Lady Bellaïs

Lady Bellaïs is a wooden Brazilian schooner sailing snorkel and brunch trips from Harbour Village Marina in Kralendijk.

The boat is the reason to pick this one. It is a genuine wooden schooner that was sailed here from Brazil in twenty-one days, with broad decks and a rope swing off the side — which means the people who are not snorkelling have somewhere to sit, and the children have something to do while the adults are in the water. Lunch is cooked on board and is local rather than international: creole chicken stew, rice and coleslaw.

The Sunday morning brunch sail with mimosas is the trip most people book, and there is about an hour of snorkelling in it. Reckon on half a day. Prices vary by trip and a private charter runs from around three hundred dollars for the boat rather than per head, so ask what you are booking. Suitable for all ages, which not every snorkel boat here is.