Aruba or Barbados for snorkelling??

[bazzaw]

Love snorkelling - have done it on Great Barrier Reef and in the Pacific Islands.

 

Just wondering what people think about snorkelling on these 2 islands - and which they prefer. Or is it better to skip the snorkelling and concentrate on the sightseeing. Don't really need to do the beach/sun thing in either place.

 

Barry

[bazzaw]

C'mon - don't be shy. Surely someone has been to Aruba and/or Barbados?? :o

 

 

Barry

[LEESRE]

Find that Barbados is much better than Aruba. In Aruba the sand is so soft that it impedes the vision.

[bazzaw]

Thanks for that - yes, I have found the soft sand to impede water clarity in other parts of the world .

 

Barry

[capasamari]

On Barbados we went on the P&O "swimming with turtles" excursion, they are so large you hardly need your snorkel! It was good, though a bit crowded, and I have read that if you book it privately locally you'll have a more exclusive experience.

 

On Aruba we went on the P&O "De Palm Island" excursion, which is basically a day at an all-inclusive beach resort, where the main attraction for us were the blue parrot fish. If you've never seen them they are a sight to behold as they are the size of a dinner plate. We fed them scrambled egg from the breakfast buffet at the restaurant on stilts over the sea. You can also snorkel from a platform. Aruba is not a particularly pretty island for sightseeing; friends of ours went on a round-the-island trip and were disappointed and said we'd probably made the right choice.

 

Carol x