Snorkel with Turtles/Shipwreck on Your Own

[joyandjerry]

Jerry and I are going March 28, and have done a tour of the island on a previous visit. Does anyone have experience with snorkeling on your own, ship's excursion (RCCL), or other private tours for this? We are interested in the turtles and the shipwreck. TIA.

[PORT ROYAL]

1 hour ago, joyandjerry said:

Jerry and I are going March 28, and have done a tour of the island on a previous visit. Does anyone have experience with snorkeling on your own, ship's excursion (RCCL), or other private tours for this? We are interested in the turtles and the shipwreck. TIA.

Best recommendations.  Select from these three.

Silver Moon - https://silvermoonbarbados.com

Elegance - https://www.elegancebarbados.com

Calypso - https://calypsocruisesbarbados.com

Check operators start times with one’s ship docking times

Enjoy

Book early as space is limited and very popular with island vacationers.

 

 

 

 

Edited January 7 by PORT ROYAL
Book early

[whee-sailing]

It's easy and inexpensive to take a taxi to Brownes Beach and snorkel with the turtles and around the shipwreck on your own.

Edited January 8 by whee-sailing

[PORT ROYAL]

44 minutes ago, whee-sailing said:

It's easy and inexpensive to take a taxi to Brownes Beach and snorkel with the turtles and around the shipwreck on your own.

If not wishing to pay a $5 ew shared cab fee and rent beds, then do it for free.  Walk 35/40 minutes there, don’t rent beds, use “Towels” and bring food/drink browsed from ship’s buffet, all wrapped in a napkin. Walk back.  Many do this.

[joyandjerry]

1 hour ago, whee-sailing said:

It's easy and inexpensive to take a taxi to Brownes Beach and snorkel with the turtles and around the shipwreck on your own.

That is incerdibly helpful - cruisers are the best! Just the info that I needed.

17 minutes ago, PORT ROYAL said:

If not wishing to pay a $5 ew shared cab fee and rent beds, then do it for free.  Walk 35/40 minutes there, don’t rent beds, use “Towels” and bring food/drink browsed from ship’s buffet, all wrapped in a napkin. Walk back.  Many do this.

Thanks for the reply - not sure what the "ew' meant. We do try to do things on our own to be on our own schedule. Jerry and I always pack some protein bars for a meal. It saves money and time. One is not to bring unsealed food from the ship, as other countries are concerned with possible contamination (bugs, etc.) from food. If it is found or in areas with dogssniffing the pax, you will be forced to discard it. I have seen it happen.

 

Joy

[PORT ROYAL]

2 minutes ago, joyandjerry said:

That is incerdibly helpful - cruisers are the best! Just the info that I needed.

Thanks for the reply - not sure what the "ew' meant. We do try to do things on our own to be on our own schedule. Jerry and I always pack some protein bars for a meal. It saves money and time. One is not to bring unsealed food from the ship, as other countries are concerned with possible contamination (bugs, etc.) from food. If it is found or in areas with dogssniffing the pax, you will be forced to discard it. I have seen it happen.

 

Joy

ew = each way.

Don’t forget “Towels” 

[joyandjerry]

2 minutes ago, PORT ROYAL said:

ew = each way.

Don’t forget “Towels” 

Always learning! That is very reasonable. Yeah, we bring the ship's towels. Thanks again!

[whee-sailing]

57 minutes ago, PORT ROYAL said:

If not wishing to pay a $5 ew shared cab fee and rent beds, then do it for free.  Walk 35/40 minutes there, don’t rent beds, use “Towels” and bring food/drink browsed from ship’s buffet, all wrapped in a napkin. Walk back.  Many do this.

 

The fact that I answered someone's question on how to get to an excursion snorkeling spot on their own doesn't mean that I was suggesting they don't spend money locally. There is a big middle ground between the luxury experiences you prefer and what you derogatorily call terds.

[joyandjerry]

1 hour ago, whee-sailing said:

 

The fact that I answered someone's question on how to get to an excursion snorkeling spot on their own doesn't mean that I was suggesting they don't spend money locally. There is a big middle ground between the luxury experiences you prefer and what you derogatorily call terds.

Apologies for not understanding this reply, as everyone is just so friendly and helpful here. I must have missed the "derogatory" post. The only "terd" I could find was an acronym for a computer system.

[EatonDoolittle]

1 hour ago, whee-sailing said:

 

The fact that I answered someone's question on how to get to an excursion snorkeling spot on their own doesn't mean that I was suggesting they don't spend money locally. There is a big middle ground between the luxury experiences you prefer and what you derogatorily call terds.

 

Glad I am not the only one who finds that poster's frequent derisive comments about cruisers unnecessary and not at all humorous.

I have had him/her blocked for years, but still see the posts sometimes when quoted. 

 

@whee-sailing, don't bother asking.

Poster has mean spirited little descriptions of cruise guests called towels and terds, and is happy to repeat them.  Best to ignore him/her.

[DISFANS3]

Silver Moon, fun times. We are booked again for the Summit cruise in Oct..

[joyandjerry]

4 hours ago, DISFANS3 said:

Silver Moon, fun times. We are booked again for the Summit cruise in Oct..

We booked Silver Moon also.

[Tyler414]

Do Silver Moon. We did the XL adult with them on March 6th and it was outstanding.  When you see the huge crowds at the shipwreck and the boats they pulled up in you will appreciate the experience that much more.  The service, food, drinks are all first class.

DO SILVER MOON!!