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Snorkeling Bonaire: Mangrove snorkeling/diving
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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By sandy (BonaireTalker - Post #16) on Saturday, April 15, 2006 - 1:03 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Hi,
has anyone snorkeled or dove the Mangroves? If so, is this a worthwhile thing to experience? Is a guide needed? Does anyone have any pics they can post?
Thank you.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Pauline Kayes (BonaireTalker - Post #77) on Monday, April 17, 2006 - 3:20 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Well Sandy it depends on what you like. I have snorkeled the mangroves twice and that's about enough for me. Very fascinating ecosystem but very cloudy, full of stringy algae, hard to see the fish, but the mangrove roots are very unique and worth seeing at least once. One friend of mine, after her first snorkel in the mangroves, remarked, "Well that was very interesting but I don't think I would want to do it again. That was the closest thing to a snorkel in a house of horrors!"

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Linda Stoltzfus (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #836) on Monday, April 17, 2006 - 4:17 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

We did the guided kayak - snorkel trip in March. On the particular day that we went the current was very strong where we snorkeled. Plus a young girl kept standing on the bottom stirring up the sand. The visibility was extremely murky.

BUT the kayaking was fun and I strongly recommend it....in fact we did it again when our teenage girls arrived on island. They thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Kaye (Experienced BonaireTalker - Post #165) on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 11:48 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

We had a great guided mangrove snorkel in March with Caren Eckrich of Sea and Discover. http://www.bonairenature.com/seandiscover/

She's a marine biologist and a charming person. She started with a computer presentation/explanation in her classroom of the mangroves, their ecosystem, and what critters we were likely to see. Then we piled into her van to go to Lac Bay for the snorkeling. You definitely need a guide, both to know where to go and to understand what you are seeing - also to point out the interesting critters. One of those was a swimming worm, flipping its way along - but it was about the size of the fingernail on your little finger! Never would have found that by ourselves.

With Caren's guiding, it was a really good experience. I'm very glad we did it, but I'll have to agree that it's not something I'd rush to repeat.

David

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By sandy (BonaireTalker - Post #17) on Thursday, April 20, 2006 - 4:12 pm:     Edit PostPrint Post

Thanks to all for the info. I believe that we will try the tour. We will be on Bonaire for 2 weeks and want to experience it all.

 


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