Enrichment Voyages
Enrichment Voyages are travel and learn opportunities on Semester at Sea's state-of-the-art floating campus that are open to participants of all ages. We invite you to experience the history, culture, and arts of destinations such as Central America and the Caribbean as well as The Amazon River Basin with subject matter experts, while enjoying field excursions and service opportunities that are unlike any other.
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Once the MV Explorer anchored off the coast of Cabo San Lucas yesterday, 11 divers from the Enrichment Voyage opted to get their fins wet and explore Mexico’s underwater landscape.
On the first dive, the group headed out to Pelican Rock, a popular spot for snorkelers and divers. The neighboring shoreline, Playa del Amor ( Lover’s Beach), is always crowded with sunbathers and is only accessible by kayak or boat.
While the visibility below the surface was rather low due to strong currents, the divers still were able to see an impressive array of marine life, from the camouflaged rockfish to countless rays—and even a seahorse, an animal that is very rare to find while diving.
The group also found the sand falls, a magical underwater place where sand continuously cascades down a canyon of rocks.
But the highlight of the dive was when the voyagers were swept away in a school of thousands of snappers who remained impervious to the divers’ presence. Good things snappers don’t live up to their name!
For the second dive, the group headed out to Land’s End, where a friendly local welcomed everybody to the area. As the divers descended, his sea lion pals frolicked in the water around them.
Puffers were many at this dive site, as were guitarfish and trumpetfish, to which the dive master proclaimed: “We found a whole band!”
It was a great day for diving and for exploring Cabo San Lucas in general. We can’t wait to come back here on our December 2012 Voyage: Origins & Empires.
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