Author: Mort (---.tampabay.res.rr.com)
Date: 05-18-08 13:43
Culebrita's main beach (Playa Tortuga) is in a kind of horseshoe-shaped bay, and the baths are located at one end of it. It is not a far walk to the baths from the beach. You'll need shoes or sandals because the beach does not extend all the way.
The baths are large tidal pools. The sea splashes (sometimes smashes) up against the coral rocks, and the water that makes it through/over fills the tidal pools. You can swim in them or even snorkel, but be cautious... the rocks can be very slippery.
It's definitely worth going to the baths if you're going to be on Culebrita.
Culebrita is nice. I've been there three times on a friend's catamaran. But Flamenco beach is nicer, in my opinion, and the snorkeling is far better at Carlos Rosario, no contest. And Carlos Rosario feels nearly as remote as Culebrita. In fact, once I was on Culebrita when there were 30 boats and over a hundred people, while at Carlos Rosario, there were only two or three people.
What I'm trying to say is... If you feel like paying the money to go to Culebrita, by all means do it. But if you aren't able to get out there, don't feel like you missed something that is any more special than Culebra's myriad beaches and reefs.
Just one guy's opinion!
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