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The Fijjan staff on Dolphin Island knows the area and can help you enjoy your time here. They can provide snorkeling equipment and also kayaks and catamarans.

There are miles of trails to explore like the 27-mile long Trans-Catalina Trail that traverses the island with campgrounds and small beaches along the way. The secluded coves and caves and magnificent cliffsides draw kayakers to the coastal waters.

Avalon is the port city and offers more comfortable amenities if camping is not your style. Try the Banning House Lodge or the Catalina Cabins for affordable and comfortable accommodation. Avalon has a nice family beach and you can have some family fun at the popular 18-hole miniature golf course Catalina Island’s Golf Gardens.

A popular fun activity here is tow-diving where you ride the water on a small board while being towed by a boat. Watch the world's largest resident pod of spinner dolphins in the Mirante dos Golginhos. Climb down cliffside ladders to reach Sanch Beach.

To protect the pristine natural environment, tourists are limited to only about 500 per day. There are no luxury resorts here but there are many modest comfortable guesthouses. At the Pousada Maravilha you can have a private bungalow with an ocean view.

Visit the Flinders Chase National Park for the best wildlife viewing and explore the hills and bushland hiking the "Kangaroo Island Coastal Wilderness Walk". Right next to the park entrance is the Kangaroo Island Wilderness Retreat which makes a great base for enjoying the island.

Some of the popular island spots are the Platypus Water Holes, Kelly Hill Cave Tours, Little Sahara Sand Dunes, Seal Bay Sea Lion Colony, Hanson Bay Beaches and Grassdale Kangaroos. The Southern Ocean Lodge is an exclusive luxury destination with spectacular views of of this tropical island vacation spot.

Martinique's exotic jungle interior draws lovers of canyoning from around the world. The landscape provides a wide variety of trails, canyons, rivers and waterfalls for trekking, rappelling, hiking and rafting.

Bureau Rando Martinique and In West Indies are two are outfitters that can arrange this outdoor adventure vacation idea for you. Bureau Rando Martinique and In West Indies. You don't have to be a super athletic type to enjoy canyoning.

Although many of the island locations are very challenging, canyoning outings can also be arranged which are very family friendly requiring only the desire to have fun. A great place to stay on Martinique, with great coastal views, is the Le Domaine Saint Auburn.

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