The following is a trip report from earlier this year, When we go back we will stay with Habitat Curacao which is on the other side of the island and reportedly has really good shore diving because of smoother seas.
We taxi down the runway, and all we see are cactus and scrub. We really didnt know the place is a desert! Out the airplane door we are greeted by a 20 knot sea breeze that we will come to love in a few days(nice and cool and no bugs none).
A short taxi ride and we are at Lions Dive Inn, very nice place really lush and tropical and the rooms were just right for us, nothing fancy but clean and comfortable and one heck of a view. (room #2309) The balcony overlooks the lagoon and the Caribbean Sea. Not bad at all! The staff could have been a little more helpful, but we were tired after traveling all day so we call it even and unpack. Wow what a view!
The Dive shop is run by the charming and very capable Ans (pronounced Anz) she really took care of us and she and Robert and Robbie (aka Juan and Paco) made our dive trips even more enjoyable. Thanks guys! All the boat dives were at least an hour long, which made up for the shore dives which were available but due to some problem with the Seaquarium manager were just to much hassle (along with the rough surf) besides after two one hour boat dives we were pretty tired.
We did some really good dives and the corals were healthy and the small fish and critters were plentiful. No large fish though, which I found rather odd. Overall I thought the diving was excellent.
Just a little west of the resort is Kon Tiki beach, very clean and safe ( we walked to a restaurant by the same name every evening without any fear or incident.
T he Kon Tiki is highly recommend and the cabins are very romantic (it was our anniversary) be sure and make reservations as they are pretty popular also economical ( we ate and had a couple Polar or Brights for about $20-25. Lunch is even less.
The locals are some of the friendliest people weve met any where in the Caribbean. Always willing to help with directions or advice like take the bus for a buck each or a taxi for twenty. Thats advice you can use.
Overall, a really nice comfortable laid back dive vacation that I would recommend to anyone.
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Alan
Curacao
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