How to Snorkel the Barrier Reef in Roatán, Honduras from a Cruise

0:00 | the cruise port of ratan Honduras was

0:03 | the main reason I booked this Cruise one

0:07 | of my bucket list items has been to

0:09 | snorkel the Barrier Reef in Rowan but

0:12 | how exactly does one get there from the

0:15 | cruise ship to complicate matters our

0:17 | ship’s itinerary had changed from

0:20 | docking at Mahogany Bay to Cox and hole

0:23 | so I had some delays in getting updated

0:26 | information from the cruise line hi I’m

0:29 | travel advisor Annie and welcome or

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0:50 | Annie I was fortunate enough to snag a

0:53 | Shore Excursion called West End Bay on

0:56 | your own as I knew that this was the

0:58 | very popular Beach with access to the

1:01 | snorkeling

1:02 | Reef however I had also read that West

1:05 | End was full of Beach fendors and had a

1:09 | reputation for pickpocketing and theft

1:12 | with this in mind I decided it was

1:14 | imperative to go with the tour guide

1:16 | just to make the experience a little

1:18 | less stressful for

1:20 | me the transportation and guide was

1:23 | offered through Princess Cruise Line for

1:26 | reasonable is $50 per person however

1:30 | once we got to the beach the tour guide

1:32 | informed us that if we wanted to use the

1:34 | beach club it would be another $20 per

1:38 | person again wanting to have a safe

1:40 | place to store our stuff we went ahead

1:43 | and coughed up another

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2:00 | the beach club also came with beach

2:02 | louers in the shade small lunch and

2:05 | unlimited drinks alcoholic and non this

2:08 | ended up being a decent deal for us you

2:11 | could probably get transportation from

2:13 | your ship to West End for cheaper but

2:16 | since we had never been to ran before

2:18 | and like I said we just didn’t want to

2:20 | stress about it so it was really easy to

2:22 | rely on the bus provided by the shore

2:24 | Excursion which also gave us a return

2:27 | time and place to meet up for the ride

2:29 | back to the ship

2:31 | it was a decent walk from this beach

2:34 | club down to West End where you enter

2:37 | the water to snorkel The Reef be

2:40 | prepared to say no thank you repeatedly

2:42 | to the beach vendors who are literally

2:45 | everywhere upon entry the water is very

2:48 | shallow and reef and rocks are present

2:50 | right away so do take

2:53 | care just like the straight lights L

2:56 | this time like a fire in a blaz got to

3:00 | burn it down can’t be afraid to leave

3:05 | this we got this far don’t know I see

3:11 | danger us they know we burn down

3:16 | the once you get out around the corner

3:19 | the water gets much deeper but the

3:21 | visibility improves and the reef is much

3:24 | healthier there are lots of boats in the

3:27 | area with tourists on snorkel excursions

3:29 | so be careful to keep an eye out we

3:31 | snorkel through the lunch hours which

3:33 | helped keep the crowds a bit lower you

3:35 | do need to be a good swimmer or use a

3:38 | personal flotation device as it is deep

3:40 | and there can be some current luckily we

3:43 | had fantastic weather and the ocean was

3:45 | fairly

3:48 | [Music]

3:54 | calm T we going to let it tonight

4:00 | we going to let

4:03 | it we going to let it

4:09 | [Music]

4:14 | [Music]

4:38 | [Music]

4:47 | just like spark that’s breaking out make

4:52 | a turn back we know that there’s no room

4:58 | for no we can turn back now I see danger

5:04 | in your eyes they know burn down the

5:10 | night just like the

5:13 | sunrise you know that we going to

5:17 | it we going to let

5:21 | it we going to let it

5:26 | just it

5:30 | no

5:37 | [Music]

5:52 | [Music]

6:00 | [Music]

6:06 | [Music]

6:16 | [Music]

6:26 | we took a break to rest and returned to

6:28 | the beach club to enjoy our included

6:30 | lunch and drinks but then we went back

6:32 | out and snorkel again because it was

6:34 | just so

6:36 | amazing hey Travelers we are here in

6:41 | gorgeous Roan we just went out and

6:44 | snorkled the reef and it was amazing um

6:48 | but this is one of the places where they

6:50 | always are telling you to you know be

6:52 | careful watch your stuff from Pig

6:53 | pockets and there are a lot of vendors

6:55 | on the beach and stuff like that um so

6:58 | just one quick little tip we wanted to

7:00 | share with you is to do this with your

7:07 | backpack

7:13 | oh yeah so if you just strap it

7:16 | onto your chair or wherever you’re

7:19 | sitting I mean they could yeah they

7:22 | could still potentially steal your stuff

7:24 | but the number one way people seem to

7:27 | steal things is snatch and grab

7:30 | so if you at least just make it so that

7:32 | it’s not easily to just grab your

7:34 | backpack and walk off with it like this

7:36 | you know just this simple little quick

7:38 | hack just makes it one more step easier

7:41 | to be that much more secure on the beach

7:45 | when it was time we met up with the rest

7:47 | of our group and got on the bus for the

7:49 | return to the

7:53 | ship when we’re getting ready to depart

7:56 | from a destination one of my favorite

8:00 | things to do is to wave to the people

8:03 | and see what they’re doing like look at

8:06 | these friends right here they were just

8:08 | playing soccer on the

8:10 | beach those some boys coming to play

8:15 | too yep there they

8:20 | go getting to visit these people is so

8:23 | amazing that’s why I recommend everyone

8:26 | at least once you need to try a cruise

8:30 | it’s just such a cool way to see so many

8:32 | places yes you’re just getting a

8:35 | glimpse

8:36 | but it can be a very Insight

8:40 | Glimpse lots of people ride motorcycles

8:43 | here we’ve noticed even like whole

8:46 | families will fit onto one bike it’s a

8:50 | very fuele efficient way to get around

8:51 | the

8:52 | island I wonder if these these kids must

8:55 | have just got out of school we learned

8:56 | that they go to school just in the

8:58 | morning or just in the afternoon

8:59 | afternoon because otherwise it’s too

9:03 | hot oh yeah that’s the school right

9:06 | there no wonder there’s so many kids

9:17 | around and he’s leaving to the local

9:20 | kids who just got out of school I just

9:22 | keep mirroring them it’s so funny I love

9:25 | it

9:35 | she knowes

9:37 | [Laughter]

9:40 | [Music]

9:53 | [Music]

10:18 | goodbye Ro

10:20 | hand till next time

10:26 | [Music]

10:50 | all in all it was a fantastic experience

10:52 | and definitely one of my top snorkeling

10:55 | destinations I have visited so far and I

10:58 | visited quite a few you so if you would

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11:02 | weeklong Princess Cruise or from other

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11:10 | the description box below thanks so much

11:13 | for watching and I’ll see you next time

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