T & C Explorer - which hotel beforehand?

Planning a trip on the T & C Explorer, and if conditions allow (I think usually they do) the boat hangs out in the Caicos Marina. My question is if we decide to come in a day early, at which hotel should we stay if we want to avoid a long cab ride from the hotel to the marina? For some reason I've been having issues mapping things out on that island.

Thanks!

Gwen

I'm not sure what the Caicos Marina is. The liveaboard dive boats used to be based at Turtle Cove Marina, and a good place to stay there is Turtle Cove Inn: reasonable, right by the dock and strolling distance to many bars and restaurants. The issue with Turtle Cove Marina is impaired accessability at low tide. Many of the boats, including the larger C&E Explorer II, now use the "South Dock", a commercial port which isn't really close to anything but affords deeper water and a shorter run to the West Caicos/French Caye dive destinations.

Caicos Marina is the place Explorer has on their website under something like "how to find the boat" - it threw me because I was expecting it to say Turtle Cove Marina as well. Maybe the "south dock" is the Caicos Marina. (??)

Hi Gwen

i stayed at the comfort suits for two nights after
i have written a trip report from my trip in april 2008 - i'll try and link it from my blog

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