The multi-million-dollar joint venture eco-tourism attraction between cruise shipping company Carnival Corporation and local investors is set to come on stream in another three months in St Ann.

The US$6.5-million (J$460-m) Rainforest Bobsled Jamaica at Mystic Mountain, is being developed by Mystic Mountain Limited, and is to open in Ocho Rios in May this year.

Mystic Mountain, a partnership between Rainforest Aerial Trams and Jamaican businessmen Horace A Clarke and Michael N Drakulich, who is also an attorney-at-law, said in a release that Carnival Corporation and the Development Bank of Jamaica are playing a significant role in the project by providing additional funding.

The first phase of the project, located on the outskirts of the resort town of Ocho Rios, between Dunn’s River Falls and the town proper, is spread over 100 acres and will feature several attractions, among them Bobsled Jamaica, Rainforest Sky Explorer, Rainforest Zip-line Canopy Tour, Jamaica Railway Station, Mystic Pavilion, and Walking Trails.

The Bobsled Jamaica adventure is a 10-minute 1,100-metre bobsled race through the tropical terrain of Mystic Mountain.

The Rainforest Sky Explorer is a 30-minute excursion on an open-air chairlift covering over two kilometres, while the Zip-line Canopy Tour consists of a pulley system that flies persons over the rainforest.

The Jamaica Railway Station is a replica of a Jamaican railway station from the early 1900s, while the Walking Trails, a series of walking trails through tropical forest, run from sea level to an elevation of 7,000 feet.

Drakulich told the Observer that the project is being done in a way that would see minimal disturbance to the natural environment.

Mystic Mountain is set to join Dunn’s River Falls and Park and Dolphin Cove as attractions located in a natural habitat just west of Ocho Rios proper.