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Adventures On the Water
Seaworld Explorer, South Church St., (345) 949-8534. Not a true submarine but actually a glorified glass-bottom boat, the Seaworld Explorer sits next to Atlantis Submarine (see Underwater, below) on South Church Street. The Seaworld Explorer is a good option for those who might feel a little claustrophobic about a submarine adventure (since it does not actually submerge). Visitors descend into a glass observatory and view marine life as well as two shipwrecks. The Explorer travels to the
Cali, a schooner that hit the reef in 1944, and the Balboa, a freighter from Cuba destroyed by a hurricane. Today, the wrecks are encased in corals and filled with fish life. Tickets for the Seaworld Explorer are US $33 per person; children 2-12 are US $19. Tours last one hour.
Jolly Roger, (345) 949-8534. Yo ho ho, the pirate ship anchored off George Town's shores is friendly and lots of fun. The Jolly Roger, which claims to be the only authentic replica of a 17th-century Spanish galleon in the Caribbean, offers several kinds of buccaneering fun. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, take a pirate cruise (walk the plank if you don't set the sails!) where you can fire the cannon and witness a sword fight. Saturday brings a champagne breakfast cruise. Dinner cruises and sunset sails also offered (see Nightlife, below). Prices are US $29 for the pirate cruise, $25 for the breakfast cruise. Tours depart from Bayside in George Town Harbour.
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