The Barefoot Traveller

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	The Barefoot Traveller
204 King Street, London W6 0RA			MAP
tel: 020 8741 4319

Established in 1990, all staff are certified Scuba Divers and holidays are only to protected marine sites. All holidays are tailormade.

Where

Founded with the aim of offering environmentally friendly and affordable scuba diving holidays to the Caribbean to the Bahamas, the Caymans, Cozumel in Mexico, Bonnaire, Curacao, Tobago, Turks & Caicos, Grenada, St Lucia, Phuket in Thailand, Seychelles, Maldives and Sri Lanka. Now also to the Seychelles and Cuba.

Recommendations

For families who want to dive together, the Bahamas, Tobago and Grenada, the first in particular at the Paradise Island hotel in the Bahamas because it offers access to most facilities at the Atlantis resort. Particularly recommended for those needing childcare is the Rex Turtle Beach which runs a Children's Club Monday to Friday on request. Baby sitting can also be arranged with qualified minders.
For non diving children Sri Lanka as there is plenty there for children to take an interest in. For children learning to dive suggests Grenada, Bahamas and southern Tobago because offering clam waters without currents. Also possibly Bonaire though there is little to do apart from dive.

Sample Price

A seven-night stay in the Bahamas costs around £1,200 per adult and £500 per child including flights, transfers and b&b accommodation at the Comfort Suites, (a mile from downtown Nassau on Paradise Island), with three two-tank boat dives from with tanks, weights and belt included.
In Tobago, a seven-night stay at the Rex Turtle Beach costs around £1,300 per adult and £650 per child. This includes return BA flight from Gatwick, transfers, b&b accommodation and three two-tank boat dives with tanks, weights and belt included.
In Grenada, a seven-night break at the Rex Grenadian hotel costs around £1,100 per adult and £600 per child. This includes return BA flight from Gatwick, transfers, accommodation with breakfasts, plus six one-tank boat dives with tanks, weights and belt included.