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This was my first experience of a coral garden. I didn’t realise it was such a literal phrase, believing it to be more of an accepted term for a coral collective. Palancar reef is very garden like. In the clear water against the pale sand, the coral colours are breathtaking as they peek from caves and canyons and from under overhangs before flowering into stretches of garden. After following a wall along I swam though a crevice and came upon a proper garden of bright coral. It was like something out of The Little Mermaid. Fish take a back seat to the coral in many sections but once you get used to it you’ll be looking out for larger life again, a selection of lobsters, crabs, rays and barracudas as well as lots of bright little guys.

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‘Palancar Reef’

Again, an area of reef this large will have any number of great dive sites, there are about 40 well known spots used by the guides and dive boats but ... Read more »

Review by expert member Nick Shaw's photo Nick Shaw


‘The Palancar Reef’

An vast display of coral, caves and canyons with visibility up to 230ft, Palancar Reef is on the ... Read more »

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