Bull Bay
Bull Bay is an area located on the southeast coast of Jamaica, 10 miles (16 km) to the east of Kingston on the border between St Andrew and St Thomas, beside Cow Bay.
Bull Bay is an area located on the southeast coast of Jamaica, 10 miles (16 km) to the east of Kingston on the border between St Andrew and St Thomas, beside Cow Bay. According to folklore, both bays were so named because cattle once roamed the whole area and were slaughtered to provide food for buccaneers and English colonists. Industry in the area includes quarrying for gypsum.
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Getting to Bull Bay
- Airports
- Norman Manley (KIN), 13 km · Sangster (MBJ), 145 km · Antonio Maceo (SCU), 242 km
- Montego Bay → Bull Bay56 km · quickest by road, 1h 46m · $6–8
- Santiago → Bull BayTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Holguin → Bull BayTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bull Bay
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bull Bay. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThere are also minibuses and route taxis which are very affordable.
- Get aroundCharter Taxis (normal taxis) - negotiate a price before getting in the car.
- Go nextOcho Rios ("Ochi") - only 4 hours away by minibus/route taxi for ~J$500.
- Go nextPort Antonio - take a direct minibus/route taxi from HWT for J$200–300.
From Wikivoyage: Kingston (Jamaica), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Bull Bay
Bull Bay is 14 km from New Kingston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.