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Mi Dushi Taste of Aruba Snorkel Cruise

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Mi Dushi Taste of Aruba Snorkel Cruise

  • May 30, 2007
  • Rated 5 of 5 by angelasnell79 from Epsom, New Hampshire
Mi Dushi Taste of Aruba Snorkel Cruise

We took this cruise on a Thursday. The cruise goes from 9:30am to 2:30pm, and includes three snorkel stops, your own disposable mouthpiece, along with the gear—fins, snorkel vest, snorkel, and mask—open bar and lunch. When the Kukoo Kunuku bus arrived at out hotel at 8:50am to pick us up and bring us to the pier, we knew it was going to be a good time. The bar was open almost immediately on boarding the Mi Dushi sailing boat, and they served just about anything you could think of. We started with mimosas and moved on to Polar beer in the afternoon.

The first snorkel stop was the Antilla Wreck, the largest wreck in the Caribbean. As this was both my husband and my first time snorkeling, we found this stop to be rather difficult. It is farther away from shore and that was was much choppier. Also, there were many other boats anchored here with their own groups or divers, so it was crowded. There were a lot of interesting fish to see, however. Eventually we figured out what we were doing and by the time we made it to the second stop we were pros! Once you have been stopped at the third and final snorkel spot, some of the crew drive to the shore in a small motorboat that is towed behind the sailing vessel. They pick up a delicious hot lunch that was catered by Le Dome restaurant, purported by many to be one of the best on the island. The meal consisted of curry chicken, beef, and onions in gravy, white rice, fresh cucumber salad, pasta salad, and corn on the cob. It was very good and the portions were very generous. By the time lunch was served, the open bar had most everyone feeling good, and the more daring of us used the rope swing on board to dive into the water. Afterwards the bus takes everyone back to their hotel, and the music is playing and everyone was singing along, clapping their hands and just having a grand old time. For $50 per person ($10 discount for booking online) this was by far the best “bang for our buck” that we had on the island and I literally cannot wait to do it again next year. Also worth mentioning, the crew was absolutely wonderful.

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