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Go out and play in the ocean
DINING & ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE - JULY 2004
Go out and play in the ocean
No reason to stay indoors
Beyond the confines of your hotel room is a world of ocean adventures. Participate in just a few, and your holiday in The Bahamas will be unforgettable. You just have to know what?s available.
Start by visiting the tour desk in your hotel and picking up a copy of What-to-do magazine, available free just about everywhere in Nassau and Paradise Island.
There?s so much to do and a limited budget is no excuse not to have a good time. For example, it doesn?t cost a dime to explore historic downtown Nassau, with its quaint alcoves, narrow side streets, and lively bars and cafés. There?s the famous Nassau straw market, now in temporary quarters at the west end of the downtown strip on Bay Street, and check out the Pompey Museum and and the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas. Then there are the glorious soft, white beaches and the beautiful Atlantic Ocean ? available at no cost.
Close encounters
But you really should try to work in a couple of excursions that will bring you into a close encounter with the country?s principal attraction: its crystal clear, warm water.
Imagine yourself tearing over a pristine sea in a powerful speedboat
or sailing away to a secluded tropical island.
If you are especially adventurous, imagine yourself 50 ft down in a limitless blue heaven, face to face with a Caribbean reef shark. It?s an experience you?ll never forget. Both Nassau Scuba Centre and Stuart Cove?s Dive Bahamas offer shark dives, as well as a host of other dives for people at all levels of experience.
Non-divers can take a snorkelling trip with either company, or take advantage of Stuart Cove?s submersible scooter known as a Scenic Underwater Bubble (SUB), which is a great way for non-divers to experience the thrill of diving without the time and expense of taking a course.
If you haven?t had enough contact with marine life, Dolphin Encounters offers two dynamic adventures with some of nature?s smartest mammals. The three-hour excursion to Blue Lagoon Island includes an interactive experience with bottlenose dolphins, either from a shallow platform or swimming in the water. In the swimming encounter, the dolphins will perform the ?foot push,? propelling you through the water by pushing you by your feet. It?s an experience you?ll never forget.
Wild ride to Saddleback
Forty miles from Nassau in the Exumas is one of the prettiest cays you could imagine, complete with a deserted beach, a hilltop lookout, and a fish-feeding platform from which you can toss scraps to weirdly shaped houndfish and sleek lemon sharks.
Saddleback Cay is the destination of a day-long, all-inclusive excursion offered by Island World Adventures. The trip includes a 55 mph ride to the Exumas aboard one of two 45-ft powerboats, Tattoo or Ecotime, and a scrumptious Bahamian lunch on outdoor dining decks, snorkelling on a nearby reef and a stopover at Allan?s Cay, where you can feed prehistoric-looking iguanas.
Cruise your cares away
Another perfect way to enjoy the incomparable Bahamian sea is to set sail aboard the Flying Cloud, a 57-ft catamaran that sails out of the Paradise Island Ferry Terminal.
Every morning except Sunday, you can count on Captain Craig and his attentive crew to take you on a memorable 31?2-hour snorkelling expedition to Rose Island.
Sunday is a special day, set aside for a relaxing 5-hour cruise that includes not only snorkelling but lunch, drinks and relaxation on a private beach.
Three nights a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) there is also a 21?2-hr cruise in Nassau Harbour under the stars ? a perfect way to build a long lasting memory of The Bahamas.
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