Arrive in Belize City International Airport (BZE), and be met with a company representative, where we will transfer you to the Belize Biltmore Plaza. Check into your first night’s accommodation and acclimate to your new environment. Meals are on your own, and can be purchased at the hotel. You will meet other travellers in the lobby the following morning.

Meet our company representative at 8:30 am in the Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel lobby, we will make a quick stop at a local shop before heading to our waiting motor boat charter. We travel by boat 56 miles out to sea, passing through mangrove ranges, white sand cayes, arriving at Belize’s furthest island group, on Lighthouse Reef Atoll. Upon arriving at Half Moon Caye, your guide team will orient you to the island and camp to settle you into your accommodations. You will then enjoy a late lunch and then a session of snorkelling instruction before heading out on the water.

Due to its isolated location from the mainland, the waters of Lighthouse Reef are exceptionally clear with the most abundant fish populations and colourful coral reefs in Belize. This rich ecosystem offers access to some of the best sea kayaking and snorkelling (as well as scuba diving) in the Caribbean.

You will have ample opportunities to learn from our guides about the marine reef ecology, the local flora and fauna, as well as the island’s coconut and littoral forest (more common to the interior of the mainland). Half Moon Caye is a beautiful and rich 45-acre nature preserve, hosting a red-footed booby colony as well as a magnificent frigate bird rookery. We tour the viewing platforms built by the Belize Audubon Society to observe the many nesting sites on the island.

Over the next few days, you will have many options to explore, including a quickly disappearing shipwreck just north of the caye. The guides will present activities each day based on the weather conditions, and the group’s desires. And of course, we always give you the option of hanging out in a hammock with a good book and a cold beverage!

On our last couple of days, we travel to the world renowned Great Blue Hole. A huge collapsed sinkhole formation that was discovered and made famous by ocean explorer, Jacques Cousteau. We motor boat or paddle the 6-mile journey to this perfectly circular formation bejeweled with soft and hard corals of many different colours. After a full day of exploring, you’ll return just in time for a wonderful dinner prepared especially for you by our cooks. After dinner, we have a cultural presentation of drumming and dancing to celebrate the last night at Half Moon Caye.

The choice is yours for your last morning at Lighthouse Reef Atoll. Snorkel your favourite patch reefs, walk the island trails, and swing in a hammock or beach comb along the island beaches.

After lunch, a motorboat charter picks everyone up for the return trip to the mainland. This return journey takes you through Turneffe Atoll across the Great Barrier Reef, and you’ll arrive at the Belize Biltmore Plaza, usually by late afternoon.