Fajardo sailing - an unique experience
The town of Fajardo is the jumping-off point for transportation to the cays and islands off the eastern end of Puerto Rico. Three cays lie between one and three miles off of Fajardo; Icacos, Palomino, and Palominito. These cays are prime destinations for snorkelling on coral reefs in the shallow, clear waters. Icacos is the nearest cay to the harbor in Las Croabas, Fajardo. It's a mile-long, brushy spit characterized by seagrape and palms. Only about a sixth of the perimeter of Icacos is good for beachgoing; the rest is rocky or overrun by foliage. The beach area is just about perfect; white sand, crystal-clear waters, and almost no one around. When we go to Icacos we leave early in the morning, and enjoy a few hours of being the sole inhabitants of the island. We tell the fisherman who takes us out to Icacos what time we want to be picked up picked up (at about 3 p.m. sandflies usually start biting, and it's better to be off the island by then), and he heads back to Las Croabas. You'll need to take everything along that you might need; food, water, snorkelling equipment, bug spray, loose-fitting, light clothing, because there's nothing out there. It's a Robinson Crusoe experience for independent travellers. Palomino Island is a much larger island than Icacos, and is leased by El Conquistador Resort to provide a beach for their guests (El Conquistador sits on a cliff with a rocky shore below). The hotel runs frequent ferries out to Palomino for their guests, but private boat operators can carry others out to the island. The beach on Palomino is not as nice as Icacos (the sand is a different quality, and there's some seagrass), but there are opportunities to jet-ski and participate in other watersports. In addition there is a restaurant, bathrooms, and mini-golf. Palominito is just off of Palomino, and is hardly more than a sandbar. A bright-white, picture-perfect sandbar, with a few palms and seagrapes in the center. This is the island in your tropical island screensaver. Again, there are no shops or restaurants so you'll want to pack accordingly, as you would for Icacos. Visitors can also go out on the various catamarans that cruise the shallow seas around Fajardo
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