01 ye 08
St. Croix Snorkel Cruise kuBuck Island National Monument
© Getty Images / Don Hebert Buck Island inotenderera mativi maviri emari yakawanda yakafanana: imwe yepamhenderekedzo yepamhenderekedzo yepasi pane imwe, uye imwe nzvimbo yekutanga yekugadzirira kune imwe.
Maminitsi makumi maviri chete nechikepe kubva kuchiteshi chechikepe mu Christiansted, St. Croix, chitsuwa chinomiririra chikamu chimwe chete kubva muzana reBuck Island Reef National Monument, nzvimbo yakagadzirwa nemakumbo, (yakawanda) iyo iri pasi pemvura yakagadzirirwa kuchengetedza nzvimbo isina simba yakawanda yemakungwa uye nzvimbo dzegungwa dzinorara kubva kune yakakura kudarika US Virgin Islands . Dive charters, vazhinji vari pasi petsoka Queen Queen mu Christiansted, vanoshanda pasi pepairo inokosha kubva kuU.S. National Park Service.
Tarisa St. Croix Mitengo uye Mazano kuCarcelo
02 of 08
Buck Island: A Pristine Coral Reef Maminitsi 20 chete kubva ku Christiansted, St. Croix
Buck Island, St. Croix, USVI. © Bob Curley Ngarava iri kuenda kuchitsuwa ichi inofadza, ichikanda shoreline yeSt. Croix nekunzvimbo yako yakasiyana-siyana-chitsuwa chega chiri mberi - chiri kuramba chichikura sezvaunofamba. Pamusoro peBeard Big Adventure Tours catamaran Adventure , nzvimbo duku yepamusoro yaiva nzvimbo yekuve yezuva, mabhepo, uye maonero akanaka. Mabheji makuru akashandura rwendo rwusina-frills rwendo: nekuda kwekubhadhara iwe unotora chikepe, unoshandisa snorkel nemafuta, uye kunotonhora kune chero chikafu kana chinwiwa chaunosarudza kuunza pane. Hakusi doro kana kushandiswa kwebasa: chikamu chikepe, izvi hazvisi.
03 of 08
Tour Boats Kuungana kuBuck Island's West Beach
Ngarava paBuck Island, St. Croix, USVI. PaMugovera wakabatikana, chikepe chedu chakabatana neboka rezvikepe zvechikwata uye mvura inogadziriswa zvakasvibiswa nejecha reWest Beach, zvishoma nezvishoma zvakagadzirwa nemapikinikiti mashomanana, maBQQ grill, uye muimba yekupinda. Imwe nyanzvi yakadzika yakabvumira chikepe chedu kuti chive mukati memakiromita mashomanana egungwa, kutasva pamhenderekedzo yega. Kubva ipapo, yakanga iri matanho mashomanana ekufambisa kune jecha - nzvimbo inofarira nzvimbo yekuchengetedza yezvipenyu zvina zvehove dzegungwa uyewo vatashanyi.
04 of 08
Farira Buck Island, asi Usasiya Chero Iko Waivepo
Rowboat paBuck Island. © Bob Curley Mutemo weBuck Island unotakura, uite. Chinangwa chePark Service ndechekusika sezvisingagadziriswi pamamiriro ezvinhu epasi pose sezvinobvira, saka urongwa hurefu hwezvinhu zvisingawaniki hunosanganisira kurega kuburitsa gorosi uye masambula emvura pamwe nezvimwe zvinhu zvakajeka sekusina hove.
Pane imwe nguva kumhenderekedzo taive nemaminitsi makumi maviri nemashanu kuti tive nejecha kana kuti taenda kumvura yakadzikama: snorkeling inobvumirwa kune rumwe rutivi rwechitsuwa chacho, zvinongova zvisingagoni kuona. Iyo yakajeka, isina kudzika mvura kushaiwa kwezvinhu zvinokanganisa inoita iyi nzvimbo yakakura yezvidzidzo zvekutanga zveSorkorkel zvinopiwa neBig Beard crew, zvakadaro.
Kana ukauya kuBuck Island uri woga uye wava nenguva yakawanda, kune nzira mbiri dzinokwidza kumusoro kwechitsuwa che-cactus-chakatsvaga, ichipa maonero akanaka mumahombekombe. Asi migwagwa ine matombo, isina kuchengetedzwa zvakanaka, uye yakasvibiswa nemiti inouraya manchineel nemhinzwa, saka iwe unoda kutamba shangu - kwete flip-flops iwe zvichida wakapfeka rwendo rwe snorkel - uye anenge maminitsi 45 kutevera nzira kubva kuWest Gungwa kuenda kuna Diedrich's Point.
