I am clueless to the actual name of this waterfall or if it even has a name. The young man that gave me the tour said its call Big Spring but I doubt thats the correct name. I recently found out about it, when one of my adventurer friend asked me if I knew it or have any information on how to find it. According to her the girl who posted it on Instagram refused to give info on it, claiming that she doesn't remember how to get there or have a contact for the person who gave her the tour. Few days later I insisted that we should go chase waterfalls and that was the target. I knew a community that Swift River flows through so on November 21, 2021 just few days before my birthday we decided to search for it, like it was lost LMAO. We left Kingston earl-ish and headed for my favorite parish. Can you guess which one it is?...
YES!!! It's PORTLANDDDDDDDD!!!! Upon reaching the community that I was assuming the waterfall would be, we saw a young man walking we stopped him and asked for directions, along with showing him the photo of what we were looking for. He said he saw a Youtube video of it and he knew were it was. However he said he was heading to work and we were in the wrong community. He told us to drive to the town of Hope Bay and turn right, across from Daryl Vaz office. When we got there we stopped at a stall and asked 2 ladies we saw chatting one of them said she knew where it was and she's heading in that direction, so we gave her a ride. She got off at The Swift River Water Shed and told us to continue left to Chelsea.
Direction board
When we eventually got to Chelsea we stopped at the swing bridge. The water looked enticing and the community looked familiar. So the natural thing to do was to call Kyle, He's my to go, to guy when I want to find waterfalls. He told me about St. Peter's https://bit.ly/3u4KSWd and Nonsuch https://bit.ly/3IjuF4t just to name a few. He confirmed that they were waterfalls in the area but they were not close by. There was no-one in sight to ask so we crossed the swing bridge in search of a waterfall lol we walked for about 20 minutes before we decided to turn back.
Returning to where we parked
View from the swing bridge.
When we got back to the truck I saw two elderly men so I started enquiring about the waterfall. They seemed clueless but they told us to drive until the road comes to an end and ask for someone they call Driva. At the end of the road there was a guess house so I started asking there before looking for Driva. The owner knew where it was but he refused to be our tour guide he said my friend was wearing shorts and the entire hike was through cow pens. Now if you don't know what that means let me explain. Where they are cows they are ticks!!! Ticks are approximately 3 to 5 mm in length depending on their "fullness". Ticks are external parasites, living by feeding on the blood of anything they can get their hands on lol. Ticks can attach to any part of the human body but are often found in hard-to-see areas such as the groin, armpits, and scalp. Having ticks sucking your blood can be extremely dangerous and leads to sickness and death! My advise is to stay out of cow pens. However you know me I am very persistence so I told the old man thanks and went on my merry way. I eventually found Driva but he said he was getting ready to go somewhere. Any how I saw two young men working on a house and decided to try my luck. One of them knew where it was, I showed him the photo to be sure that we were on the same page, he confirmed and said he was the one who took that photo, he then asked why I didn't get his number from the person in the photo. But my friend explained to him that she refused by saying she does't remember where it was or have a contact for the person who gave her the tour. He laughed and said she was lying because she took his number and told him she'd be back. This I find funny smh if the young miss wanted to be paid for the info, she should've just said so. Trust me some adventures can really cost a lot of money and time so I do understand if she asked for compensation, for the information but she didn't and simply lied. He even told us that she fainted and for that reason he was scared to take anyone else there. I begged and plea my cause with the young man until the other guy that was working with him felt sorry for me and said they'll take us to the waterfall as soon as they were finish working. While we were waiting the young man told us about the ticks and said we should get a bengal roach spray. My friends bought it and sprayed themself but there was no way I was going to use that on my skin. I used my mosquito repellent, I always walk with a repellent even if its just a trip to the beach. After about and hour the wait was finally over and we were off to chase waterfalls.
Check out my Youtube video for a lil preview https://bit.ly/3ik1KCN
Views of the mountains and Tobacco farm.
Swift River
I didn't manage to get a lot of footage because after we crossed the river the first time, we went into the cow pen and I was trying to pay attention to where I was walking. I couldn't afford to get ticks on me. 
Entering the Cow pen
The air was cool and most of the trail was wet, as a result from all the cascades on hill side. Be prepared to slip a lot, slide a lot, get dirty and wet!! This hike is not conveniently tailored for human traffic. This is raw, untouched Jamaica, AT YOUR OWN RISK. One hour and thirty minutes of crawling, creeping hiking up hill, down hill, crossing the same river many times, swimming and climbing over huge boulders.
I couldn't resist taking a selfie
One of the many smaller waterfalls along the journey
Nature is so beautiful
Do you see what I see?
This was where the hike got rough. We had to cross the river, again this time it was moving very swift. Yes, swift like its name. From this point we had to climb over huge boulders and swim up stream. It also started drizzling so we had to start moving faster. I wasn't going to come all this way only to turn back. Plus the tour guide said it wouldn't be good if the rain catch us in the mountains.
Guava
Climbing over some of these rocks felt like a suicide mission but the crystal clear water and the lush hills boasting every shape and shade of green gave me a sense of well-being. I saw Guava trees decorating one section of the river so I helped my self, after washing them in the river I devoured them and continued the journey.
When I finally blessed my eyes upon the waterfall I was instantly in a daze. It was so unique, I've never seen a waterfall like it before, it was just sitting on the edge of Swift River looking all enticing. I was in for a treat, this was definitely an early birthday gift! There were not one but two waterfalls colliding with Swift River. The waterfalls and Swift River formed a junction. I WAS IN WATERFALLS HEAVEN!
Swift river waterfall (Big Spring)
The second waterfall Shane, my tour guide called it Warisha. I asked Kyle if he knew the names of these waterfall and he said the one on the right is coming from a place called Warsaw so thats probable the name of it. I however did some research and there is actually a community by the name Warsaw in Portland. Warisha from Warsaw lol maybe one day I will visit Warsaw and enquire some more about the waterfall. However the second waterfall he did not have any information on.
Warisha (Warsaw falls)
Swift River (Big Spring Waterfall)
Warisha (Warsaw falls)
I tried to capture as many photos as possible before my camera battery died, Some how the night before it was fully charged but as I started using it, it was dying smh seemed it was left on the entire time. My phone battery was fully charged thankfully so I used it to video even though I have the latest iPhone I do not like phone camera photos. We didn't get to explore the area as it was getting late and looked like it was going to rain. So not long after we had to retraced our steps back to where we parked.
Instagram post https://bit.ly/3qi8zt1 and https://bit.ly/3tnKz9M
Full directions and google pin location will be in my Portland itinerary for purchasing, coming soon but if you can't wait send me a email: [email protected] or send me a DM on Instagram https://bit.ly/3u3xEJp
Until next time walk good.