01 ngo-08
I-St. Croix Snorkel Cruise eya eSikhumbuzo Sezwe SaseBuck Island
© Getty Images / Don Hebert Isiqhingi saseBuck sinikeza izinhlangothi ezimbili zesinhlamvu esikhulu esifanayo: enye yezilwandle zomhlaba eziphakeme kunazo zonke, nesayithi le-prime snorkeling kwenye.
Emaminithi angu-20 kuphela ngesikebhe esivela e-Christiansted, eStro Croix, lesi siqhingi simelela iphesenti elilodwa kuphela lesikhumbuzo sezwe saseBuck Island Reef National, epaki elingaphansi kwamanzi elingaphansi kwamanzi, elenzelwe ukuvikela imifula engamahlombe e-coral nemvelo yasolwandle. off the largest of the US Virgin Islands . Ama-charter charter, amaningi atholakala ngaphansi kwe-Queen Street e-Christiansted, asebenza ngaphansi kwelayisensi ekhethekile evela e-US National Park Service.
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02 ngo-08
Isiqhingi saseBuck: I-Pristine Coral Reef Amaminithi angu-20 kuphela ukusuka ku-Christiansted, eStro Croix
IBuck Island, iStro Croix, i-USVI. © Bob Curley Isikebhe esiya esiqhingini sinomusa, sigudle ogwini lwaseSt. Croix ngendawo yakho ehlukile - isiqhingi kuphela esiseduze - sisondela nakakhulu njengoba uhamba. On the Big Beard Adventure Tours catamaran Adventure , encane ebhodini ngaphambili kwaba yindawo yokuba ilanga, umoya, kanye nemibono best. Izintshezi ezinkulu zazihamba ngendlela engafani nhlobo: ngoba imali yakho uthola ukuhamba ngesikebhe, ukusebenzisa i-snorkel kanye nemigodi, nokupholisa kunoma yikuphi ukudla noma isiphuzo ozikhethayo ukuletha ebhodini. Ayikho insizakalo yebhiya noma ye-booze: isikebhe seqembu, lokhu akusikho.
03 ngo-08
Tour Boats Ukuhlangana West Beach Buck Island
Izikebhe eBuck Island, eStro Croix, USVI. NgoMgqibelo omatasa, isikebhe sethu sijoyina isikebhe samabhayiseti kanye nemigodi yamanzi eyakhelwe eduze kwe-Sandy West Beach, okwakhiwa kancane kancane ngamatafula ambalwa epikiniki, i-BBQ grills, kanye nendawo yokuphumula. I-dropoff encane engavamile yavumela isikebhe sethu ukuba sibe ngaphansi kwezinyawo ezimbalwa zasogwini, sibophe ogwini ngokwayo. Ukusuka lapho, kwakuyizinyathelo ezimbalwa zokuhamba ngesihlabathi - isayithi lezintandokazi zezintambo ezine zezilwane zasolwandle kanye nezivakashi.
04 ngo-08
Jabulela isiqhingi saseBuck, kodwa ungashiyi lutho lokuthi ukhona
I-Rowboat ku-Buck Island. © Bob Curley Isimiso esiqhingini saseBuck sithwala, siphumelele. Umgomo wePark Service ukudala njengethonya elihlala njalo emvelweni wendawo ngangokunokwenzeka, ngakho uhlu olude lwezinto ezingenayo luhlanganisa ukuvinjelwa kokuqoqa igobolondo kanye nezambulela zasebhishi kanye nezinto ezicacile ezifana nokudoba.
Ngasemgodini sasineemaminithi engaba ngu-45 ukuyohlala esihlabathini noma siphume emanzini aphephile: ukuhamba nge-snorkeling kuvunyelwe ngaphesheya kwesiqhingi, kungukuthi akukho okunye okukubona. Ukuntuleka kwamanzi okungaqondakali, okungajulile kwenza lokhu kube yindawo enhle yezifundo zokuqala ze-snorkel ezinikezwa yi-Big Beard crew, noma kunjalo.
Uma ufika e-Buck Island uqobo futhi unesikhathi esiningi, kunemigwaqo embalwa ekhuphukela esiqongweni se-cactus-dotted island, enikeza imibono emihle emuva kwechweba. Kodwa imigwaqo iyigwala, igcinwe kahle futhi ihlanganiswe nezihlahla ezinobuthi neminwe, ngakho-ke uzodinga izicathulo zokuhamba ngezinyawo - hhayi ama-flip-flops owawugqoka uhambo lwe-snorkel - futhi cishe imizuzu engu-45 ukulandela umzila ukusuka eNtshonalanga Ibhishi eya kuDiedrich's Point.
