Arrive at the Belize International Airport (BZE), and be met with an IE representative, where we will transfer you to the Belize Biltmore Plaza. Check into your your first night's accommodation and acclimatize 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 next morning. 

Meet an Island Expeditions representative at 8:30 am in the Biltmore hotel lobby. Make a quick stop at a localshop for last minute snacks and provisions before heading to our motor boat charter for a 10:00AM departure. We travel by boat 56 miles out to sea, passing through mangrove ranges and white sand cayes before arriving at Belize's furthest island group. Expect the boat ride to take 2-3 hours. Upon arriving at Half Moon Caye, your guide team will orient you to the island and settle you into your accommodations. You will enjoy a late lunch and then an intro session of walk-in snorkeling at one of our local reefs. 

Over the next few days, you will have the opportunity to discover our local walk-off snorkel sites. In between snorkels we host information sessions on the history of Belize, its unique marine ecosystem and the local culture. We will also travel to the famous snorkel site "The Aquarium" and world renowned "Great Blue Hole". А huge collapsed sinkhole that was discovered and made famous by ocean explorer, Jacques Cousteau. This perfectly circular formation is jeweled with an array of hard and soft coral and a wide variety of colorful reef fish. This is a great place to practice more advanced snorkeling techniques or observe others doing so from the surface. All guided sessions are optional and laying in a hammock is considered an "official" activity. Evenings at our basecamps are filled with happy hour gatherings, delicious dinners, beach games, star gazing, cold beverages, cultural presentations, and incredible Caribbean sunsets.

The choice is yours for your last morning at Lighthouse Reef Atoll. Snorkel your favorite patch reef, walk the island trails, swing in a hammock, or beach comb along the island shores. After lunch, our boat charter picks everyone up for the return trip to the mainland. This return journey takes you back through Turneffe Atoll across the barrier reef, and arrives in Belize City mid-late afternoon.   From here, transfer north-west to Bird's Eye View Lodge, where you have time to settle in before having dinner at the lodge restaurant. 

Full day of exploration as you travel north by road, then west by river to the Mayan ruins of Lamanai and down the New River, making stops to view wildlife along the way. Iguanas, Parrots, Toucans, Aracaris, and Morelet's Crocodiles are frequently seen. Once we reach the shores of Lamanai, we explore the many temples, plazas and palaces within the park's boundaries. We have lunch at the site, and continue to the colonial sugar mill built at the Mayan site. In the afternoon, we depart Lamanai by riverboat, and return to toast a spectacular sunset over the lagoon at Bird's Eye View Lodge.

Today's adventure starts with a morning birding tour on the lagoon, with some down time at the lodge. After lunch, we head to the Mayan ruins of Altun Ha, then return to the lodge for an evening sunset over the lagoon and our final dinner in Crook Tree Village.  

Birdlife and wildlife abound, and early mornings are the most active. Wake to a coffee, grab your binoculars and spend a quiet hour watching wildlife. Your morning transfer time will be set based on your next rendezvous or international flight time.