For the most adventurous tourism, water sports travel aligns the world’s most natural wonders with adrenaline-fuelled activity. Whether it’s wanting just a hint of fear, or people chasing some of the world’s most challenging waves and waterworks, water sports travel is a fast-emerging, popularity-growing form of tourism, attracting travellers across the world.
Swimming with Seals in South Africa
Dubbed as Seal Island, Duiker Island off the coast of Hout Bay Harbour in Cape Town is a small rocky island, abundant to seal life. Home to a colony of Cape fur seals, several tour operators offer guided experiences to snorkel or swim with the marine life. Accustomed to human interaction, the seals here are happy to be observed in their natural habitat and interact with each other and human counterparts as they glide through the waters.
Within the clear and shallow waters surrounding the island, the charisma of the animals is visible early on. Their sleek fur coat varies in colour from darker brown to gray-brown and their social nature comes out the most during breeding seasons. As human hunting activities pose a threat to the species, ecotourism promotes a conservation effort to keep the sealife safe from exposed areas. A once-in-a-lifetime experience that’s protecting the sea life too!
Kitesurfing in the Maldives
The Maldives is a holiday like no other. Some of the world’s most pristine blue waters and luxury accommodations are renowned here. Secluded in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Sri Lanka, the Maldives is a collection of atolls, which are groups of coral islands renowned for their marine and aquatic life. Around two hundred of these are inhabited. Commonly booked by travellers seeking the most relaxing escape from everyday life, the water networks of the islands also provide ideal conditions for water sports activities. Kitesurfing gives people the opportunity to ride over the surface of the water and take in the sea air. It is best placed in warm waters with a consistent wind. Several islands can provide these ideal conditions in the Maldives, like Male Atoll for a quiet spot, and Laamu Atoll for an untouched natural spot.
For all the necessary information with the added bonus of a sublime stay, utilising a luxury Maldives specialist prior to departure will be a huge help before your trip. With the geography of the Maldives making it logistically one of the most challenging destinations to get to, experts can take away logistical pressure and help make decisions. With so many resorts on offer, it’s vital to ensure travellers find the best one for them and their budget, including the watersports activities on offer at each Maldives location.
Scuba diving in Indonesia
For the most unforgettable scuba diving experience, Indonesia should be top of the list. Within lucid waters lies some of the most diverse biodiversity on earth, beneat the surface is sure to be a spectacle. Offering numerous world-class diving sites across a range of resorts, here are some of the most renowned diving sites in the country:
Raja Ampat is home to stunning coral reefs and the incredible biodiversity associated with the whole country. Said to be one of the best diving spots in the world, the spot is part of the Coral Triangle which boasts over fifteen hundred fish species and over fivee hundred coral ones species. A multitude of sites are scattered through the archipelago, each offering different plus points from the most vibrant coral, to the strongest currents for a greater diving challenge.
The most culturally renowned Indonesian area, Bali, is equally renowned for its scuba diving spots. Dive centres are easily accessible from the biggest tourist attracting locations such as Ubud and are home to some of the world’s best equipment available for travellers to hire. Conservation efforts like reef monitoring, clean-up campaigns and educational efforts are also in place with many Balenease dive operators.
Bunaken National Marine Park also ranks highly in the one of the world’s best scuba diving spots. Water temperatures are high enough to make the experience enjoyable and, like other Indonesian spots, there are masses of coral colours to be appreciated below. The protected park also provides homes to an array of marinelife.
Surfing in Portugal
Consistent waves, diverse spots and stunning coastal scenery, Portugal is an epicentre for the world’s best waves to be surfed. From the Algarve in the South, to the capital’s coastline to Europe’s first World Surfing Reserve, the whole country is renowned for its surfing conditions. Peniche lies on the western coast, just North of Lisbon and is known as the ‘Surf Capital of Portugal’, as it offers a variety of waves for surfers of a range of experience levels. As it’s mostly known for some of earth’s most powerful waves, the annual World Surf League is held here.
For the perfect Portugese pad, luxury villa rentals in Portugal can be the home-from-home needed for all travellers’ surfing equipment and the rest up space desired after a busy day on the waves. The flexibility of a villa, allows travellers to combined surfing with a city or beach break. Whether it’s the coast off the capital, the metropolis district of Porto or the sublime sands of the Algarve’s Praia da Rocha, watersports in Portugal can be the perfect active retreat.
Snorkeling in Hawaii
Marvel at the underwater beauty of the Hawaiin islands, capturing countless coral reefs and the most diverse biodiversity area America. For travellers less confident of extreme watersports such as scuba diving, the shallow waters of snorkeling can be the best option. Requiring a low level of equipment and easy to pick up, head to the state’s only underwater park, Kealakeua Bay for some of the best visibility around any of the islands. The archipelago is a key area for seeing the spectacles below the initial ocean surface.
Summary
The watersport industry is one vastly growing in travel. Across the world, there are countless destinations and networks providing the highest likelihood of desired conditions. As travel continues to promote wellness in and during movement, the active ventures of watersport continue to become a trending way to stay moving whilst staying in some of the world’s most relaxing locations.
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