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About 1000 Steps
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The name comes from the limestone staircase cut into the cliff — sixty-seven steps down to the water, which feel like a great many more on the way back up.
The beach is white sand and bleached coral rubble between limestone cliffs, and the reef starts a few metres from the shore. The water is clear, the coral is in good condition, and sea turtles are seen here regularly — this is one of the more reliable places on the island for them.
Go in the morning. The water is flattest before the wind picks up, the light is better for photographs, and the climb back up is a great deal kinder before the heat of the day.
There is no entrance charge, and there are no facilities either: no toilets, no shade, no drinking water. Bring water shoes for the coral fragments, and reckon on an hour for a snorkel, two to three hours for a dive including the walk down and back up.
