The Caribbean Coral Reef

When staying in 5 star Caribbean hotels, take the opportunity to visit the Caribbean coral reef. The vanishing reef area contains just under 10% of the world's coral, and is at the centre of many conservation efforts. The reef covers approximately 20,000 square miles, but is particularly susceptible to environmental damage, and the periodical destruction wrought by hurricanes in the area. The reef makes a fantastic excursion while enjoying a holiday luxuriating at 5 star Caribbean hotels, allowing visitors to get a better understanding of the problems affecting the area. Environmentally speaking, the carbon dioxide that is released by humankind is not only a pollutant in the air - as gases dissolve in the sea, the water grows more acidic. This, combined with a gradual rise in the temperature of the Caribbean Sea, has had serious repercussions for the reef.

Preserving the reef
Visitors to 5 star Caribbean hotels in the region can play a vital role in helping to conserve the world's second largest barrier reef. Holidaymakers can travel to the reef on dive excursions, allowing them to explore the wonders below the water, and the revenue that tourism brings has become extremely important in helping to preserve the area.

3 Signature Dishes of the Caribbean

There's plenty of fine food on offer when you stay at the best 5 star Caribbean hotels. No matter which island, or combination of islands, you decide to visit, each one is guaranteed to have an astonishing meal for you to discover. Many of the Caribbean islands are famous for their signature dishes, and any visitor hoping to get a taste of the 'real Caribbean' will usually discover it when they sample some of the unique foods available.

Whether your tastes run to meat or vegetarian dishes, a hearty breakfast or a light dinner, you'll be able to find something to suit while you travel the Caribbean. Here are three of our favourite meals you might come across.

Pepperpot
If you're taking in Trinidad or Guyana in your travels, it's definitely a good idea to make a little time for the pepperpot served at your 5 star Caribbean hotels. It's a stewed meat dish flavoured with cinnamon, hot peppers, and a special sauce made from cassava root named 'Cassareep'. Traditionally, Cassareep was boiled in a soft pot (the actual 'pepper pot') that would absorb the flavours, and then impart them to foods cooked later - such as rice and chicken. One unusual quality of Cassareep is that it acts as an antiseptic, allowing food to be left cooking for indefinite lengths of time. According to local legend, Betty Mascoll of Grenada had a pepperpot that was kept like this for more than a century.

Beach Restaurant of Curacao

Curacao is an island next to the islands of Aruba and Bonaire in the northern Antilles. It is right off the coast of Venezuela in the southern Caribbean Sea. Curacao has beautiful white sandy beaches and magnificent blue waters of the sea at its shores. You can enjoy yourself at the beach and then eat at one of the fine beach restaurants. 

Curacao has fabulous multicolored fish that you can see very close to the shore and best of all it has the charm of a tropical island with cosmopolitan sophistication. You can see colonial style houses painted in beautiful bright colors including red, orange, yellow, blue and green, reflective of their Dutch heritage.

Best Caribbean Place For Summer Vacations

There's something primal about the annual rush to find the best Caribbean places for summer vacations. It's kind of like the Wildebeest migration in the Serengeti and Masai Mara in Africa, with thousands upon thousands stampeding towards the same thing water. In this case, it is thousands upon thousands of vacationers stampeding towards brilliant sun, soft white sand & turquoise blue waters.

Planes and cruise ships zero in on the Caribbean from all over the world, and drop off their cargo of eager sun worshippers at various islands and ports of call. With a massive list of beaches and destinations on islands dispersed across 30 countries, finding the right country, right island, right destination, beach and right beach resort on said island is a complex issue. There are many factors that need to be considered, so let's consider them.