Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine January 2020 | Page 166

33 29 Bay en Bo v Boven National Park place of interest Coc o lu ch Fon u Ve n Northern 27 Marine Park Reserve 26 St. Eustatius Marine Park k Je n ay n B ta a Ba y 28 i ns 34 ay s B www.statia-tourism.com Ba y C 35 l Ze e ay ia B a nd Statia National Marine Park 32 The St Eustatius National Marine Park was established in 1996. It extends from the shoreline to the 30m depth contour, encompassing the entire coast and covering 27.5 km 2 . Within the park are two actively managed reserves in which no fishing or anchoring is allowed. The Marine has installed and maintains over 30 moorings for dive and snorkeling sites. Visitors can go diving or snorkeling but they are not allowed do so on their own - it must be done through a dive center and there are two on the island – Scubaqua and Golden Rock - that take tourists by boat to the dive sites. at Gre Tum n do w ble D ic Ba y 36 t Tur ay le B ay k B Com Signal Hill National Park 25A pa g nie Bay 25 23 22 Statia National Marine Park Quill National Park 24 31 NW o Ga ll re Cor Ba y ws re Co r Botanical Garden 21 20 B 19 18 Cliffs / Down South (67/20) Coral Gardens (99/30) 23 Mushroom Gardens (52/16) The Humps (43/13) Five Fingers North (47/14) 27 10 Five Fingers South (52/16) The Ledges (61/19) 28 Anchor Reef (74/23) The Blocks (55/17) 30 15 15A 16 17 18 19 Reserve Buoys: NW Triple Wreck (55/17) W H Double Wreck (67/20) W SW H S SE (62/19) (62/19) (98/30) (100/28) 25A 9 29 H Hangover (55/17) Anchor Point South (62/18) Southern Marine Park Reserve Stingray City (50/15) W H 25 STENAPA Reef (56/17) W 26 14 1 Blair’s Reef (62/19) Crook’s Castle (35/11) 24 Valley of Sponges (43/13) 12 Photo Credit: St. Eustatius National Parks Foundation 21 8 13 2 4 11 6 3 4 5 22 7 7 Grand Canyon (86/26) 6 A 8 3 5 Bay SE 20 2 15 13 15A 11 12 Kay 10 S Drop Off East (69/21) Drop Off West (96/29) 1 9 Dive sites (ft/m) 14 SW 30 south 16 30 north 17 30 31 H 32 Anchor Point West (62/18) H Anchor Point North (62/19) H 33 Twin Peaks (71/22) Barracuda Reef West (74/23) 34 35 36 Snorkel sites: Chien Tong (56/17) W Doobie’s Crack (94/29) A Outer Jenkins Bay (40/12) Twin Sisters (58/18) Gibraltar / North Point (59/18) north The Charles L. Brown (102/31) B C south The Charles L. Brown (102/31) Blue Bead Hole (55/17) Blind Shoal (19/6) Twelve Guns (17/6) H Inner Jenkins Bay (17/6 W H Historical Dive W W Wreck Dive Dive site with No Buoy Aquarium (58/18) North Man (99/30) Reserve Boundary Marker / Harbour Dive site for vessels < 30 tonnes Five Canyons (86/26) The Cave (67/20) Dive site for vessels < 50 tonnes Dive Center English Quarter (33/10) Nursing Station (62/19) Photo Credit: Cees Timmers Photography