点评:We took the 3 in 1 trip to go turtle spotting, Marathonisi caves swim and Marathonisi (Turtle Island) beach. This review isn’t about the experience with this company. They were polite, well organised and friendly. The number of people on the boat was ok and the timings worked well.
Swimming around the caves was great, lots of fish and beautifully clear water with great visibility.
So why the one star? Despite the turtle spotting happening in the National Marine Park, our experience was joining a crowd of perhaps 10 boats jostling each other to surround one poor turtle, some boats blaring out music as they went. It was evident from what we learned later at the Zante Turtle conservation centre that this kind of treatment harms the turtles, increasing their chances of being killed or badly injured hugely and putting them off going to the vital beaches where they lay the eggs to continue their species.
The beach on Turtle island was much the same with crowds of people very close to the turtle nests, commercial boats selling ice creams and lots of litter on account of their being no bins available.
If you care at all for the welfare of the Turtles, please find another way to see them!
翻译:我们参加了那个“三合一”旅游项目,体验了观龟、在马拉松尼西岛的洞穴中游泳以及游览马拉松尼西岛(海龟岛)的海滩。这篇评论并非针对这家旅行社的服务体验;他们很有礼貌、组织有序且友善亲切。船上乘客数量也恰到好处,时间安排也很合理。
在洞穴周围游泳的体验棒极了,有很多鱼,海水清澈见底,能见度极高。
那么,为什么只给一星评价呢?尽管观龟活动是在国家海洋公园内进行的……我们的经历是:当时有大约10艘船挤在一起,试图围住一只可怜的海龟,有些船还一边航行一边大声播放音乐。后来我们在扎金索斯海龟保护中心了解到,这种行为会对海龟造成伤害,极大增加它们死亡或重伤的风险,还会让它们不愿再前往对繁衍后代至关重要的产卵滩。海龟岛上的海滩情况也大同小异:大量游客挤在海龟巢穴附近,有商业船只售卖冰淇淋,由于没有垃圾桶,海滩上到处都是垃圾。
如果你真的关心海龟的福祉,请另寻他法去观赏它们吧!