7 Best Destinations to Swim With Exotic Animals

At the Barbados-based resort Colony Club, there is a dual swimming and stand-up paddleboarding (SUP) with once-endangered populations of hawksbill and leatherback turtles. The experience begins on the white sands of the Colony Club beach, and swimmers are led by paddling out to The Lone Star Restaurant, which is one of the places that the turtles congregate. Some of the other animals that you can encounter on the swim include barbier fish, sergeant majors, angelfish, and parrotfish.