CaribbeanTravel.com Directory - (Page VI) WHERE TO SEND THEM each destination in the Caribbean has a DISTINCT APPEAL ith so many cultural influences, each Caribbean country has a unique offering for vacationers. While there really are no bad choices, you can narrowly target your client’s needs to determine the best destination that will lead to high acclaim for your insight and service. Here is a sampling: W service. Here guests can take horsedrawn carriage rides through historic sugar plantations with lovely sea views. NIGHTLIFE In Aruba, evening festivities begin with sunset party cruises aboard Mi Dushi, a wooden sailing ship with a rope swing, and Tattoo, a cruise boat with a three-level water slide. The Kukoo Kunuku is a hop-on/hop-off party bus making the rounds through the casinos, restaurants, bars and hotels throughout the night. Visitors can try their luck at one of 11 major casinos. Las Vegas-type spectacles are popular, notably Let’s go Latin! at the Crystal Theater. Cancún, Mexico, offers high-octane entertainment that is still going strong in some places at dawn. The City features seven bars with state-ofthe-art laser, lighting and sound systems, while Glazz Restaurant & Ultra Lounge offers a chic hang-out. ROMANCE St. Vincent and the Grenadines fulfills castaway fantasies with private island accommodations such as Petit St. Vincent, Palm Island, Young Island Resort and Petit Byahaut. They offer supreme pampering and secluded strands, plus private sailing tours through remote islands like the Tobago Cays. The upscale plantation inns of Nevis appeal to romantic couples with genteel FAMILY ATTRACTIONS Grand Cayman is an excellent family destination. Boatswain’s Beach, a 23-acre marine park, incorporates the Cayman Turtle Farm, a man-made saltwater laPREFACE I goon for snorkeling with fish, a shark tank and blue iguana sanctuary. Black Pearl Skate and Surf Park, one of the biggest outdoor skate parks in the world, has three skating courses for varying abilities and a Waveloch Surf Machine for surf instruction. The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman offers a children’s eco-adventure program developed by Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society. On Riviera Maya, Mexico Xcaret Eco Theme Park offers swimming with dolphins and manatees, sea trekking, horseback riding, river tubing through an underground cavern and more. Xel-ha, Tres Rios, Aktun Chen and Dos Ojos offer swimming in cenotes (natural sinkholes with clear water). Kids will enjoy exploring the Mayan ruins at Tulum and Coba. The Atlantis in the Bahamas appeals to kids of all ages with a massive aquarium and 63-acre water park. There are waterslides down the sides of a six-story Mayan Temple; the Leap of Faith propels VI
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