Sport & Activities
Diving
There are about seven marine parks around the island. These are Prickly Pear, a beautiful canyon characterised by ledges and caverns, where nurse sharks can be seen; Little Bay, a calm, sheltered site suitable for training and night dives; Shoal Bay Harbour Reef System; Stoney Bay; Dog Island; Seal Island Reef System and Sandy Island. There are also several deliberately sunk wrecks, which attract schools of fish. Award-winning underwater Park, Stoney Bay, features a 960-tonne Spanish Galleon, El Buen Consejo.
Watersports
Para-sailing, windsurfing and water-skiing facilities are available, and can be organised through Shoal Bay, individual hotels and Anguilla Watersports. Shore fishing and deep-sea fishing for marlin, tuna, swordfish and wahoo can be arranged by several operators. Swimming with dolphins can also be arranged. For further details contact Anguilla Tourist Board (see Contact Addresses section).
Other
Historic tours of The Valley are available every Tuesday and Thursday (1000-1200) and a guided rainforest tour is offered. Contact the Anguilla Tourist Board for further details of these and other activities (see Contact Addresses section). Boat racing is the national sport. There are public tennis courts at the Ronald Webster Park, and at some hotels. Hiking is popular, and horse riding and mountain biking can both be arranged. There are tennis courts with lessons available.
Culturally, there is heavy emphasis on the arts with 15 galleries and studios dispersed throughout the island. For those who wish to dabble in aesthetics of the self, there are three main (attractively priced) spas to go and be pampered: Cap Juluca; CuisinArt Resort & Spa; and Malliouhana Hotel & Spa.
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