Noma kunjalo, ibhishi lihle (libizwa ngokuthi lingcono kakhulu emhlabeni), ngakho kungani ushiya?
05 ka-08
Umkhumbi wamaminithi amahlanu ukusuka eBhishi LaseBuck Island kuya eReef
Big Beard dive isikebhe "Adventure". © Bob Curley Ngokulandelayo bekubuyele esikebheni ngomkhumbi wamaminithi angu-5 ngaphakathi kolwandle ohlangothini oluseningizimu-ntshonalanga yalesi siqhingi, lapho umhlabathi ufika khona ogwini ukuze wakhe umzila omncane. Lapha, sithatha enye yezintambo ezimbalwa ezivunyelwe futhi sahlala isikhathi esifushane, i-National Park Service ukuqondiswa okugunyaziwe. Amaphuzu abaluleke kunazo zonke: ungama noma uthinte noma yikuphi amakorali nengqondo okwamanje, okungakusiza ngokushesha ekukhunjini uma ungayinaki. Ukunikela izigqoko zethu zokuphila eziphuzi ngomthethonqubo kahulumeni, safaka emanzini.
06 ka-08
I-Buck Reef igcwele impilo enhle yamaCoral and Marine Life
I-Angelfish eBuck Reef, iStro Croix, i-USVI. © Getty Images / uSteve Simonsen Naphezu kwesixuku esikhulu sezikebhe ohlangothini lolwandle, sasiba nomfula kithi cishe cishe ihora elihle kakhulu le-snorkeling. Umkhombe waseBuck Island unempilo enhle: kunezigaba ze-coral efile, kodwa akukho-bleaching ebonakalayo nezigaba eziningi zobuchopho obukhulayo, i-elkhorn, (hlola ezinye) i-coral, ilandelwa yizinhlanzi zezinhlanzi ezinemibala eqoshiwe. Awuqiniseki ukuthi yini esondelene nawe? I-Park Service iye yazicabangela ngokucophelela amapulanka okuhumusha egcekeni elwandle ukuze ikusize, nakuba ezinye izimpawu ezihamba emgwaqweni ongaphansi kwamanzi zinzima kakhulu futhi zinzima ukufunda. Sibone i-stoplight parrotfish, i-barracuda, izikole ezinkulu ze-blue tang, .... futhi ngokujabulisayo akekho noyedwa wezingonyama ezihlaselayo eziye zaba isishayo se-Caribbean rock system system.
07 ngo-08
I-Snorkeling Ngaphezulu Kwezakhiwo Ezinhle ZaseCoral Coral
© Getty Images / uSteve Simonsen Kunezinhluzane eziningana zemvelo ezikhona emgodini waseBuck Island, okuvumela ukuba ugibele emasimini e-coral lapho izinhlanzi eziningi zivame ukubuthana khona (qaphela ukuthi i-elkhorn coral ikhula cishe emanzini: ukuzama ukugibela phezu kwayo kuyokunika ukusikeka okubi futhi ukuxolisa okungenabuzwelo kusuka kubasebenzisi bokuvakasha ababekuxwayisile ngaphambilini). I-lagoon ngokuvamile ingaphansi kwamamitha angu-12, abagibeli be-snorkelers abanokuhlangenwe nakho bangadonsa phansi ukuze bahlolisise izinhlanzi nama-corals. Kokubili ogwini nasemanzini, i-Big Beard crew igcina amehlo abo kumakhasimende abo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi akekho umuntu ongena enkingeni, futhi ukushayelwa kwegobolondo le-conch (ngokumangalisa okukhulu, ngisho nasekude kanye nekhanda lakho ngaphansi kwamanzi) kubonisa ukuthi isikhathi sokubuyela esikebheni.
08 ngo-08
Isibonelo Esihle Sendawo Yokuvikela Amanzi
Izinhlanzi zasemkhokheni eBhritish National Monument. © Snorkelingdives.com / CC ngu-2.0 Abakwa-Snorkel bazoba ne-Monument ye-Buck Island Reef National ngaphansi kwamanzi ngokwabo: i-scuba diving ayinqatshelwe lapha, nakuba kunama-anchorage ambalwa aqokiwe abesilisa abahamba nge-scuba eduzane. Ipaki yonke ingamahektare angaba ngu-19 000 kuphela, kuphela angu-176 umhlaba owomile (ihlathi elomile elishisayo laseBuck Island). Uzobona kuphela ingxenyana encane yalokhu konke ekuhambeni kokuhamba kwe-dive, kodwa lokho ozobona ukuthi uthembisa ukuthi kuzoba okunye okuvelele kweholide lakho laseSt. Croix.