Swim with Turtles/Shipwreck Snorkle

[volleymasha]

I need to book a tour independently that will allow us to do (or attempt -- I understand turtles are not guaranteed :) ) these 2 activities. We'll be traveling with our 4 year old and 6 year old. The RCCL excursion won't accomodate a child under 5.

 

I have e-mailed thriller and have not heard back.

 

Any recommendations? Would you recommend a catamaran, thriller, or one of the glass bottom boat tours? Or something else entirely?

 

Thanks!

 

Volleymasha

On serenade 3/25/06

[cruising mom 2]

Try Silvermoon.

[seaboy]

What about Michael 232 8157 with the glass bottom boat down Folkestone Park Side. The turtles are guaranteed or money back. He is also very good teaching snorkelling.

[Wisconsin Travelers]

We wanted to do an independent excursion like this with thriller, but their boats aren't going out on the day we're in Barbados (April 17 - Golden Princess). We're checking into Small Cats because Silvermoon is too expensive ($100) and an all-day trip, and we only want 3-4 hours. I'll let you know what I learn about the Small Cats excursions.

 

Barbara and Tom

[cruising mom 2]

We're on the Golden that week also. Group of us roll call you should join us.

[Karencruiser43]

I have a group of 21 people booked on the turtles tour in April with http://www.adventurelandbarbados.com and click on tour pacakages. They have been very helpful. Good luck!

[Snow Bird]

Hi Volley Masha,

If you are trying to get on to Thriller their e-mail address is as follows.

 

thriller-ocean-tours@caribsurf.com

 

They now offer an additional snorkeling stop which is a Coral Reef Snorkel, in addition to the Turtle & Shipwreck Snorkel.

[volleymasha]

Thanks for the replies.

 

Snow bird -- I will try that e-mail address for Thriller. I think that is the one I had but perhaps I am mistaken.

 

Karencruiser -- thanks for the lead on Adventure. I heard back from them and unfortunately they are not doing the tour on our date. The pics on the website looked great, though!

 

So we're still looking. Silvermoon sounds marvelous but on our cruise last year we determined that we preferred shorter excursions (did the lord sheffield in st. maarten).

 

Again, thanks for all your help!

 

Volleymasha

[Julie of the North]

We will be snorkeling (with Turtles) and sightseeing in Barbados in April. We booked with Glory Tours. You MUST check it out...they are even offering a discount on their tours booked online. We got a great deal!:)

 

www.glorytours.org

 

Good Luck

 

Julie

[volleymasha]

Thanks for all your helpful replies. We booked with Thriller. Stephen was very helpful in his e-mail correspondence.

 

I'll post a review when we return.

 

Thanks again!

 

Volleymasha

looking forwad to the Serenad 3/25

[jetwet1]

It can take Steve a couple of days to replie to his email,but it's a great tour,well worth the days wait for him to get back to you.

[KJRottie]

HI, Check out elitgrecruises.com

They quoted me $50.00 pp for 3 hour cruise. That's snorkeling and the turtles. KJRottie:)

[Sunniebgi]

try http://www.eltigrecruises.com

[Browezilla]

What about Michael 232 8157 with the glass bottom boat down Folkestone Park Side. The turtles are guaranteed or money back. He is also very good teaching snorkelling.

Hi Seaboy. Do you have pricing information or a website for Michael?

[seaboy]

When I visited, the rates were around US$35 per person, with children at half price. The related website is westwater-adventures-barbados.com. Enjoy Barbados.

[Browezilla]

Thanks Seaboy!

[Snow Bird]

Just thought I would let you folks know about our Thriller Turtle & Shipwreck Tour.

Well first of all we only paid $45U.S per person for this 3 1/2 hour snorkeling tour. We got this great price because we booked on line.

The tour consisted of 3 snorkeling stops at three different locations.

1 Turtle Snorkel

2 Coral Reef Snorkel.

3 Shipwrecks snorkel (2 wrecks)

And our last stop was a beach stop where we went on the beach & relaxed while sipping rum punch.

All this in 3.5 hours.

Thriller has a large fast speedboat so we got to the snorkeling stops quickly & got to spend more time in the water.

If you enjoy snorkeling I highly recommend this tour, it was the highlight of our Cruise Vacation.

If you need to contact Thriller for availability their e-mail is thriller-ocean-tours@caribsurf.com

[corporanr]

I booked with Eltrigrecruises 50 per adult 25 for my 6 yr old my 3yr old free. I thought that was a good price for all 4 of us. This a 3 hour tour 2 snorkling sites. they also told me that they specialize in children. We'll see !!!!