Water · San Andrés
Do not stand on, touch or chase the rays, and do not stand on coral. This is a UNESCO biosphere reserve and the damage from visitors standing on reef is visible and cumulative.
A natural aquarium in a shallow lagoon where you can literally walk from one cay to the other through waist-deep water, with fish and rays around your legs the whole way.
Private boat, arriving early with the lagoon to yourselves, plus a guide who can identify what you are swimming over.
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A coral islet of coconut palms and blinding white sand fifteen minutes offshore, ringed by water in three separate shades of turquoise. It is the postcard, it is busy, and it is still worth it.
From
$20–$50
per person
Water
A full day working round the island by boat — the cays, the mangroves, a stingray stop and two snorkel sites — with lunch aboard and a skipper who picks the stops by the day’s conditions rather than a fixed list.
From
$30–$80
per person
Water
Two natural swimming spots cut into the island’s western volcanic shelf, where the reef comes right to the rocks and the fish are used to being fed bread by everybody who turns up.
Entry fee
$2–$15
paid on the door
