Activities in Fajardo & Around
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La Casa del Mar Dive Center
Set inside the grounds of El Conquistador resort, the PADI-certified La Casa del Mar Dive Center is great for all levels. The ‘Bubblemakers for Kids’ appeals to the younger crowd (8 to 15 years; $49); more experienced divers can take the trips to local reefs (one/two tanks $69/99). A two-tank dive over in Culebra is $125.
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Sea Ventures Pro Dive Center
Sea Ventures Pro Dive Center has three outlets in Fajardo, Palmas del Mar and Guánica. They’re staffed by very experienced professionals offering one-week PADI certification courses. For those who just want the basics or already know how to dive, there are multiple trips to Palominos and Icacos Cays daily (one/two tanks $65/99), and on Sunday there are trips to Vieques and Culebra.
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Caribbean School of Aquatics
Operating since 1963, the Caribbean School of Aquatics has National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) and Professional Association of Dive Instructors (PADI) scuba classes, and Captain Greg Korwek will take you on all-day boat trips to the best spots around La Cordillera and elsewhere; two-tank dives start from $119 per person.
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East Island Excursions
East Island Excursions has glass-bottomed catamarans that are in high demand, so book early. All kinds of day trips to La Cordillera islands are offered, and it even does quick runs over to St Thomas. One of the catamarans has a water slide that launches you right into the ocean. Day trips start at $69 per person (10am to 3:30pm).
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Erin Go Bragh Charters
Erin Go Bragh Charters offers ecofriendly sunset trips, dinner trips, daily trips (with BBQ and other lunches provided) and overnight charters to Vieques and Culebra. Captain Bill and his wife Ingrid visit various islands in the cordillera where you can swim, fish and snorkel.
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Eco Xcursion Aquatica
Although technically located in Río Grande, Eco Xcursion Aquatica is a mobile operation with guided flotilla trips to La Cordillera cays for snorkeling, and a sunset trip around Las Cabezas and into the bioluminescent Laguna Grande, where micro-organisms glow in the dark water.
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Yokahú Kayaks
Yokahú Kayaks provides equipment, and guides are very professional. Children under seven aren't allowed on the night trips, which leave at 19:00 and generally last two hours. Their nonpolluting kayaks are one of the most environmentally friendly ways of seeing the Laguna.
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Eco-Action Tours
Eco-Action Tours offers kayak tours (one- to three-person kayaks) as well as excursions in a nonpolluting electric boat (minimum four people).
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Traveler
Traveler offers similar daily tours with all-you-can-eat salad bars and snorkeling equipment provided for reasonable prices.
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Capt Osva Alcaide
Capt Osva Alcaide offers half- and full- day deep-sea fishing charters out of Fajardo, and snorkeling to Icacos and Palomino Island.
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Salty Dreams
Salty Dreams offers day trips with lunch to Icacos, Lobos, Palominos and Palominitos cays in its 46ft catamaran Salty Dogs from $59 per day.
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