Adventures brings Snuba to Chaaya Blu, Trincomalee

Mongoose Adventures, launched a new experience for tourists in the East, with the introduction of Snuba to Trincomalee.

A cross between snorkelling and scuba diving, the sport is an easy and safe way to explore the diverse marine life around the seas off the Eastern coast.

Snuba offers swimmers the opportunity to safely experience the underwater world at deeper depths than snorkeling, without requiring prior diving certification.

A typical Snuba dive takes swimmers to about six meters below the surface, where a wider variety of aquatic life can be observed.

"Trincomalee and Pigeon Island, are an ideal location for Snuba, where swimmers can experience the amazingly rich and colourful marine life," said Managing Director of Mongoose Adventures Nishan Silva,. "As Sri Lanka's tourism sector grows, Mongoose Adventures is committed to providing new experiences to tourists both local and foreign - by introducing exciting adventure activities such as Snuba to the country."

Since Snuba combines scuba diving and snorkelling, it is a safe and easy option for those who have a basic knowledge of swimming. The sport uses most of the apparatus used for Scuba diving, but with the Oxygen tank floating on the surface, rather than on the swimmer's back.

The tank is connected to the swimmer through a regulator and tube, and participants are taken underwater after a 15 minute safety introduction and demonstration.Mongoose Adventures was the first to introduce Snuba to the South Asian region, with an exciting launch at Chaaya Tranz, Hikkaduwa earlier this year, and the expansion to Trincomalee forms part of the company's plans to brand Sri Lanka as an adventure sports hot-spot.