Sunrise ... Sunset. Is there any place better that I could get? Trip Report

[bjritz]

DÃ*a de las Cuevas

Xtabi has three distinct sections. The garden side is a lovely oasis with amazing flowing plants and trees home to Ackee fruit dangling in tempting beauty. The pool is warm and inviting. The rooms over there are air conditioned and quiet. Well, mostly, if the guys playing music on the backend of Just Natural would stop, but then who wants ‘em to, they’re good. The sea side is the second. This is the draw, the gathering spot, where the action is, even if by action you mean gently swinging in a hammock. The restaurant, bar, tanning deck and cliffs with the stairs leading to the sea are all on this second bit. Thirdly, but hardly lastly is the underbelly of the resort. The caves.



One you’ve seen in this trip report already the beach cave. It’s the smallest and is by far the easiest water entry. Easy for walking, but for flying there are many options available. This little cave seems to draw a great deal of interest online. You see the pictures in many TripAdvisor reports, and here the boardies made it into a calendar; however, I’m not finding the linky.




There are several other stairs down to the caves and enough to keep you busy for a bit looking around. This is not necessarily recommended during rough seas, but I’ve seen a couple of pics that show this from the inside. Once again can’t find these when needed. So here is a montage of cave shots:





One evening Ed and I took a couple of chairs and some beer down to the platform and just watched the bats fly in and out of the caves. They are bigger flying than they appear in the caves. I found the caves to be fascinating to explore. Hope you can have a go at it sometime soon.