点评:I very highly recommend Eleuthera Oudooor Center. My boat tours with KK were without question highlights of my week on Eleuthera.
I went on two tours with KK in the same week with different friends--that's how much I enjoyed them. We were families with teens and tweens. We snorkeled, swam with turtles, swam with pigs, and ate a freshly prepared ceviche. It was KK, our captain, who made this tour especially enjoyable.
From an organization and planning perspective, in all my exchanges with KK before a tour, he was professional, polite, and responsive. He also was flexible to our group's needs and even helped us arrange transportation to the airport, where we need to go straight after our second tour.
During the tour he really made us feel like it was important to him that we be enjoying ourselves. He shared generously his knowledge of the island. His sunny relaxed manner was infectious. We left the tour really feeling the relaxed island vibe in the very best way.
The boat was clean and well equipped with snorkels and masks (which we had requested ahead of time to have available for our tour). There were also plenty of local soft drinks and water.
On my first tour with him, which I went on with some friends, he was accompanied by Aretha, who was an expert on the island's flora and sea life. The highlight for me were were without question the several beautiful snorkeling spots he brought us to, coupled with information KK and Aretha provided us about what we were seeing around us.
The kids enjoyed the turtle sanctuary we visited, which is really just a simple enclosed area of water where a few injured turtles have the chance to heal back to health without fear of predators. On our visit to the sanctuary were wer able to get closer to a turtle than we otherwise would.
The kids also enjoyed feeding and swimming with the pigs, which I could have skipped, but the kids may disagree with me. The pigs are not wild, since there are none on the island of Eleuthera, but they are a nod to the wild pigs that are on some Bahaman islands. KK is honest and up-front about this, which helps to create trust. The pigs were cute and friendly.
I loved ending the tour with a delicious ceviche that KK prepares right before our eyes, with fresh-from-the-sea conch.
After the first tour, everyone reported back so enthusiastically about it to the other people vacationing with us, that the people who didn't make it the first time decided to book a separate tour with KK. I happliy joined them.
We did the same tour as the first time, but snorkeled in some different spots. Really both snorkeling spots were so beautiful that I could not say which I preferred. Mainly, I am happy that KK mixed things up so I could see new places. But I'm also happy he kept enough of the tour the same, so that the other people in our group got to have many of the same experiences that we had on our first tour. On our second tour, KK was joined by Keenan, a student at the Island School, which is a a specialized high school that offers a program dedicated to sustainability and water conservation.
Thank you, KK!
翻译:我极力推荐埃勒乌瑟拉奥杜尔中心。我和KK一起进行的游船之旅无疑是我在埃勒乌瑟拉之行的亮点。
同一周里,我分别和不同的朋友们一起参加了两次KK组织的旅游活动——可见我有多喜欢这些行程。我们都是带着十几岁或更小的孩子的家庭。我们进行了浮潜,与海龟一起游泳,还和猪一起戏水,最后还品尝了新鲜制作的酸橘汁腌鱼。正是我们的船长KK让这次旅行变得格外愉快。
从组织与策划的角度来看……在我们旅游前与KK的多次沟通中,他始终表现得专业、礼貌且反应迅速。他还十分体谅我们团队的需求,甚至帮我们安排了前往机场的交通——因为游览完第二站后我们就需要直接去机场。
在游览过程中,他能让我们切实感受到:让我们玩得开心对他而言至关重要。他毫无保留地分享了自己对这座岛屿的丰富知识。他那开朗随和的性格也深深感染了我们。参加完游览后,我们真切地感受到了岛上那种最惬意的悠闲氛围。
游船十分整洁,还配备了潜水通气管和面罩(我们事先要求为此次游览准备这些装备)。船上也有大量的本地软饮料和饮用水。
我第一次与他一起游览时,是和几位朋友同行的;当时他身边还有阿蕾莎相伴,她可是岛上植物与海洋生物方面的专家。对我来说,最精彩的部分无疑是他带我们去的几处美丽的浮潜点,再加上KK和Aretha为我们介绍了周围所见的各类海洋生物。
孩子们很喜欢我们参观的海龟保护区。其实那只是一个用围栏围起来的简单水域区域,一些受伤的海龟在这里可以安心休养、恢复健康,而不必担心遭到天敌袭击。在参观过程中,我们得以比平时更接近海龟。孩子们也很喜欢喂猪以及和猪一起游泳——其实这一环节我本可以跳过的,但孩子们可能不会同意我的看法。这些猪并非野猪,因为埃琉塞拉岛上并没有野猪,不过它们的存在也算是对巴哈马其他一些岛屿上野猪的一种致敬吧。KK在这方面坦率直率,这有助于赢得大家的信任。那些猪既可爱又友善。
我最喜欢的环节就是在游览结束时品尝KK当着我们的面用新鲜捕捞的海螺制作的美味生鱼片。第一次游览结束后,所有人都兴致勃勃地向同行的其他人分享体验。那些没能参加第一次行程的人便决定单独向KK预订一次游览。我很高兴能加入他们。
这次我们走的还是同样的路线,只是在几个不同的地点进行了浮潜。其实这两个浮潜点都美得令人难以取舍。最重要的是,我很开心KK安排了不同的行程,让我能看到新的地方。不过我也很高兴他保留了行程中的很多内容不变,这样我们团队里的其他人也能体验到我们第一次旅行时的许多经历。在第二次旅行中,KK身边还有岛校的一名学生基南相伴。岛校是一所专门的高中,设有以可持续发展和水资源保护为主题的课程。
谢谢你,KK!