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Ambergris Caye

Belize Dive packages, Belize snorkel tours or combinations are available. Choose from the tours described below:

Ambergris Tour		A full day with snorkel stops on a small sailing catamaran. Your is Hol Chan Fish Reserve. This fish reserve has been in existence for many years and offers an incredible array of carol and sea life, including southern stingrays, eagle rays, turtles and myriads of other fish. After your snorkel at the fish reserve, you will sail to Caye Caulker, smaller more laid back version of San Pedro. Explore the island, have lunch at one of the local restaurants (not included) and return back to the sailing catamaran for your return. On your return you will stop at Shark/Ray Alley. This shallow sandy snorkel, around 8 feet deep, offers large numbers of southern stingrays and nurse sharks. Don't be frightened, they won't hurt you. Watch your guide feed the sharks and rays, try you hand if you are brave enough. This trip begins with a pick up at your hotel dock. You will travel by boat through the inner islands, inside the reef. Your guide will stop and you will see the gentle manatees feeding off of the turtle grass. Sorry, you cannot swim with them, they are protected. After visiting the manatee, you will stop at Goff’s Caye where you will snorkel right off this tiny little island. The island is actually part of the reef. Your guide will fix you a wonderful BBQ lunch. After lunch, you return back to San Pedro with another snorkel stop along the way. A full day snorkel trip to Rocky Point on the north end of the island is a great way to see the northern part of Ambergris. This trip begins with a pick up at your dock and takes you inside the barrier reef between the reef and the island. Beautiful turquoise waters with shallow coral patches make for some excellent snorkeling. Your trip will include three snorkel stops and a beach BBQ before returning back to your hotel. It's off early morning (5:30 a.m.) to The Blue Hole located in Lighthouse Atoll. Belize has three of the four atolls in the Western Hemisphere. The atolls are very different from one another. Your two hour boat ride takes you out into the blue and through the northern part of Turneffe Atoll. This atoll has hundreds of mangrove islands and is the largest of the atolls. You will then go back into the blue and across to Lighthouse Atoll. Lighthouse atoll has only five islands on it, all palm and sand. The Blue Hole is right in the middle of the atoll. Your first stop is at the Blue, diver will dive but the rim of the Blue Hole is incredible snorkeling. After the Blue Hole dive, your boat will take you to Half Moon Caye, one of the most beautiful islands in Belize. This is a marine reserve as well as a sanctuary for the Red Footed Booby Birds, located in only two places in the world. Explore the island, climb the tower and watch the red footed booby birds at eye level. You will also have lunch on the island. After lunch, you will snorkel off of Half Moon Caye while the boat takes the divers out. The boat will pick you up and you will return to San Pedro. You will have to pay a $5 entrance fee to Half Moon Caye when you go ashore. Full day tour of Lamanai Ruins begins with a pick up by boat at the dock of your hotel. You will be transferred to the New River, a beautiful jungle river that offers an abundance of wildlife. Your guide will point out monkeys, crocodiles, iguanas and birds such as tiger herons, boat billed herons, Great Blue heron, egrets and if you are lucky the wood and jabiru stork. The river opens up into a large lagoon and the Maya site of Lamanai is situated on the edge of the lagoon. Your guide will give you a full tour of the ruins and you will have lunch before returning back to San Pedro by boat. Your tour begins with a pick up by boat at the dock of your hotel. The boat takes you back to the mainland and up the beautiful Belize River. Your boat drops you at a van that drives to the Jaguar Paw area for the Cave’s Branch River system. You will hike 45 minutes through the jungle flat trail. You then begin your journey through the spectacular Cave’s Branch caves. You will meander through a series of caves with incredible stalactites and stalagmites. Your driver will meet you at the other end and you will be have a tour of the Belize Zoo. Included are boat, guide, equipment, entrance fees and lunch
Two Tank Barrier Reef Dive		This is a half day trip that includes boat, guide, tanks, weight and belts. You will do two dives on the barrier reef. The location will be determined by weather and visibility and your guide will find the best locations. Most of the diving on the barrier reef is spur and groove and dropping over the wall. There is an abundance of coral and sealife. A full day diving trip to the South end of Turneffe Atoll. Most famous dive on Turneffe is the Elbow and you will begin your first dive here. This is a beautiful wall that the top begins around 60 feet and you will do this as a drift dive. You will follow the wall as it drops down deeper to the end. Watch into the blue because there are many pelagics here, turtles, sharks, rays and more. This trip also includes two additional dives on the south end of Turneff and the sites will be determined by your guide by visibility and weather. Included are boat, guide, three dives, tanks, weight, belt sand lunch. It's off early morning (5:30 a.m.) to The Blue Hole located in Lighthouse Atoll. Belize has three of the four atolls in the Western Hemisphere. The atolls are very different from one another. Your two hour boat ride takes you out into the blue and through the northern part of Turneffe Atoll. This atoll has hundreds of mangrove islands and is the largest of the atolls. You will then go back into the blue and across to Lighthouse Atoll. Lighthouse atoll has only five islands on it, all palm and sand. The Blue Hole is right in the middle of the atoll. Your first dive is into the Blue Hole and it is a deep dive. After the Blue Hole dive, your boat will take you to Half Moon Caye, one of the most beautiful islands in Belize. This is a marine reserve as well as a sanctuary for the Red Footed Booby Birds, located in only two places in the world. Explore the island, climb the tower and watch the red footed booby birds at eye level. You will also have lunch on the island. After lunch, it's two additional dives at Lighthouse Atoll, some of the best diving in Belize and return back to San Pedro. You will have to pay a $30 entrance fee to Half Moon Caye when you go ashore.