We used trip advisor to find and book our excursion and we loved it! The snorkeling adventure was very family friendly as it claimed. We were two adults and two kids aged 12 and 9. The water in the bay we went out in was crystal clear, calm and so many beautiful shades of blue. It was about a 20 minute ride out to the first snorkeling place and then we worked our way back.
We first were taken to an area in the bay that had about 15 ft depth. There were floaty devices for anyone who wanted them. We were given snorkels, fins and masks. We saw lots of fish and it was a great experience. The crew made sure everyone was comfortable in the water and showed us lots of fish and had food to feed the fish to get them to come close to us. Our kids also took the slide off the boat and also were allowed to jump off the side of the boat! They loved it. Our kids felt very comfortable in the water and adventurous so one of the crew took our family around the coral to see more fish.
We then went to a shallower area of about 5 feet to snorkel. This area was unique because it is an area marine biologists are trying to grow human made coral to replace the coral being killed off in the ocean by human chemicals. We again saw lots of fish and learned a lot.
The lunch on the boat was sooo good. Lots of choices, big portions and well made and prepared! There was a floating kitchen that we went up to and the staff on the boat served us. We had the surf and turf, seafood and the kids meals. We all liked our choices.
A great experience that we were all very happy with! Thanks to the crew and to Ramon specifically.
Thing to note: there are other snorkeling excursions that do use the same areas, a shuttle, picked us up at our resort, we picked up a few other groups on the way there that we’re not necessarily with our boat, we were dropped off at a meeting point for check-in near / at the beach, then we all walked to the beach through some shops, a water taxi took us to our specific snorkeling boat, there was about 20 people on our boat.
We highly recommend this trip and had a great time!