Looking for a good holiday with wildlife or snorkelling for July - does it exist?

[bonvivant]

I need somewhere for 2 weeks in July, preferably by a beach, with either good snorkelling or nice wildlife, fab sunsets or stars a bonus.

Not considering Egypt (as looking at that poss for October) or Florida (as have been there a lot) or Mexico (that was last year's holiday).

I don't want to travel too far this year really - does anything like this exist in Europe or do I have go further afield?

Have you been to florida keys though?we found it a very different sort of florida holiday and absolutely loved it. loads of snorkelling - john pennekamp park for a start. we stayed in Islamorada. loads of water based activities, cycle trails, sea and mangrove canoeing, quick trip up and canoe through the everglades. temp never goes over 100 and a lovely breeze.

I've heard possibly Croatia? - but not been there myself.

A bit further somewhere like Antigua has pretty decent weather all year round and some good snorkelling though - and direct flights from London.

For snorkelling I would suggest Belize, but it's wet in summer plus has mosquitos/malaria which you might prefer to avoid. For good summer weather and snorkelling the only other places I can suggest are the Galapagos and Indonesia. Will be keeping an eye on this thread though as somewhere similar but closer would be great!

Yes we've done Florida and the Keys- loved it but need a change!

The Med is not good for snorkelling any more. You want a west-facing coast with limited habitation.

Anaxos on Lesvos island, Greece, may well fit the bill for those. Sunsets were wonderful.

Menorca is very good for snorkelling
S'algar

How about Malta for snorkelling?

We did a bit of snorkelling in Corsica. It was probably as good as any we've done in Europe but not brilliant tbh. I suppose you really need to look for somewhere with a coral reef.

Corsica is absolutely gorgeous; beaches, mountain, great food. I'd really recommend it. Although for the same price you could almost fly to the Caribbean where there is serious snorkelling.

Lake Malawi. Amazing snorkelling, beaches and an hour away from beach you could be on safari in Liwonde National Park watching elephants all day park fees are only $10 per day.
www.danforthyachting.com/index.html
www.aquaafrica.co.uk/
www.kandehorse.com/
www.malawitourism.com/pages/attractions/the_attraction.asp?AttractionsID=35
you could even go over to Zambia and visit South Luangwa National Park which is my favorite park in Africa.
www.crocvalley.com/
www.kiboko-safaris.com/