High in the St. Ann hills amid a gorgeous landscape of rich red earth and grassy cattle pastures, the Bob Marley Mausoleum is located in the hamlet of Nine Mile, where Marley was born and spent his early childhood before moving to Kingston at the age of 13. Encircled by a high fence and with Rasta red, gold, and green flags flapping in the wind, the compound is centered around the tiny wooden shack where the Marleys once lived, complete with the single bed that guides will say featured in the song “Is This Love”. The mausoleum itself is a simple whitewashed building holding Marley’s marble tomb. Incense burns and the stained-glass windows filter colors on to the stone, creating a moving atmosphere.

Located on the property is a vegetarian restaurant as well as a gift shop which sells CDs and various Marley memorabilia. There is also a Rasta-colored “meditation stone” where Marley used to rest his head while contemplating.

Chukka Adventures takes visitors to the mausoleum on an old-time country bus. Each year on February 6, Marley’s birth anniversary, the village comes alive with a huge concert in tribute to Jamaica’s best-known musician.