Snorkeling Tavanipupu Island
从Honi跳跃飞行30分钟ara, the capital city of the Solomon Islands, and you will find yourself at theTavanipupu岛度假村。这座豪华岛度假胜地搭配天然棕榈叶别墅，周围是细长的棕榈树和完美修剪的地面，适合皇室。
Tavanipupu Island Resort is the ideal destination for a relaxing week-long getaway, romantic honeymoon, or for a few nights as part of your tour of the Solomon Islands. Whatever your reason for visiting, just know you’ll be well taken care of!
目前，塔瓦尼普普（Tavanipupu）尚无有组织的潜水活动，尽管如果您提前计划并与酒店联系，他们可以在住宿期间安排潜水。Tavanipupu代替潜水，提供浮潜和免费潜水，这增加了度假村的放松氛围。
House Reef – Tavanipupu Island Corals
几乎任何地方，您都会在塔瓦尼普普（Tavanipupu）周围的水中伸出头，您会发现自己被坚硬的珊瑚包围。到达码头就可以看到他们的房屋礁在岛上弯曲的程度。
The corals surrounding the island are mostly yellow and creme coloredPorites cylindrica.These thick branching corals form towering colonies up to 2m in height. On averageP. cylindricawill grow每年1-3厘米making these colonies at least one hundred years in the making.
What’s really interesting about these corals is you can see in areas large clusters of branches have broken apart. This is a natural process as these corals grow quite large and rely on asexual fragmentation as a mode of reproduction and dispersal.
Porites cylindrica是一种宽容，长寿，快速增长的珊瑚，充当塔瓦尼普普（Tavanipupu）周围海岸线的缓冲，在自己的体重下分裂。
当您看到这些块时，请注意分支的顶部是如何黄色的，而底部是旧骨架。这向我们展示了这些珊瑚在岛上生长的时间很长，逐层建立了骨骼。
进入泻湖，后面Poritesand you will find a shallow sandy area with seagrass and corals. We found large stands ofAcropora, and lots of different leather corals. You can even find someGonioporaboulders and different brain corals. And keep your eyes on the sand as we found lots of cute little pipefish.
If you are trying to snorkel in this area make sure the tide is high enough to pass above the delicateAcropora. We recommend this section for experienced snorkelers with good buoyancy as it would be easy to damage these shallow corals. Be careful!
Marau Sound Coral Farm
Across the channel from Tavanipupu Island Resort is an old coral farm. Recently some training has been done to get this farm up and running again, so depending on when you read this article, you may find more coral than we had the chance to photograph.
There are many bright and colorful coral fragments planted at the shallow nursery and large stands ofAcroporanearby. Again we spotted plenty of little pipefish playing in theAcropora珊瑚框架中的树枝和许多较小的鱼飞镖。
Sand Island
When you’ve snorkeled around the island, visited the coral farm, and snorkeled everything in between, you’re ready to head out toSand Island. This island is 15 minutes away from the hotel and located on the outer reef. The staff can set up a picnic lunch on the island for you or just guide you on a snorkeling tour. This picturesque deserted paradise deserves a post all to itself!
到达Tavanipupu
从Honiara飞入Marau Sound。每周在所罗门航空公司上进行两次航班，或者从Air Taxi Honiara租用您自己的飞机（8pax）。预订您的住宿时Tavanipupu Island Resortthe hotel staff will come to pick you up by boat from the grassy airstrip in Marau.
