On Grand Turk there are three dive organizers. Blue Water Divers Ltd is on Front Street, next to the museum, PO Box 124,Grand Turk, TCI, Tel: 1-649-946-2432 or Email: info@grandturkscuba.com , Osprey Beach Hotel, Mitch Rolling offers a complete range of courses and special day trips with two small boats (bimini tops for shade).
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Bohio resort offers Caribbean diving or beach holidays with a difference. Dive or snorkel from boat or right off the beach, just a few steps from your room. Then lounge with a cocktail or take one of their yoga classes as the magical Caribbean sunset lights up the evening sky and enjoy Caribbean sailing or kayaking, snorkeling, trips to other islands, whale-watching excursions (January - April) and day trips to encounter tame sting rays with instruction and guiding qualified staff. The Guanahani restaurant at Bohio resort offering an imaginative fusion of wonderful fresh-caught local specialties and international flavors, complemented by an extensive wine list, fine Cuban cigars and Italian coffees and popular house specialty cocktails. Tel: 649-946-2135, Fax: 649-946-2795, email contact
Oasis Divers is run by Everette Freites and Dale Barker, PO Box 137, Grand Turk, T9461128, www.oasisdivers.com, offering a complete range of courses to small groups aboard 28ft dive boats. They also have a small shop. The highlight of diving here is the wall off Cockburn Town, which drops suddenly from 40ft to 7,000ft only a quarter of a mile offshore. There are 25 moored sites along the wall where you can find coral arches, tunnels, canyons, caves and overhangs.
Sea Eye Diving in Grand Turk, run by Cecil Ingham and Connie Rus, is a larger operation in a beautifully renovated building with underwater photography and a range of watersports on offer as well as a shop selling diving equipment and beach wear. They have three boats, maximum 12 divers per boat, NAUI and PADI instruction, US$55 per dive, frequent cay trips, dive packages with accommodation available, Sea Eye Diving and watersports, Tel: 1-649-946-1407, 1-954-302-1829 (US) Fax:1-649-946-1408, Email: c...@tciway.tc or Grand Turk Cruise Center (GTCC)
You can relax and enjoy the tranquility, or if you are feeling energetic you can explore the island and visit an 1800's plantation ghost town or Lake Catherine in the middle of the island. The snorkeling on the reef and near the shore provides more opportunities to enjoy the variety of marine life in the warm, clear water. During the interval the operators generally provide a tasty lunch, either served on the beach or in one of the beautiful coves. Also dont miss - Slavery and Emancipation, Trouvadore Slave Ship, Stamps, Coins, Salt Industry, Shipwrecks, Sisal Industry, Space race, Museum Shop & Garden, Message In A Bottle, Molasses Reef Shipwreck, Lucayans, Slavery And Emancipation Birth, Guinep House etc..at this museum.
Chukka Caribbean Adventures at Grand Turk operates some of the wildest and most fun-filled wide variety of excursions such as Horse Back Ride n' Swim, Zion "Bob Marley" Bus Line, 4x4 Off-Road Safaris, Jungle River Tubing, Zipline Canopy Tour, ATV, Bicycle, Hiking, and Airboat experiences. Horseback Ride ‘n’ Swim starts from the Grand Turk Indigenous Horse Shelter. Once mounted on your horse, you will go for a leisurely walk along the beach whilst enjoying the view of the crystal clear Atlantic Ocean. The guides will then unsaddle your mounts and prepare them for the swim. You then remount your horse, with a halter and enter the ocean for the “Experience of a Lifetime”. For the more adventurous at heart, climb behind the wheel of your very own purpose built, tubular frame sand dune buggy. These buggies are used especially for traveling on the vast sand dunes of the ICA deserts of Peru. Get back in your buggies and journey along the east coast back to the cruise ship pier. Travel through North Creek by Jeep “safari themed 4x4 F250’s” you will pass the St. Thomas Anglican Church, the first church built on Grand Turk by Bermudian settlers, on your way to the South-eastern side of the island. T: Montego Bay 1-888-4-CHUKKA (1-888-424-8552) ,(876) 953-6699, Fax: (876) 684-9931 Email: i...@chukkacaribbean.com
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