Best places to Snorkel...Aruba and Curacao

[flyingandcruising]

Where are the best places to snorkel in Aruba and Curacao? Should I book something through an excursion? or can I just go there and snorkel? If I need to book something, what company is the best?

 

Thanks to all that reply, Happy cruisin'

[Jeff A]

No question...do the snorkel excursion to the wreck of the Antilla...we did it in May 05 and will surely do it this coming March....INCREDIBLE experience.

[flyingandcruising]

is that an excursion through RCCL? or private, if so which company?

[10X]

In Curacao we like to go to Caracas Bay. This is usually offered on a ship's excursion but might not actually name the bay. Instead, you might find wording about snorkeling over a sunken tugboat.

 

You can find some pictures of this area at:

 

http://www.sunfield.smugmug.com

 

Select "Cruise 2006"

Select "Curacao Snorkeling"

 

Denny

[Arubalisa]

Curacao

Our family spent the day at Playa PortoMari http://www.playaportomari.com/ a week ago Saturday. My brother and nephew snorkeled the entire day and kept raving how fabulous it was. They have a snorkel trail highlighted with reefballs http://www.playaportomari.com/underwater.html

 

Dh and I decided to poke around the dive shop and the next thing we knew we are booked on a guided dive tour. I didn't even have my c card with me, but they looked it up on the computer and away we went. Fabulous dive and one of my all time favorites.

 

Aruba

For a full day snorkel and sail, we had a great experience in September with only 9 of us aboard the the Tranquilo http://www.tranquiloaruba.com/. This full day is usually done only 2 days/week. Perhaps if you can get a group together Captain Anthony could book you as a charter. Website says the price is $150 per hour. Divide that by 12 and it comes out to $12.50 an hour per person. Not bad for a private like sailing/snorkeling experience.

 

I have never heard anything bad about Robertos http://www.robertoswatersports.com/. You could do this and then hang out on the beach afterwards. Again, if a bunch of you got together you could most likely do a private charter. Two other popular sail/snorkel excursions are the Octopus http://www.octopusaruba.com/ and http://www.jollypirates.com

 

Also see the threadInfo & Ideas for Snorkeling in Aruba