Round trip flight from Belize City to San Pedro island (15 min) is pre-arranged and included! Small groups only! Guided snorkel, instruction and snorkeling gear! Certified PADI snorkel guides! It starts with a 15 minute flight from Belize City to the beautiful island of Ambergris Caye. The excitement starts when you board the plane at the municipal airport, which is only a 5 to 10 minute taxi ride
from your cruise pier. You will have about 15 minutes to take in the breathtaking view of this paradise from the air - ticket price is included. You will be landing in San Pedro on Ambergris Caye Island. When you arrive you will be greeted by the friendly and professional local Belize Cruise Excursion guides for an amazing Belize Shark Ray Alley and Hol Chan Marine Park Snorkel Excursion! (NOTE: if you are traveling with a diver that would like to come along and snorkel and SCUBA dive on this excursion, please see our Belize Hol Chan One Tank SCUBA Dive and Shark Ray Alley Snorkel Cruise Excursion by Air option to enjoy this adventure excursion in Belize together). Hol Chan Marine Reserve and Shark Ray Alley are 2 of the most well-known sites near Ambergris Caye. Hol Chan has a natural break, or you could say cut in the reef. You will be amazed at the wide range of tropical fish that you can snorkel with, from the famous Fairy Basslet to gigantic groupers and they are all within arm's reach! Large schools of jacks, groupers and snappers will welcome you to their world starting at only around 5 feet of water. You will then be taken to the 'cut' where the coral formations, sea turtles, and spotted-eagle rays amaze you. This reserve is where over 160 species of fish call home. The cut in the reef there is about 75 feet wide and 30 feet deep. Imagine that it is like snorkeling in one big aquarium! Close to the cut an even more thrilling adventure awaits you with the friendly Nurse Sharks and Southern Stingrays. The local fishermen made it an everyday practice to clean their catch right there. They noticed Nurse Sharks and Rays taking advantage of this not, wanting to turn down a free meal. Word of this soon spread and the area became very popular with divers and snorkelers who come to visit and 'play' with the rays and sharks. Both species of these unique animals are harmless and have become people friendly due to the years of human interaction. Some of the rays have an amazing way of being almost cat-like wanting to be scratched and rubbing up on your leg. This is truly the highpoint of your vacation! When you are finished snorkeling, you have a couple of options. You may return to the airport for your flight back to Belize City if you like. If time permits, you can stop and have lunch and just take the next flight because all flights from San Pedro to Belize City leave every hour. Leave it to our skilled Belize cruise excursion staff to get you back to your ship on time. If you miss your assigned flight, the airline will notify dive shop. If the ship was late, you will not need to pay for ticket for the next flight. Flights are leave Belize City at 08:30 and 09:30 AM local time.
