Sea Kayaking and Snorkeling The sea kayak enables us to discover a world of remote tropical islands, untouched coral reefs, and abundant marine life that few other people have a chance to experience. In Belize, sea kayaking is much more than paddling: when the Trade Winds blow, your kayaks are light, responsive and great fun under sail; and there is no better place than the warm waters of Belize for snorkeling - each day we snorkel from our kayaks, exploring a fantastic underwater world rich with color and life. Sea kayaking also acts as a cultural bridge with the conch and lobster divers who live from the sea, many of whom still ply these waters in small sail boats and dugouts.
 Our trips are designed for those who enjoy an active, learning vacation. Each trip begins with comprehensive sea kayak instruction from your guides. As the trip progresses there is also instruction in sailing your kayak, marine navigation and advanced paddling skills. On each trip you have the choice of both single and two-person expedition quality sea kayaks. Our double kayaks are also rigged with 28 square foot sails to take advantage of the northeasterly tradewinds.
No previous kayak experience is needed to participate on any of our sea kayak adventure.
For our Belize sea kayaking and snorkeling trips please click on any of the trip pages below.
Glover's Reef and Mayan Caves: 7 Days / 8 Nights
Coral Islands & Mayan Caves: 6 Days / 7 Nights
Paradise Islands: 5 Days / 6 Nights
Coral Jaguar Expedition: 10 Days / 11 Nights
Ultimate Belize Adventure: 9 Days / 10 Nights
Lighthouse Reef: 7 Days / 8 Nights
Glover's Reef Atoll One of three atolls offshore of Belize, the waters of Glover's Reef are renowned for their remarkable clarity and the profusion of marine life. Glover's Reef Atoll was named after the 17th century pirate, John Glover, who used the area as a base from which to raid Spanish merchant ships laden with riches plundered from the New World. Nowadays the attractions found within the atoll are the remarkable clarity of the water and the profusion of marine life.
An elliptical shaped reef (20 miles long and 7 miles wide) located almost 40 miles offshore of the Belize mainland, Glover's Reef Atoll is thought to be the richest marine environment in the entire Caribbean Sea. Within Glover's Reef is a shallow lagoon with over 700 patch reefs, which is unsurpassed for snorkeling and sea kayaking. Within a mile of the eastern edge of the atoll the reef wall drops precipitously 2600 feet to the sea floor. The interaction between the open waters of the Caribbean Sea and the sheltered lagoon of the atoll results in diversity and abundance of marine life which is unsurpassed for sea kayaking, snorkeling and scuba diving. The reefs of Belize have long been known as the richest in the Caribbean and Glovers is the best in Belize! Please click on our Glovers Reef and Mayan Caves or our Ultimate Adventure trip pages for further details:
Glover's Reef and Mayan Caves: 7 Days / 8 Nights
Ultimate Belize Adventure: 9 Days / 10 Nights
Lighthouse Reef Atoll
Lighthouse Reef is the furthest offshore atoll in Belize, and is largely uninhabited. With over 40 world-class dive sites, the area is visited primarily by live aboard dive boats. With bountiful coral reefs, and over 200 species of fish, Lighthouse Reef is one of the premiere destinations in the Caribbean for those seeking to explore the undersea world.  The atoll is approximately 55 miles east of Belize City, is 28 miles long from top to bottom, and ranges from 2 to 6 miles in width. Lighthouse Reef is home to 6 cayes (islands), an underwater marine trail, and a number of marine parks. These parks include the world famous "Blue Hole", exposed to the world by Jacques Cousteau, and the Halfmoon Caye National Monument, which was the first National Park to be created under the newly established National Parks System Act of 1981 and is the site of our newest adventure basecamp. The "Blue Hole" is located near the center of the Atoll, which was originally a cave where the roof fell in some 10,000 years ago, as the land receded into the sea. Almost a perfectly circular hole, the Blue Hole is 1,000 feet in diameter, and approximately 400 feet deep. The Halfmoon Caye National Monument is comprised of 10,000 acres with more than 15 square miles of the surrounding sea. The Island is approximately 45 acres that shelters a large nesting colony of the rare red-footed boobies.
Please click on our Lighthouse Reef trip page for further details:
Lighthouse Reef: 7 Days / 8 Nights |