Accommodation options are a lot, from any budget. Personally I suggest you Lacosta Hotel: quite cheap (around 70 euros a night), very modern, new and clean, and with a very nice staff. Only downside they don’t have a private parking, but plenty of public one outside. Since you are there, one of the best restaurant I’ve tried in Jordan is 10 minutes away from there, a local restaurant with amazing Jordan dishes, a nice outside courtyard and great prices, Syrian Palace Restaurant.

Now, the best snorkeling spot is in South Beach, located south of Aqaba, and easily reached with 15 minutes of driving. You just get there, park your car along the road, and get to the beach. Super super easy.

Once you are in the Red Sea, the snorkeling experience is amazing, both for the variety of fishes and for the underwater landscape, also called Japanese Gardens

So, honestly, how was it? Well, it is good but not actually the best I have tried. It was definitely better at Seychelles (see here)

The worst part honestly is the plastic and pollution both in the beach and in the water. The beach is very dirty (I mean, for European standards) and also in the sea there is plastic and stuff. Quite a disappointment.

For these photos I have tested a new underwater equipment: I have switched from GoPro Hero 6 Black to combination of camera and underwater case.

After tons of research, I have tested the Sony a6000 with the kit lens 16-50mm, combined with a Meikon SeaFrogs underwater case. The choice of the Sony was for the APS sensor, while the Meikon is a very good quality case for a very cheap price. Ideal for snorkeling!

In my opinion, the quality of the photos is sensibly better than the GoPro Hero 6 Black, while the downside is that underwater you get shaky photos for anything shots less than 1/300 shutter speed. So fewer shots than the GoPro went right, but the few ones that did are of a very good quality.

Next test will be of my main camera, Sony A7R, with another Meikon case. It’s time to go big!

Sony a6000 Meikon SeaFrogs underwater case

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Let’s take a closer look to the best beaches of Seychelles!

Let’s start with Anse Severe, a beautiful beach in the south of La Digue. It is a very big and large beach, and you can find your own piece of sand even in the crowdest day. Not the best for snorkeling, but amazing for some beach and water shots.

Anse Severe

You can take the famous shots of a beautiful girl on the rocks, but there could be a line for doing that

Anse Severe

Or you can take the shooting underwater with a GoPro Dome:

Anse Severe

Moving on La Digue, n the north of the island, about 15 minutes by bike and 23 by walking from the main town,  there is the super famous ANSE SOURCE D’ARGENT, said to be the most photographed beach in the world.

Be here absolutely on low tide, otherwise it would be a very bad experience. Again, not good for snorkeling, but otherwise you’ll get breathtaking shots of the beach:

So where the snorkeling action is? In my opinion, the best snorkeling experience of the Seychelles is a day boat trip to Sisters Islands and Coco Island, that could be easily organized from La Digue Town.

In the main island, Big Sister, you will find what is probably one of the best beaches in the world:

Grande Soeur Island

All around the island, the opportunity for snorkeling is simply amazing, with the gems of Coco Island and Little Sister Island, Below some snorkeling shots I’ve taken during this trip:

The best encounter of all has been with a green sea turtle, just off Coco Island. It was simply amazing, and I’ve managed to take very close up shots of this encounter:

Coco island

Coco island

Coco island

Green Sea Turtle

Coco island

Another good snorkeling trip, usually from Praslin, is Snorkeling at St Pierre Island, where we managed to find another friendly turtle.

Snorkeling at St Pierre Island

Last mention is another world famous beach, Anse Lazio, located in the north of Praslin. It is another very good location for snorkeling, which can be easily done straight from the beach.

Anse Lazio  Cuttlefish

Anse Lazio

And if all this beautiful images of Seychelles’ marine life are not enough, you can enjoy the underwater footage at his youtube video!

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The second chapter of my video project Life UnderWater has been shot here: best seen in 4k, full screen.

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