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Meet Bankz.

Mowatt Tours is not a fleet, a franchise or a desk in a hotel lobby. It's Shavaughn Mowatt — popularly known as Bankz, born and raised on Jamaica's north coast — and the simple idea that visitors deserve to see his island the way he does: comfortably, safely and with a lot more laughing than a tour bus allows.

It started with airport runs and hotel transfers. Then guests kept asking the driver with the good stories to just… plan the whole day. Blue Hole one trip, a boat day the next, a jerk stop they still talk about at home. The reviews spread through resort Facebook groups — especially among Moon Palace Ocho Rios regulars — and Mowatt Tours grew the old-fashioned way: one happy guest telling another.

“When they book once, then keep coming back… that says everything. Some clients come for a ride. Some come for an experience. And some eventually become family.”
— Shavaughn “Bankz” Mowatt

That's still the whole philosophy. Your own crew, whatever its size — a couple, a family, or the entire reunion; no group is too big. A schedule that bends when you spot a beach you like. A cooler with cold Red Stripe and water, because it's hot and you're on holiday. And a WhatsApp number — 876-335-2649 — where the person replying is the person driving.

What we promise

  • Safe and reliable — it's on our flyers because it's the reputation the business is built on.
  • Local through and through — the shortcuts, the quiet hours at busy spots, the food worth pulling over for.
  • Personal service — you message Bankz, you get Bankz. No call centre, ever.
  • Fair, clear pricing — quoted up front on WhatsApp for your exact group and route.

come see the island properly

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Questions, half-formed plans, "is this doable?" — all welcome. That's what the WhatsApp is for.

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