Lighthouse Reef Atoll & Blue Hole

We start this trip bright and early and head to the Great Blue Hole, which takes approximately 2.5 hours.  We have two Blue Hole dive profiles.  Only experienced, comfortable dives, who have previously conducted a Barrier Reef dive WITH Hamanasi, will be permitted to dive to 130'/40m.  Other divers will enjoy a comfortable 60'/18m Blue Hole dive. After the Blue Hole, we head a short distance to Half Moon Caye Bird Sanctuary.  Located at the southeast corner of Lighthouse Reef, Half Moon Caye has some of Belize's clearest waters and finest beaches.  This 45-acre island managed by the Belize Audubon Society was declared a natural monument in 1981, largely because of its Hawk's Bill and Loggerhead Turtle nesting sites, as well as its 4,000 red footed boobies.  These rare birds are a glistening white color with bright red webbed feet.  The birds nest in the heavily wooded west end of the island where there is a viewing platform allowing visitors an unbelievable view of both the reefs and the trees covered with booby and frigate birds. Our second dive explores the Half Moon Caye wall, a unique topography of swim-through channels.  Immense coral buttresses are decorated with black corals, gorgonian, sea whips and a variety of brightly colored sponges, as well as a profusion of reef fish and cruising pelagics. Divers then return to Half Moon Caye for a picnic lunch and a relaxing surface interval before heading out to Long Caye for our third and final dive. Perched on the edge of the cobalt blue abyss The Aquarium starts in only 15-20 feet/4-6m of water before plummeting downward. This site offers what is arguably some of Belize's most prolific and high energy diving. We then depart for our 2-hour journey home with the wind at our back and the sun setting over the Maya Mountains before us.