Sangster International Airport (MBJ): Approximate driving time is 15 minutes and distance is 6 miles (10 km.)

Driving directions from Sangster International Airport: Take the main road leading from the airport east towards Rose Hall. Pass the Half Moon Resort and take the first left after the Half Moon Shopping Village into the hotel driveway.

Getting there: The most popular way is by the hotel’s own shuttle van ($26–35 USD per adult round trip; complimentary for children under 12.) Taxis ($16–25 USD), Town Cars (more than $36 USD), and rental cars (more than $36 USD) are also available. Fees subject to change without notice. Rental cars are available online.

Getting around: Walking across to the Half Moon Shopping Village allows some shopping and dining choices outside the property. But for more variety, a trip to Montego Bay is the best choice. The hotel arranges tour shuttles to the city for $15–25 USD per adult, $5–15 per child 4–12 years old (children under 4 ride free.) Fees subject to change without notice. The hotel certifies the taxis available on its property. Taxis and minivans can be flagged down or called, but only those with red Public Passenger Vehicle (PPV) plates should be used. Local buses and private taxis are not recommended for safety reasons. Driving is not recommended for those unaccustomed to fast traffic on the left side of the road.

All-Inclusive Plan - Rate includes the following:

Not included: Bottles of wine or champagne, minibar, beverage cart.

Mango's Restaurant - Open-air beachfront restaurant under peaked bleached-wood ceiling serving lunches of sandwiches, salads, burgers. Theme-night dinner buffets such as seafood, Jamaican, Italian, and Asian.

The White Witch Restaurant - Located at golf course on green mountainside. Breezy dining room under high, pitched, bleached-wood ceiling. Terrace seating with panoramic sea views. Salads, sandwiches, pastas for lunch. Dinner choices include rum-cured salmon roll; smoked-chicken terrine; seafood broth flavored by chardonnay and vanilla; chili-barbecue pork chops; ginger-crusted ahi; island-spiced New York strip steak; allspice-roasted chicken.

Jasmines - Jamaican ingredients and Asian techniques. Tapas-style meals ranging from three to six courses. Choices include carrot-pumpkin soup with coconut cream; seafood sushi sampler; jerk-pork satay; minced lemongrass seafood skewers with pickled green papaya and breadfruit; roasted duck and lychee curry with yellow coconut rice. Decor featuring plants and orchids under dropped ceiling. Open-air terrace seating, also. Dinner only. Adults only.

Cohoba's Lounge - Two "great rooms" with high ceilings, pale-green walls, Brazilian-cherry wood accents off lobby. Appetizers, desserts, cigars, coffee (house blend of Jamaican beans), brandies, cocktails.

Reggae Jerk Center - Thatched beach "shack" serving spicy barbecued ("jerked") fish, pork, chicken, and sides such as bammy (fried cassava patties). Beach seating under thatch shades.

Amenity highlights: An enormous free-form pool and adjacent spa lie between an expansive lawn and the beach, with cushioned lounge chairs fitted with folding shades and flags to signal for drink/food service arrayed on a stone deck around the pool. Identical lounge chairs offer sunbathing comfort on a crescent beach along the resort's 1,500-foot oceanfront. From the beach, a paving-stone path winds along a rocky shore, offering romantic oceanfront strolls at night illuminated by ankle-high lights that don't interfere with starlight.

Insider tip: Nightly in Cohoba's Lounge, a "rummier" offers a rum sampling along with information about rum's history while a pianist or harpist plays in the background.

The resort provides nightly live musical entertainment in all restaurants. In addition, on an open-air stage set up on an expansive lawn between the hotel and the pool, there are complimentary cabaret performances (Fridays) and karaoke shows (Saturdays). Casino nights are held inside on Sundays. Complimentary daytime activities include dance classes, water aerobics, bingo, and coconut and sugar tastings.

The Ritz-Kidz program provides complimentary activities in an air-conditioned room for children age 5–12. Day and evening sessions are offered. Activities include beach games, arts and crafts, and swimming.

For a fee, wireless Internet service is available for laptops anywhere in the resort. Complimentary shuttle service is available to the golf course, Rose Hall Beach, and Half Moon Shopping Village 0.5 miles away.

Two complimentary tennis courts are lit for night play. Bocce is complimentary on the central lawn. On the beach are complimentary kayaks, Hobie-Cats, Sunfish, and sailboats. Complimentary shuttle service is available to Rose Hall Beach Club, where there is a restaurant and bar, showers and changing rooms, and numerous water sports and activities, including scuba diving, snorkeling, windsurfing, parasailing, Jet Skiing, and beach volleyball. Also available at the beach club are snorkeling, dinner and sunset cruises, and scuba-diving lessons.

Other recreational activities listed below are available near the resort; fees may apply.