Dive in these gorgeous underwater cities made of vibrant colours, complex, multilayered landscape and innumerable creatures to make the experience last a lifetime.
Love the oceans? The underwater marine life is a whole new world in itself. The white sand ocean bed covered with bright corals and colourful organisms of all kinds thriving on them is something that gives you the sight of a lifetime. Each coral reef has a unique personality of its own. Here are the most exotic reefs around the world that you must see to have an experience of a lifetime.
A full town of anemones covered with clouds of silver eels glittering above the school of clownfishes! No, I am not talking about Finding Nemo, it's real and happening in the Great Barrier Reef right now! The corals' bright fractal branches are fragile but have expanded their colony large enough to be seen from space. Stretching for 2900 km, it is the most extensive collection of marine life in the world. Numerous aquatic animals like sponges, molluscs, starfish, rays, sharks and whales pay a reef visit.
Between Taveuni and Vanua Levu Islands, the Somosomo straight has created the sea bed's coral grounds. The constant flow of warm and cold currents feeds the marine creatures and encourages them to form a whole soft coral colony. Several diving sites enjoy the stunning great white wall and sea animals like whales, sharks, barracuda, rays and parrotfish.
The country's drawing force is the exquisite marine life off the coast that thrives around its coral beds. The wild life's preponderance includes hard and soft corals, bright sponges, and gorgonian fans carrying the tropical life. If you ever dive in that part of the ocean, swimming along with manta rays and sharks will be an everyday activity.
Existing 180 miles along the shores of Belize, the reef is the second largest in the world with the abundant ecosystem to support a massive bulk of aquatic life. Even though only 10% of the reef has been explored, new aquatic animals come up every day to amuse us. The Great Blue hole filled with stalagmites attracts several shark species that are heavens for researches on marine life. About 400 mangrove isles scattered into lagoons feed the moray eels, manatees, dolphin and barracudas.