Chero zvakadaro, gungwa rakanaka (rakanzi ndiro imwe yenyika dzakanakisisa munyika), saka nei uchibva?
05 of 08
Maminitsi Makashanu Ngarava kubva kuBuck Island Beach kusvika kuReef
Big Beard dive chikepe "Aventure". © Bob Curley Yakazove yakadzoka pachikepe kwemaminitsi mashanu ichifamba mumugwagwa kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumaodzanyemba kwechitsuwa ichi, apo rwizi rwacho runosvika pedyo negungwa kuti rigadzire chiteshi chakamanikana. Pano, takatora chimwe chezvikwereti zvishoma zvakabvumirwa uye akagara kwenguva shomanana, National Park Service kutungamirirwa nemitemo. Pfungwa dzinonyanya kukosha ndeizvi: usamira kana kubata chero mararamiro nemafungiro emazuva ano, anogona kukurumidza kukukwezva kubva muchikepe kana iwe usingateereri. Kupa zvipfeko zvehupenyu hwehutano pamutemo wehurumende, takapinda mumvura.
06 of 08
Buck Reef Yakazara Noutano Hwakanaka uye Marine Life
Angelfish kuBuck Reef, St. Croix, USVI. © Getty Images / Steve Simonsen Pasinei neboka guru rezvikepe riri pamahombekombe egungwa, takava nerupanga kwatiri pachedu kweawa imwe yakanakisisa yekubata nyoka. Bhuku reBuck Island rine hutano hwakanaka: kune zvikamu zvekoral dzakafa, asi hapana kubuda kwebluji uye zvikamu zvakawanda zvehuropi huri kubudirira, elkhorn, (chengorora vamwe) koral, inotariswa nemakungwa ehove dzine mavara akaisvonaka. Hazvizivi kuti chii chakatenderera newe? IPark Service inofungisisa zvinyorwa zvinoshandura zvinyorwa pasi pegungwa kuti ikubatsire kunze, kunyange zvazvo dzimwe zviratidzo mumugwagwa uri pasi pemvura zvakanyanya kunyorova uye zvakaoma kuverenga. Takaona stoplight parrotfish, a barracuda, zvikoro zvikuru zvebhuruu tang, .... uye nomufaro hapana wevavengi vanovhiringidza vakave denda reCaribbean reef system.
07 of 08
Nyoka yeNyoka Yakasimwa Pamusoro peBuck Island Yakanaka Coral Gardens
© Getty Images / Steve Simonsen Zvimwe zvipembenene zvepanyama zvinowanikwa muReve yeBuck Island, zvichikuita kuti ushambire mumakorari minda iyo hove huru inowanzounganidza (chenjerera kuti elkhorn coral inokura pedyo nepamusoro pemvura: kuedza kushambira pamusoro payo kuchakupa zvakakanganisika uye vasina tsitsi vanopararira kubva kuvashandi vekushanyira avo vakambokuyambirai kare). Gungwa racho rinowanzoita mamita gumi nemaviri pasi, saka vanoziva kuti vanobata nyoka vanogona kutamaira pasi kusvika pasi kuti vaone zvakanyanya hove uye korals. Vose vari pamahombekombe uye mumvura, Big Big beard crew vanotarisa meso avo kune vatengi vavo kuti vaone kuti hakuna munhu anowanikwa mumatambudziko, uye kuchinzwa pamusoro pekona yengara (zvinoshamisa zvinoshamisa, kunyange kubva kure uye nemusoro wako pasi pemvura) zvinoratidza nguva yekudzokera kuchikepe.
08 we 08
Shanduro Yakanakisisa yekuchengetedza Mamiriro Edzimvura
Nyove dzehove paBuck Island National Monument. © Snorkelingdives.com / CC ne 2.0 Vashandi vekuchikoro vachabva vaine Buck Island Reef National Monument pasi pemvura vanozviitira ivo pachavo: scuba diving inorambidzwa pano, kunyange kune dzimwe mbiri dzakasarudzwa dzinoshandiswa kune vakasiyana-svoba vari pedyo. Iyo paki yose inopfuura 19,000 maekare, 176 chete iyo inyika yakaoma (iyo inopisa masango eBuck Island). Iwe uchaona chete chikamu chiduku chezvinhu izvi pazendo rwekushandura, asi izvo zvaunoona zvichavimbisa kuva chimwe chezvinhu zvinokosha zvezororo rako reSt. Croix.