Peterson's Cay Kayak Snorkel Adventure

We booked this while on a cruise with our high school graduates. Only 8 of us went on this excursion and the ones who didn't go regretted it! It's a very personal tour. Our 8 was the total group, and we had 4 adults and 4 teenagers. You are picked up as soon as you get off your ship and delivered back the same way. Our ship was an hour late into port and we had already had lunch so we skipped the eating part of the excursion. Our guide was Ansenio and he couldn't have been better at his job, which he obviously loves. Our group had a range as far as swimming abilities, but everyone did great. You wear a self-inflatable life vest so if you need some rest from snorkeling you can just blow it up a little. It's about a 30 minute drive to get to where you depart on the kayaks but that's pretty interesting also. You kayak over to the little island, which is only about 15 minutes of paddling. We snorkeled an hour and a half approximately. Some in our group did get tired but the sights are so wonderful you didn't think much of it until you got out of the water. The guide has a floating ""stick"" you hold on to if you get tired while you're in the water. Ansenio did a fantastic job with safety and instructions for our new snorkelers. We saw two sharks and fish galore, and a couple of our group saw a sea turtle. We ended by stopping over a large bed of sand dollars where we all gathered some to take home. Hermit crabs are all over the beach. We did snorkel out from the beach and I think if you are uneasy with getting in water over your head you could stay near the shore. The water is indescribable in clarity and color. Other members of our group went on a snorkel excursion in Nassau and it was a very large group and only lasted 30 minutes. You won't be sorry if you book this one! And I would recommend wearing water shoes because the sand is very rocky as you get in and out of the water but I'm not sure how you would manage them with your fins.