You’ll travel in the fastest, most stylish way with levels of privacy and comfort not available with any other form of air travel. The town of Yauco takes pride in their murals.Chartering a private flight to San Juan is the best way to begin your holiday in Puerto Rico. Bioluminescent bays are very much unphotographable-most of the photos you see online are photoshopped. Most importantly, take mental pictures-after tonight, this bucket list experience only resides in your memory. Splash as much as possible to activate the enchanting blue-green sparks. Overcome the mental hurdle of jumping into opaque black water, and dive in. Try to snag the latest available time slot, and avoid visiting during a full or near-full moon (they recommend the New Moon phase). The timing of your tour is also crucial: You want it as dark as possible. Before you go, skip the sunscreen, lotion, perfume, and anything else chemically that could harm the dinoflagellate ecosystem. What to know before swimming in La PargueraĪ number of local tour groups like Rincon Vacations and Alelí Tours will take you out to kayak, swim, or even snorkel in the bay, or you can rent your own kayak and go at it solo. Laguna Grande is still lagging in numbers but Mosquito Bay and La Parguera have fully recovered, with locals reporting the bays even brighter than before. “Because of the slower exchange of water in Vieques and Laguna Grande,” Percy explains, “the sedimentation will stay in the same place for longer periods of time.” Which is why tourist activity in Mosquito Bay and Laguna Grande is limited to boat or kayak excursions, including clear-bottomed options.ĭinoflagellate count is fragile: In all three of Puerto Rico’s bays, it dipped dramatically after Hurricane Maria in late 2017. It also filters out the sediment kicked up by hundreds of nightly guests, which would otherwise affect the microorganisms’ glow power.ĭinoflagellates need clear waters to do their thing. “Therefore it has a more complete exchange of water.” That helps keep this shallow bay clean by flushing out harmful chemicals like insect repellent, sunblock, perfumes, and oils. Why can you swim here and not the others? “La Parguera is the most open to the ocean,” says Percy Rier of Kayaking Puerto Rico, which guides tours out to the Laguna Grande Bio Bay. And then there's La Parguera: t he only bioluminescent bay where it’s legal to swim in the country (but not the world apparently you can jump right on into Jamaica’s lagoon).
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