Power Snorkeling Speedboat Tour in Arubaprivate
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- Check in at our office in Palm Beach or get picked up by speed boat right in front of your resort in the high-rise hotel area
- Try power snorkeling with the on board sea scooters for extra fun
- Snorkel for 45 minutes at the famous World War II shipwreck, the SS Antilla
- Spot different fish species while snorkeling at the second stop in Calatina Bay, or just enjoy the sun on the deck and chat with the captain
- Enjoy unlimited open bar of soft drinks and alcoholic beverages
Meet us in our office on Palm Beach 15 minutes prior to your tour or have us pick you up on the beach right in front of your hotel. After you are on board, your captain will give you a short safety briefing as you towards your first snorkeling stop by your private speedboat. This tour is 1.5-hour in general but you can add extra time if you wish. The tour comes with unlimited open bar of soft drinks and alcoholic beverages.
You will discover the underwater world with sea scooters! Our underwater scooters are battery powered and designed to do all the work for you. Explore the wonders of the oceans brilliant colors and incredible marine life all at the push of a button on our scooter. See diverse marine life and colorful coral while being propelled via sea scooter through waters surrounding the reef. we take snorkeling to the next level! Yup with these beauties, James Bond and Jacques Cousteau have nothing on you!
The first snorkeling location is the famous wreck, “Antilla”, where you’ll spend about 30 minutes exploring. The Antilla, which sank more than 60 years ago, remains completely intact and is widely regarded as one of the best sunken shipwrecks in the Caribbean. In the crystal clear water, she is an awesome sight to behold. Antilla, a popular shipwreck just off Aruba’s shores. Legend has it this 1939 German freighter likely carried supplies during WWII and was caught in Dutch waters following Germany’s invasion of Holland. The captain ordered the crew to open the valves and abandon ship rather than risk the ship falling into enemy hands. Explore the 400 foot Antilla along with a variety of colorful sea life including yellow tail snapper, green morays and southern stingrays. Keep an eye out for the possibility of a glimpse of a curious barracuda.
The next snorkeling stop is in the shallow waters of Catalina Bay you will brush up on your snorkeling skills as you spot angel fish, damsel fish and more swimming around sea fans and coral. Put on your snorkeling gear and descend under the crystal-clear turquoise waters and immediately find yourself transported into an underwater paradise. New to snorkeling? Not a problem! Your experienced captain will patiently work with you to make sure you have a safe and enjoyable experience.
At the end of the tour you can decide where you want to get dropped of in the high-rise hotel area.
- Private speedboat snorkel tour
- Hotel transfer from high-rise hotels
- Captain
- Snorkel gear
- Sea scooter
- Open bar
- Life vest
- Hotel transfer outside of the high-rise hotels
- Food
- Swimwear, sunscreen, towel
- Age limit to use the sea scooters: 12+ years
- Full refund if cancelled at least 24 hours before the commencement of the activity, no refund after.
- Full refund if cruise ship does not dock in time or does not dock at all and tour is missed.
- Full refund if supplier cancels the tour.
- If there is no specific check-in time then booking must be cancelled at least 24 hours before tour day.
- No refund if you don’t show up for the activity or if it starts with a pick up and you miss it.
- Supplier gets to decide if the weather is good enough to run the tour.
- In case of a dispute, Twistour has the final word in deciding the amount of refund.
- Click on the Book now button and choose the date and amount of tickets
- Proceed and fill in your billing details
- Pay with Visa, MasterCard, American Express or PayPal
- You will receive your voucher via email or you can download it from this site in your Tickets submenu
- On the day of the activity, follow the instructions in your voucher to the check-in location
- Go to the reserve your spot section on this page and choose the date and amount of tickets
- Click on the Book now button and fill in your billing details
- Pay with Visa, MasterCard, American Express or PayPal
- You will receive your voucher via email or you can download it from this site in your Tickets submenu
- On the day of the activity, follow the instructions in your voucher to the check-in location
Our office is located in Palm Beach, close to the Holiday Inn resort. Walk through the entrance of Holiday Inn and continue to walk through its garden until you reach the beach area. Upon reaching the beach, please make left on the footpath and walk about 10 meters (33 feet) and you will reach the beach hut for Octopus Aruba, where you will see representatives dressed in orange shorts and white polo shirts.
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Thank you for your review and the compliments to the crew, nice that you have had a great time together with your fiancé on the Octopus, too bad that you did not see turtles with snorkeling, but when you come back for the Aquadonut, hopefully you will see turtles, and thank you for recommending us to future guests, it was a pleasure to have you with us, and we are glad that we have been able to contribute to a beautiful memory of Aruba, hopefully we can welcome you again on the Octopus at your next visit to Aruba.