The snorkeling tour from Santa Pola: visit the marine reserve Tabarca for snorkeling

Snorkeling at Tabarca for the whole family

At a snorkeling tour from Santa Pola you'll visit the marine reserve Tabarca for snorkeling and sightseeing with the boat around the island.

Booking option: ca. 3 hours boat trip to Tabarca for snorkeling

Snorkeling in Tabarca will amaze you: This fantastic underwater world exists thanks to the severe restrictions imposed in 1983, when the unique territory of the island of Tabarca was declared a marine reserve. Together with the professional guide, you will take the boat from Santa Pola for a snorkel tour around Tabarca island, so that you can explore the approx. 1.8 km long isle from the seaside. Visit the most beautiful places of the island by boat and anchor in turquoise blue bays and beaches with crystal clear water on the 3 hours tour.

Snorkeling around Tabarca is simply wonderful. Discover red starfish, lush seaweed meadows, in which lots of fish are hiding, rocks, below which crabs and octopus find a shelter, and colourful nudibranches with incredible bright colours. You can go snorkeling in Tabarca at various places of the island steeped in history and like this get a great impression of it. The snorkeling tour ends back in Santa Pola - or, if you like, you can stay on the island Tabarca for the rest of the day and go back to the mainland by taxi boat on your own terms in the evening.

Overview

• Snorkel tour: minimum 4 persons
• Hours: in the morning, in the afternoon
• Tourstart: The exact start time will be confirmed after booking
• Days: during summer daily, during winter at the weekends
• Months: possible all-year
• Languages: English, Spanish
• Difficulty level: easy
• Pick-up not included
• Starting points: Santa Pola
• Possibility to stay in Tabarca after snorkeling: then you need to organize the journey back by taxi boat on your own

Included

• Swim stop(s), snorkeling equipment, professional guide, boat ride, 1 drink
• Fish guide (for determining the species)

Prices

• Price From Santa Pola for snorkeling to Tabarca - (minimum 4 ps.) - per adult (from 11 yrs): 40.-€
• Price From Santa Pola for snorkeling to Tabarca - (minimum 4 ps.) - per child (5-10 yrs): 29.-€

Important information

Preconditions

• Ability to swim
• Minimum age 5 years

Please bring along:

Swimwear, towel, sun blocker

Detailed description

Discover the underwater world of the island Tabarca while snorkeling from Santa Pola

Spend a few wonderful hours on the exciting snorkel tour from Santa Pola, which takes you to Tabarca for snorkeling. Snorkeling is very easy, even for absolute beginners: You simply breathe in and out regularly through the snorkel in your mouth, while you lie relaxedly in the water and paddle forward efficiently with your fins by the gentle up- and down movement of your elongated legs. Like this you can calmly discover the picturesque underwater world of Tabarca at snorkeling and marvel at the diverse marine life in the marine reserve. The snorkeling tour from Santa Pola starts with the boat towards the islands about 15 minutes off the Costa Blanca.

Once there, you can explore many of the island's picturesque sights, beautiful beaches and crystal-clear bays on a leisurely round trip by boat around the island. At the best spots of Tabarca you snorkel to discover the numerous fish species, octopuses, moray eels, crabs, nudibranches and starfish. With the fish guide you can easily determine the species or simply take in the idyll of the underwater world. Snorkeling in Tabarca ends back in Santa Pola or you can choose to stay longer on Tabarca by organizing your return trip by taxi boat on your own in order to get to see even more of the charming island.

Conditions

Valid on the reserved day or for 12 months after date of purchase if no date has been selected. You will receive the tour operator's details with the purchased ticket. Attention: reservation is required! The reservation can be made through sunbonoo as part of the booking process or later by contacting the tour operator directly via phone or email.