cook. Two percent of every stay goes back into the community through the Bluefields Bay Villas Foundation.
TOP 5 MUST DO'S AT OR AROUND BLUEFIELDS BAY
YS Falls — 45 minutes
Black River Safari — 40 minutes
Appleton Estate — 1 hour
A walk through the community with your own groundskeeper, who grew up in it
Floyd's Pelican Bar — a stilt bar on a sandbar out in the sea off Parottee, 1 hour
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resort vibe
Staffed private villas, not a hotel
All-inclusive without what that word usually implies. Every meal, the bar and the staff are in the rate, and quality is the entire point — cooked to order by your own chef, not assembled on a buffet line
Family owned and run for more than forty years
Quiet South Coast, away from the resort strips
Barefoot and unhurried, with service that is personal rather than formal
ACCOMMODATION STYLE
Six private villas, each with its own dedicated chef, housekeeper, butler and grounds team
Four one-bedroom suites
Private shoreline on Bluefields Bay
Villas taken whole — one party, one house, one staff
San Michele is in active reconstruction and reopens in summer 2027.
NEXT LEVEL
Menus designed by your own chef and built around the party, including any dietary restriction you bring, with at least a hint of Jamaican flavor in every bite
The Treehouse at sunset
Go out on the bay with a fisherman who has worked it his whole life, bring back what you catch, and have your chef cook it for you that same day
A morning at a local organic farm, among fruit and vegetables most guests have never seen — soursop, guinep, otaheite apple, naseberry, star apple — and the pimento that gives Jamaican cooking its backbone
INSIDER TIP OR UNGOOGLABLES
Two percent of every stay funds the Bluefields Bay Villas Foundation, which runs in the community year-round and is not a line on a brochure
Three full-time carpenters are on payroll, which is why the houses look the way they do after forty years in salt air
From November 2026 the entire resort runs on solar. Close to ninety staff, six villas, four suites and every kitchen, powered by the sun on an island where the grid is neither cheap nor reliable
When Hurricane Melissa came through Bluefields in October 2025, the resort became the community relief hub — covered by Newsweek, the Jamaica Observer and the Gleaner
The chefs are trained here, over years, by our international consulting chef
The Hermitage is steeped in Jamaica's architectural heritage rather than architect-designed
RESORT HIGHLIGHTS
A private stretch of shoreline on Bluefields Bay, with six staffed villas and four suites set along it. Close to ninety local staff for a resort that rarely holds more than forty guests.
RESORT AMENITIES
Dedicated villa staff — chef, housekeeper, butler, groundskeeper
All meals and beverages, including the open bar
Non-motorized watersports
Childcare
Club MoBay VIP airport services at MBJ
Private shoreline on the bay
Wi-Fi
A private pool at every villa
Tennis court, shared by all guests
Spa and massage treatments delivered in your own villa. No gym on the main property; San Michele will have its own from summer 2027
NOT INCLUDED
Airport transfers
Motorized watersports
Off-property excursions
ACCOMMODATIONS
Six private villas and four one-bedroom suites. Every villa has its own private pool and its own dedicated staff.
Rates are set by the villa and by the number of guests. You take the whole house and its staff either way, and the per-guest charge covers everything that guest eats and drinks for the stay. One child rate applies from birth through age 12; guests of 13 and over are charged at the adult rate.
The Hermitage and Mullion Cove together accommodate up to 21 guests. From summer 2027, San Michele reopens with seven bedrooms for up to 16, and full-resort buyouts return.
ROOM AMENITIES
King-size canopy and four-poster beds in the master suites; guest rooms with a queen or twins that join
A private bathroom to almost every bedroom, several with double sinks and indoor-outdoor showers opening onto private gardens
Air conditioning, robes, turndown and coffee in the villa
Sea views, west-facing terraces for the sunset, West Indian louver windows and doors, and shaded verandahs
MEAL PLANS
There is no meal plan to choose. All meals, snacks and beverages, including the open bar, are included in the rate for every guest, for the whole stay.
The Jamaica villa standard is a cook included and food at the guest's expense, with GCT, service charge, gratuity and club fees stacked on top. Here the quoted rate is the number the guest pays.
DINING
All meals prepared in your villa by your own chef
Your chef plans each day's meals with you, and dietary requirements are handled as a matter of course
Open bar throughout the stay
The Treehouse — coffee and drinks for all guests; dining reserved for Suite guests
RESTAURANTS AND BARS
Dining is in your own villa, prepared by your own chef, at the times you choose.
The Treehouse is open to all villa and suite guests for coffee and drinks. Dining at the Treehouse is reserved for Suite guests.
FAMILY EXPERIENCES
Families are the core of this resort.
Children 12 and under
Nannies INCLUDED IN THE RATE, by staff the family gets to know over the week. 8 hours a day with 1 nanny for every 2 children. Limit 2 nannies per rented villa
Cribs, pack and plays, and high chairs
Bottle sterilizing
Age-appropriate toys and games
Diapers, wipes, formula and anything else you need, provisioned before you arrive
Car seats fitted for transfers
Meals cooked to suit children, at the hours children eat
Non-motorized watersports and the shoreline
Teenagers 13 and over
Non-motorized watersports
Space to be independent within a private property
Strong Wi-Fi throughout