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- Nov 22, 1999
This will be in my trip report, but someone had asked about it a while back, so I figured I'd do a quick post.
At Chanakaab Natural Park in Cozumel, I signed up for swimming with the sea lions. We took a taxi there on our own and paid to see the sea lion show. I noticed that there was still space available for the swim, so I did it. Hubby is not as much of an animal lover as me, so he took a pass. I think it was $59. You don a life vest and go into the water where they have the sea lion show, which is about 5 feet deep. There were only five of us, plus one trainer. The first sea lion didn't want to interact with us, so they brought out another one. We were able to pet, hug, kiss, and feed it. It swam to us in the water and did tricks like jumping over our outstretched arms. The whole experience was videotaped and the tape was available for purchase. They took photos too, but they wanted $14.95 for a photo, which was ridiculous, especially considering that photos with the macaws at the sea lion show were only $5. They gave a slight price break if you bought more than one photo, but I only wanted one. The two clerks argued in Spanish (I think the one was trying to tell the other it would be better to sell a photo to me at a discount rather than simply throw it away), but they stuck to the $14.95 so I just got the video instead. We didn't have our own camera because I hadn't been planning on doing the swim.
I would recommend it, especially to animal lovers, as it's a very unique experience, even tho' it's pricey.
Barb
Visit the Platinum Castaway Club at: www.castawayclub.com
At Chanakaab Natural Park in Cozumel, I signed up for swimming with the sea lions. We took a taxi there on our own and paid to see the sea lion show. I noticed that there was still space available for the swim, so I did it. Hubby is not as much of an animal lover as me, so he took a pass. I think it was $59. You don a life vest and go into the water where they have the sea lion show, which is about 5 feet deep. There were only five of us, plus one trainer. The first sea lion didn't want to interact with us, so they brought out another one. We were able to pet, hug, kiss, and feed it. It swam to us in the water and did tricks like jumping over our outstretched arms. The whole experience was videotaped and the tape was available for purchase. They took photos too, but they wanted $14.95 for a photo, which was ridiculous, especially considering that photos with the macaws at the sea lion show were only $5. They gave a slight price break if you bought more than one photo, but I only wanted one. The two clerks argued in Spanish (I think the one was trying to tell the other it would be better to sell a photo to me at a discount rather than simply throw it away), but they stuck to the $14.95 so I just got the video instead. We didn't have our own camera because I hadn't been planning on doing the swim.
I would recommend it, especially to animal lovers, as it's a very unique experience, even tho' it's pricey.
Barb
Visit the Platinum Castaway Club at: www.castawayclub.com