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Originally Posted by divingmedic
Ok I know someone from here has to have gone to AKR in the past. How about giving the good, the bad and the ugly about this place. I know it cost an arm and leg, but I was looking at it mainly for my daughter to give her something fun and educational to for the week, other than hand out at a pool.
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We were there in August and it was a nice place. We stayed on the island across from the mainland which was kinda cool. We were on the back side, so it got a little old having to walk across the whole thing, but ehh.. not that big of deal I guess. And being on the backside the sunsets and peace and quite were nice. The pool is actually on the island, as was the shore dive (which is worth doing at least once).
I'm sure you daughter would love the dolphin encounter. You get to learn some basic things about them and then touch and play with 'em. We did the snorkel as well, which actually I probably wouldn't recommend. On the day we did it the water was pretty clouded up and we did more swimming around than looking/playing with them.... can't speak to the dive, but I've heard it's similar in that they have a hard time bringing them out to the open ocean to begin with and the pretty much do what they want.
If she's not into dolphins (though what kid wouldn't be) there is always horseback riding (included) down the beach which was fun.
The staff and food were excellent, they take good care of you.
Diving.... At the time, we were probably a little disappointed with the aquatic life. Looking back, it wasn't all that bad. There is a lot of little things to see and we did see a few bigger things like eels and more giant grouper than you can imagine. Might have been the time of year as well, all-in-all we will probably go back eventually.... but you know, so many other places to see, so little time.
The shark dive was pretty cool as well, especially if you've never done one before.... they take you to around 70ft and let you swim around (depending on conditions) then they open a bucket of chum and the frenzy begins.... good stuff.