点评:When we stepped on to the Apollo we awaited an amazing sailing adventure with thriving reefs to snorkel at and lonesome untouched beaches to spend some time in the ocean. Unfortunately, none of those hopes came true.
It was not advertised as a party boat (we clearly checked that with an agency) and still - main reason for the people on board was definitely to create constant loudness level and get drunk in the evening. No interest for nature or animals.
The crew was very helpful and happy. Still there was no single situation where we were integrated in the sailing experience. More often it felt like a show off when the male crew members hoisted the sails to highlight their muscles. It was a bit embarrassing for me tbh…
The food was very low budget and most of the time not enough to actually eat until you’re satisfied.
Whitehaven beach is beautiful although there are masses of boats and tourists who turn on music and destroy the idyll kind of.
3/4 of the reefs that we’ve seen were not thriving at all - most of the corals where either dying or dead already. Very few fish compared to the reef that we visited from Cairns (do recommend a snorkel trip from there for sure!).
On the last day we were dropped off at a small beach - not really pretty or worth seeing. They left us there for 2 hours to start cleaning the boat. It was boring as hell and a lot of the people there just wanted to be brought back at this point.
We have expected more for 700 bug per person…
There is huge need to tap the full potential!
翻译:当我们踏上阿波罗号时,我们期待着一场精彩的航海冒险:在繁茂的珊瑚礁中浮潜,在人迹罕至的海滩上享受片刻宁静。可惜的是,这些愿望都落空了。
这艘船的宣传语并非派对船(我们特意向旅行社确认了这一点),而且船上人们的主要目的肯定是为了制造持续的喧闹,并在晚上喝得酩酊大醉。他们对自然和动物毫无兴趣。
船员们非常乐于助人,也非常热情。然而,我们并没有真正融入航海体验。更多的时候,男船员们扬帆炫耀肌肉,感觉像是在炫耀。说实话,这让我有点尴尬……
食物价格很低,而且大多数时候都不够吃,吃到饱为止。
白天堂海滩很美,尽管那里船只众多,游客也经常开着音乐,破坏了这种田园诗般的感觉。
我们见过的四分之三的珊瑚礁都已经枯萎了——大多数珊瑚要么正在死去,要么已经死了。与我们在凯恩斯看到的珊瑚礁相比,这里的鱼少得可怜(强烈推荐从那里出发的浮潜之旅!)。
最后一天,我们被送到了一个小海滩——既不漂亮也不值得一看。他们把我们留在那里两个小时,开始清理船只。这真是无聊透顶,很多人这时候只想赶紧回去。
我们本来以为每人700只虫子就能带来更多惊喜……
这里亟待挖掘全部潜力!