Half Moon is one of the Caribbean's most storied resorts, spanning 400 lush acres along a two-mile crescent beach in Montego Bay. The Robert Trent Jones Sr.-designed championship course is among the finest in the Caribbean, and the resort has welcomed royalty, world leaders, and discerning travelers since 1954.
210 rooms · 1 course · Caribbean & Latin America · Preferred Golf
A demanding closing par four on Robert Trent Jones Sr.'s bow-tie layout, where the most concentrated collection of fairway bunkers on the course — 26 in total across the round — frames a heavily contoured green that must be held from the correct angle. The trade winds off the Caribbean complicate every club decision on this exposed finishing hole.
Half Moon spans 400 acres and two miles of private beachfront in Rose Hall, east of Montego Bay, with a Robert Trent Jones Sr. championship course, a full-service equestrian centre, and a spa built across overwater bungalows in a botanical garden setting.
The par-72 course was designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. in 1962 and later revised by Roger Rulewich, stretching from 5,035 to 7,120 yards across a retired sugarcane estate on hillside terrain. Twenty-six fairway bunkers and consistent Caribbean trade winds provide the primary challenges. The…
Fern Tree occupies a dedicated botanical garden with 12 treatment rooms, including overwater bungalows, along with aromatherapy steam and sauna rooms, a lagoon pool, an Ital Cafe serving fresh juices, and an outdoor yoga pavilion. Treatments draw on indigenous Jamaican plants, herbs, and fruit…
The Half Moon Equestrian Centre has operated for over 30 years under the direction of Trina deLisser, an FEI-certified Level 2 instructor and international show jumper. Activities include beach rides into the Caribbean Sea, polo instruction, jumping lessons, arena dressage, and bareback swimming…
Sugar Mill Restaurant · Il Giardino · Seagrape Terrace
Fern Tree Spa · Equestrian Centre · Beach · Tennis · Water Sports · Dolphin Lagoon
December - April
Jamaica's dry season with warm days, cool nights, and consistently perfect conditions.
Ask for the beachfront suite in the original Rose Hall wing — it's the quietest section with the best sunrise views. The equestrian centre offers beach horseback rides at dawn that are unforgettable.