Cas Cay - Kayak Hike and Snorkel Adventure
This award winning tour offers a unique, multi-eco experience. Kayak among the many small islands that make up St. Thomas' Mangrove Lagoon, including the pristine Cas Cay. This wildlife sanctuary and marine reserve is world famous for its winding, shallow waterways, beautiful mangrove trees with nesting birds, and colorful marine life. Hike and explore Cas Cay! Try your luck with a hermit crab race in a forest with an unusual community of thousands of hermit crabs. An eight minute walk along a level sandy, coral and shell rubble trail leads you to a dramatic area of cliffs with breathtaking views, tidal pools and a rare geologic blowhole. Relax and enjoy the sounds of the splashing water and the beautiful rock and cliff formations. Your guide will show you many new and interesting creatures and unforgettable places. After an eight minute hike back to the kayaks, you will don your mask, snorkel and life jacket and snorkel with colorful fish and sting rays.
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Cas Cay 1:30pm
3hr Kayak, Hike, and Snorkel Tour explore the Mangrove Lagoon and Cas Cay. Depart from our Mangrove Lagoon Marina at 1:30pm. Please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to departure time.
What's included in Cas Cay - Kayak Hike and Snorkel Adventure
(Subject to Option Inclusions)- Departs from Mangrove Lagoon Marina on St. Thomas - Kayak through many small islands made up of red mangrove trees - Hike and explore Cas Cay, a pristine, deserted island complete with tidal pools, volcanic cliffs, and a geological blowhole - Snorkel in a coral fringed mangrove nursery
Inclusions
- Water
- Snacks
- Use of snorkel equipment, kayak paddles, masks, life jackets and mesh bag to hold items that can get wet.
- safety briefing and kayak/paddling/snorkeling instruction
- lockers, dressing rooms, and toilet facilities
- Gratuities
- Photos (available to purchase)
- Service animals allowed
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Please arrive at Virgin Islands Ecotours 15 minutes prior to your tour time.
- At Virgin Islands Ecotours you will find a gift shop, restroom facilities, dressing rooms and lockers for your valuables.
- The hike is 8 minutes in each direction on an uneven, level sandy trail mixed with coral rubble
- Please bring a bathing suit and towel, shoes that can get wet, and sun protection including sunscreen, sunglasses, hats, etc.
- Minimum age is 2 years old.
- additional sanitation measures taken on site for COVID-19
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points