Another day of snorkeling :) First we stopped by the cleaning station off Vurolevu Island, even though it was low tide and less likely that they’d be there.
We were in luck! From the boat we could see a large reef manta ray, about 4m across, slowly circling near the surface. We got our gear on quickly and dropped into the water.
It was amazing to see the manta circling around majestically. It swam at a 90* angle, pretty close to us, within 2-3m. Another manta joined us for a few minutes before it dived down to the deep. I got some great pics, and then our snorkeling guide took my camera to get pics of us swimming with the manta. We watched it for about 30 minutes.
We got back on the boat and went off to our snorkeling sites. First was Split Rock, which as the name suggests is a wall on both sides. It’s also a preferred dive site. We are remote enough though that it’s just our resort we saw operating the whole time here.
The next part will sound repetitive - a quick snack on another random beach, a 2nd snorkeling site, back to the resort for lunch.
After lunch we had a new activity - kayaking through the mangroves to a small waterfall. I had pictured a long winding waterway like Akaka at Loango. But this was about 30 minutes through some choppy waters hugging the coast of Ono Island, before finally reaching the mangrove river, and then about five minutes down the river. We spent a few minutes at the waterfall before heading back down river. We opted to take the “Uber” back (a resort boat).
Cleaned up, had a nice dinner. There were a few new guests that arrived today - Chris and Yvong (sp?) (US, living the past year on the South Island of NZ), and their daughter Marie. Also a French guy, Thierry (sp?) living in Chile.
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