Did a two day trip to Punta Rucia, stayed at the Punta Rucia Lodge. Very nice accommodations. Here are my two cents:
1) We did a day trip to Paradise Island was pleasantly surprised. Did not have much expectations, its just a sand bar, but the snorkeling off the reef there was pretty good. Then on the way back, we avoided the rough sea by going through natural mangrove rivers, this was pretty exciting. Got a video here:
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2) We hung out at a place at the end of Punta Rucia beach, was very pretty there, but got eaten by sand fleas, still itching 10 days later. My GF covered in about 200 bites, me about 50. She has been itching since two days after trip, I started a few days ago and still going. Those are real bad pests.
3) Visited the manatee sanctuary - only saw 1, about 100 yards away from observation point.
4) Good and cheap (relatively speaking) lobster available everywhere. We ate at Damaris's, was very good.
1) We did a day trip to Paradise Island was pleasantly surprised. Did not have much expectations, its just a sand bar, but the snorkeling off the reef there was pretty good. Then on the way back, we avoided the rough sea by going through natural mangrove rivers, this was pretty exciting. Got a video here:
GOPR0159 on Vimeo
2) We hung out at a place at the end of Punta Rucia beach, was very pretty there, but got eaten by sand fleas, still itching 10 days later. My GF covered in about 200 bites, me about 50. She has been itching since two days after trip, I started a few days ago and still going. Those are real bad pests.
3) Visited the manatee sanctuary - only saw 1, about 100 yards away from observation point.
4) Good and cheap (relatively speaking) lobster available everywhere. We ate at Damaris's, was very good.
