Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Dolphin Cay
DOLPHIN ENCOUNTER
( 242-363-3000;
www.atlantis.com
;
) Atlantis' artificial lagoon is home to 31 dol-
phins, 16 of which are refugees taken in from a New Orleans aquarium after Hurricane Kat-
rina. Shallow water encounters ($150) let visitors greet and hug the slippery mammals, or
swim alongside them using special water scooters ($185). These book up way in advance.
If you just want to watch the dolphins dive and play, hang out at the snack bar or the beach
surrounding the lagoon.
NASSAU FOR CHILDREN
From pirate history museums to massive water parks to dolphin-filled lagoons,
Nassau is basically one big playground.
» Plunge down waterslides and float through shark tanks at the 141-acre
Aquaventure water park (
Click here
) at the Atlantis resort. The littlest kids will
love the Mayan-themed shallow water playground.
» Sit and wave at people from your horse-drawn surrey (
Click here
).
» Salute a marching flamingo, yawn at a dozing iguana, cluck at a Bahama parrot
and smile at a big cat at Ardastra Gardens, Zoo & Conservation Center (
Click
» Walk past a bunch of wicked and wanton buccaneers and their pirate ship at the
brilliant interactive Pirates of Nassau museum (
Click here
).
» Ride in a glass-hulled semi-submarine with Seaworld Explorer (opposite ).
» Frolic with tame dolphins and romp in the sand at the Blue Lagoon (opposite),
a fantasy desert island.
For more information on traveling with children in the Bahamas, see
Click here
.
Water Adventures
WATER ACTIVITIES
( 242-363-3000;
www.atlantis.com
;
) Atlantis offers guests a huge variety of
snorkel, scuba and 'snuba' (a snorkel and scuba combo using long tubes to the surface)
adventures, both in the ocean and in the hotel's endless pools, lagoons and tanks. Thrill-
seekers should try the Shark Adventure, an underwater walk through the Predator Lagoon
using diving bell helmets.
