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All things bright and beautiful… under the sea In Montserrat, get up close to Soufrière Hills, the Caribbean’s most active volcano. Spot colourful tropical fish and turtles on dive or snorkel trips with Aquanauts, Grenada, and learn local arts and crafts skills at Coconut Bay Beach Resort, Saint Lucia. A gallop along the sands of Barkers Beach, Grand Cayman, and a swim with your horse is fun for all the family. Afterwards, enjoy a film at the island’s Camana Bay open-air cinema and watch the stars beneath the stars. There’s plenty to keep teens active: Martinique offers Aqualand water park, featuring adrenalin-pumping waterslides and a wave pool while adventurers will love climbing to the top of Pic Paradise, the highest peak of Saint-Martin, or exploring the Hato Caves of Curaçao.
Family hotels and resorts All-inclusive resorts and family hotels come in all shapes and sizes in the Caribbean – and offer a variety of supervised children’s clubs, activities and entertainment for all ages. Families will never go hungry at Beaches Turks & Caicos. New food trucks offering macaroni and cheese and icy treats join the resort’s 21 restaurants and Wednesday Night Fish Fry. Young ones from the age of four can also enjoy a taste of scuba diving with SNUBA Doo® and SNUBA® (also at Beaches Jamaica). A 141-acre water park provides plenty of thrills at Atlantis Paradise Island in The Bahamas. A 200-foot body slide, down a 60-foot almost-vertical drop from a Mayan temple, a nightclub and an Internet lounge with gaming
consoles will keep older ones amused. Young ones can feed baby stingrays, sharks and fish in the fish nursery, become a junior dolphin trainer for the day and learn how to care for the resort’s 50,000 sea creatures. Sunscape Splash Montego Bay, Jamaica, offers a pirate-themed waterpark with a lazy river and two waterslides, supervised Explorer’s Club for three to 12-year-olds, babysitting service and a Bubblemaker introductory scuba programme for eight to 10-year-olds. Grafton Beach Resort, Tobago, relies on old-fashioned classic board games to entertain all of the family. Luxury Carlisle Bay, Antigua, offers treasure hunts, tennis coaching and supervised activities during school holidays. Elite Island Resorts has three family friendly hotels with free kids’ clubs and non-motorised water-sports – St James’s Club Morgan Bay, Saint Lucia, and St James’s Club and Villas and The Veranda, both on Antigua.
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For multi-generational families and groups of friends travelling together, villas are a great choice because they offer space, privacy and the freedom to do as they please. •
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