http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34739 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34739 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34679 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34679 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34645 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34645 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34638 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34638 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34616 llamatravel.com) but you can book independently too. The spacious but simply furnished rooms are in wooden cabins on raised walkways amidst 34 acres of beautiful butterfly-filled gardens where you hear (and sometimes see) the strange bark of howler monkeys on your way to meals. The rates are inclusive of all meals plus boat transfers and tours. Doubles $289 for two days, one night. Just one warning – it’s in the rainforest, so it does, well, rain a lot. We were lucky but the welly store in the hotel was a clue.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34616 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34597 All supplied toiletries are natural and you're not supposed to use your own unless they're also 100% natural. Monkeys, coaties, armadillo's, frogs, toads, snakes, scarlet macaws can all be seen from your cabin and the whole place is TV free.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34597 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34590 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34590 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34586 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34586 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34569 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34569 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34566 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34566 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34563 The Poor Knights Islands and the waters around them are protected by 900m no fishing zone so the size of fish shoals can be quite staggering. Equally the diversity of soft corals growing on the walls and pinnacles, not to mention the animals that inhabit them, make diving there a unique experience. Larger predators, including Manta rays, Hammerhead sharks and even Killer Whales have been spotted there on occasion.
Watching the sun set over the islands with a sky full of returning seabirds finished off a fabulous day's diving.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34563 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34487 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34487 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34485 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34485 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34459 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34459 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34446 Even for those able to differentiate their Slovakias from their Slovenias, this region remains undiscovered. Lower in altitude than the better-known Tatras to the north-east, its rock towers, needles, windows and gates, separated by deep waterless gorges and ravines, form a national nature reserve, deservedly popular with Slovakian walkers and climbers. Its forested and round-topped limestone ridges are also much more typical of Slovakia’s mountains than the Tatras, but you’ll find little tourist infrastructure and few English speakers.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34446 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34443 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34443 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34437 Stay at the vila gale de praia, adults only with a great spa.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34437 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34435 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34435 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34434 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34434 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34433 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/34433