Good Hope Retreat is a private artists retreat now open to the public. It consists of three extraordinary hand-crafted wood, island cabin-style houses on an estate of four acres, situated more than somewhat majestically in the high Mountains of West Moreland, Jamaica. This is tropically forested and landscaped by both Sean Clark and his father, painter Terry Clark, Sean being the Jamaica-born owner and proprietor of Good Hope Retreat.
Our retreat is off-the-beaten track, beautifully forested, with our Jamaican hills overlooking the island's South Coast. Our sunset from this vantage point, 700 meters (2100 feet) above sea level, is an exclusive nightly spectacle of beauty. Cool evenings and warm but moderate daytime temperatures, individuals with heightened appreciations of natural wonders and phenomenon will be inspired to no end by all that is to be found and re-discovered in the rural tradition of Good Hope Retreat.
The following photos, taken recently for our first website, are captured moments of Good Hope and what is to be found here. If the photos connect with you, then perhaps you too will discover for yourself: Good Hope Retreat is a place you can belong.
Rates for stays in our two-story cabins (Cabins 2 and 3)are $90 a night for individuals, and $160 per night for couples. Over two people, please add an additional $30 per person per night. Children under 12, no charge. (PLEASE NOTE: The original cabin, Cabin 1, is still available and still as rustic as ever. It is $60 per night.)
We continue to offer three home-cooked meals a day of traditional Jamaican meat (and fresh local fish) and vegetarian dishes for $30 per person per day, served in our dining commons area or in the privacy of your own room (upon request).
A week stay Good Hope Retreat—including airport pick-up, transportation in and out of town/to Bluefield Beach with guide, all meals and snacks, drinks(fruit and non-alcoholic beverages)—for an individual is $900; for couples is $1500. Reservations required, 30-day advance notice cancellation policy.
For information and reservations, contact Sean Clark at goodhoperetreat@gmail.com, or call (876) 864-8123 or (876) 855-8963. If no one answers, we are working on the gardens or at the beach. Leave a voicemail message. Your call will soon be returned.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Sean Clark, owner of Good Hope Retreat, explains that the the property, landscaping, view, and accommodations on his land have always been a special place of artists and those with an artist soul.
(His father, painter Terry Clark, who travels back and forth from Key West, originally acquired the land about a quarter a century ago for just such a purpose.)
For over two decades, Good Hope Retreat has been nurtured and tended in such a way as to foster the destination's qualities and natural Jamaican splendor so as to provide a tranquil, relaxed setting for guests to re-charge, and for creative energies to gather. Over the years, Good Hope Retreat has become a retreat for propagated mango, orange, and banana groves, as well.
The Retreat has extra-special significance for native Sean Clark: He was born here.
Cabins.
Our two-story cabins are things of beauty and craftsmanship themselves. There are two on the property (alongside the Retreat's original and rustic homestead fishing cabin).
Downstairs consists of an spacious open commons room with bar and food & kitchen area, with multiple verandas opening onto private gardens. Upstairs is a light and airy bedroom, with great windows that open to allow in the fresh ocean breezes which which come off the overlooking shore's below.
The cabin's design is such as to enhance the landscaping for the maximum enjoyment of nature at its finest. The cabin's have their own private bathrooms (often a luxury in this part of Jamaica), and in addition to the large bed upstairs, the downstairs couch folds out into a bed for guests or children.
Weather.
Since Good Hope Retreat is located 2000 feet above sea level, the property has warmly moderate daytimes and cool comfortable evenings. Winter is essentially the Dry season, with summer being the Rainy season (specifically, May and October have the most rain).
The summer rain consists of mainly late-afternoon showers, which clear by early-evening, enabling one of the most spectacular sunsets observable over the warm Caribbean Sea.
The daytime temperature for the winter months averages 27° C (82° F), with night temperatures falling to 19° C (66° F).
Summer daytime temperatures average 29° C (86° F), lowering to 21° C (70° F) in the night.
Most days are blessed with gentle, sweet-smelling Caribbean breezes throughout the day.
What To Do.
On the premises of Good Hope Retreat we have extensive nature trails passing through mountain forests of Jamaican trees, plants, and fruit tree orchards. There is excellent walking out into the near-by rural community, featuring little grocery shop-bar combinations, local goods, and a number of country and home-style churches. Here one gets to meet real Jamaica in a genuine laid-back rural setting.
We offer day-trips to the excellent beaches below Good Hope Retreat. Additionally, day-trips are available to Y.S. Falls, a magnificent 7-tier waterfall located close-by on privately-owned landscaped park, for leisurely picnicing and swimming.
For all who would like to boogie, transportation is easily arranged to the clubs in Negril 35 miles away, or to one of the many local clubs in the area. (We Jamaicans love our music and dancing—which is why most little "shops" have a "bar" area.)
Or just sit in the hammocks of Good Hope Retreat, and watch the day pass, and the splendor of the passing day leading up to the crescendo of our amazing Sunset view. We are located on a rural woods with a long, private drive, ensuring you peace and quiet and starlit nights.
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