![]() ![]() About 15 sharks threading their way through the corals are an added delight. Before long we’re speeding over shimmering Atlantic waters courtesy of the CRF’s partner, Rainbow Reef Dive Center, to see its offshore coral nurseries.ĭonning snorkel masks and a layer of reef-friendly sunscreen (provided free on boats), we take in the heartwarming sight of transplanted coral fragments growing on ‘trees’ tethered to the ocean floor. ![]() Visitors can get hands-on training to work in coral nurseries and learn to plant coral. But its Exploration Center is not all about talks, slides and interactive exhibits – fascinating and chastening as they are. It’s 8.15am, and while other mornings would be spent taking a pre-breakfast dip beneath a sky full of pelicans in Whale Harbor, off the retro-styled Postcard Inn, today I’m being educated about global coral-reef destruction at Key Largo’s Coral Restoration Foundation. Sustainable tourism is one way to help preserve the Florida Keys wilderness, writes Rhonda Carrier
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