After our two dives in the morning we went back to the diving school of Roger’s Shack, which is located at Brownes Beach in Carlisle Bay.
Table of contents
How to get from Cruise Terminal to turtles?
Getting to the turtles in Barbados on your own is really quite easy: you either take a taxi from the cruise terminal to the beach (Carlisle Bay) and then snorkel from here as described above to the turtles. Alternatively, you can of course also walk from the Cruise Terminal (2.5 kilometers, about 30 minutes) and make a small sightseeing tour in the capital Bridgetown 🙂
We have drawn the footpath here in Google Maps.
Carlisle Bay in Barbados
Here we had about 1.5 hours to spare before our bus went back towards AIDA. There were actually only two options for bridging the time until then: We lie down lazily on the beach and enjoy the Caribbean sun… or we keep our wetsuit on and snorkel again to the place where the turtles are in Barbados. Anyone who has followed our travel reports diligently should know what we have chosen: because just lying around and doing nothing is somehow nothing for us 😉
Carlisle Bay is a small natural harbour in southwestern Barbados. The capital of the island state, Bridgetown, is located on this bay, which has been converted into a marine park. The Carlisle Bay Marine Park is a popular spot on the island for diving. Many relics, such as anchors and cannonballs from ships, are located on the seabed in Carlisle Bay. The bay is home to one of Barbados’ historic lighthouses, Needham’s Point Lighthouse.
Where to find the turtles in Barbados?
We had already reported that two years ago we snorkeled here in Carlisle Bay with turtles (see article). So we could still remember relatively well where this was:
From the diving school we walked maybe 300 to 400 meters south along the beach of Carlisle Bay. One actually already siht from the beach the many excursion boats in the water, so that one knows relatively easily where you have to walk into the sea. The sea also drops relatively flat here and is beautiful sandy, so it is really easy to swim something out.
Swimming with turtles in Barbados
It didn’t take long for us to see the first turtle in the water that swam long beneath us. So nothing like afterwards 🙂
She dived up and down a few times and then disappeared in the distance. After a few more meters we arrived at the place where there were already three excursion boats with snorkelers. The guides on the boats feed the turtles with fish and at the same time send the snorkelers into the water. We just mixed among the crowd and it didn’t take long for the first turtle to float here as well. We were definitely in the water for a good 30 minutes. Whenever a turtle disappeared, a new turtle that swam between the snorkelers came out of nowhere.
A really great experience! And most importantly, you really don’t have to book an expensive tour to swim with the turtles in Barbados!
Our video of snorkeling with the turtles
Here are some impressions as a video of snorkeling with the turtles in Barbados:
Übersicht unserer AIDA-Reiseberichte in der Karibik
Liest man die Liste der Inseln, die die AIDA auf der Route Karibische Inseln 1 ansteuert, denkt man kurzzeitig, es wäre ein Traum: Dominikanische Republik, Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, Grenada, St. Vincent & die Grenadinen, Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Antigua. Elf Inseln in 14 Tagen anzusteuern ist schon eine Hausnummer. Aber das war auch der Grund für uns, diese Route zu wählen. Eine Kreuzfahrt ist wie prädestiniert dafür, die Karibik mit ihren mehreren tausenden Trauminseln auf eine entspannte Art und Weise kennenzulernen. Hier findet Ihr alle Reiseberichte unserer 14-tägigen Karibikkreuzfahrt mit AIDAdiva.Tag 02 » Dominikanische Republik: AIDAdiva - Unsere 14-tägige Kreuzfahrt in der Karibik
Tag 03 » Seetag
Tag 04 » Aruba: Tauchen am Renaissance-Flugzeugwrack
Tag 04 » Aruba: Oranjestad - Eine Stadterkundung auf eigene Faust
Tag 05 » Curaçao: Inselrundfahrt, Sehenswürdigkeiten & Fotospots
Tag 05 » Curaçao: Ocean Encounters Curaçao - Tauchen mit Delfinen
Tag 06 » Bonaire: Tauchen im Bonaire National Marine Park
Tag 06 » Bonaire: Kralendijk - Ein kurzer Rundgang durch die Stadt
Tag 07 » Seetag
Tag 08 » Grenada: Tauchen am Wrack des Frachtschiffs Veronica L.
Tag 08 » Grenada: Molinere Bay - Tauchen am Unterwasser-Skulpturenpark
Tag 08 » Grenada: Sankt George's - Sehenswürdigkeiten & Fotospots
Tag 09 » St. Vincent: Kingstown & Vulkanbesteigung des La Soufrière
Tag 10 » Barbados: Wracktauchen im Carlisle Bay Marine Park
Tag 10 » Barbados: Schnorcheln mit Schildkröten in der Carlisle Bay
Tag 11 » St. Lucia: Tauchen in der Karibik mit Scuba Steve’s Diving
Tag 12 » Dominica: Delfine, Whale-Watching & die Hauptstadt Roseau
Tag 13 » Guadeloupe: Eine Inselrundfahrt & die Stadt Pointe-à-Pietre
Tag 14 » Antigua: St. John's, Nelson’s Dockyard & das Fort Berkeley
Tag 15 » Seetag
Tag 16 » Dominikanische Republik: Punta Cana - Seetag & Relaxen am Strand