Over the past year, the global travel industry has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, with widespread travel restrictions and a decrease in consumer demand leading to a significant drop in tourism. This has also had a major impact on the world of travel blogging, with many bloggers finding it difficult to continue their travels and document their experiences for their followers.
Before the pandemic, travel blogging was a popular and lucrative activity for many people. Bloggers would travel to different destinations, document their experiences through writing, photography, and video, and share their content on social media and their own websites. Some bloggers even turned their passion for travel into a full-time career, working with travel brands and creating sponsored content.
However, with the onset of the pandemic and the resulting travel restrictions, many bloggers found themselves unable to continue their travels as they had before. Many were forced to cancel their plans...
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Hi I'm Michelle a travel blogger passionate about wildlife and scuba diving travel, as well as animal conservation. I'm also an underwater photographer and love seeking out macro critters to photographer.
Hi Michelle, thanks for sharing your blog and amazing photos with the Travel Massive community! How far from shore are the reefs? Can you do night diving and is there much to see?
Hi Ian, thank you for your kind words.
The dive sites are approximately a 15mins to 30mins boat ride away from shore, depending on where you are staying on the island.
You can absolutely go night diving, which is my favourite type of dive along with wreck diving. On our last night dive, after 14yrs of trying to find it, I finally spotted the rare Spanish Dancer Nudibranch (sea slug) which get's it name from the way it wriggles its body like a flamenco dancer.
In terms of what you can see, Mauritius has plenty of variety including very rare species, it might not be in abundance like the Maldives or Indonesia but it's there if you know where to look, however, the pièce de résistance has to be the wrecks. On one of my dives I discovered the rare candy crab which I'm used to only seeing in Asia, so it was a very nice find especially for the dive centre as they had never seen one before.
Do check out my blog where you can find lots more info and marine life photos.
This is amazing Michelle.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I am a scuba instructor and an owner of a dive center in Jordan , your articles had me amazed what a wonderful dive site to go and explore !
Glad you enjoyed the article! Mauritius really does have a lot to offer in terms of diving, more than people realise. Jordan is still on my list of places to visit!
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