How To Become An 'Aquarist For A Day' In The Bahamas
What do you do after you've built a 140-acre aquatic-themed luxury resort in the Bahamas and filled it up with over 50,000 marine animals tucked away in various lagoons and displays? If you're the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island, you launch an array of different packages that guests can purchase to interact with everything from mantas to sea lions. These programs are on top of the resort's older offerings, which include the chance to interact with dolphins rescued after Katrina created havoc in the Caribbean.
The new "Snorkel With The Mantas" program starts at $79/person and gives guests the opportunity to swim in waters filled with giant manta rays. Up to eight guests go into the reef at a time, splashing alongside the 10-foot wingspan rays. To round out the experience there are also zebra sharks, jacks, snappers, and schools upon schools of shiny tropical fish. Participants looking for something a little more playful can sign up for the new Sea Lion Interaction, which involves pretty much what you'd expect from the name.
The resort is also now offering an "Aquarist For A Day" program, which guides guests through a day of caring for the resort's dizzying array of animals. This package costs $179/person and includes a Snorkel With The Mantas segment. After that guests get to pitch in on preparing "restaurant quality seafood" for feedings (we have no idea why mantas and sharks need that level of quality, but we're going with it), performing water quality tests, hand-feeding sting rays, and caring for aquatic newborns and rescued sea critters at the local marine hospital.
Prices for the resort itself begin at $199 and rise steeply from there. There aren't many bargains to be had, given that this is a 140-acre resort filled with 20 million gallons of fresh and saltwater lagoons crisscrossed by underground tunnels for viewing and interacting with marine animals. But if you're tired of recession travel and can afford it, there are dolphins and sea lions waiting out there.
Related Stories:
· Atlantis, Paradise Island [Official Site]
· Resorts Coverage [Jaunted]
· Bahamas Coverage [Jaunted]
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