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Paradise Scuba Adventure in Belize

Paradise Scuba Adventure in Belize

A lodge-based scuba dive adventure on Belize’s central barrier reef and outer atolls

A lodge-based scuba dive adventure on Belize’s central barrier reef and outer atolls

Overview

4 Days / 3 Nights
$799 USD
When: Set dates or Custom Year Round
Starts: Dangriga
Ends: Dangriga
Activities: Snorkeling Scuba Diving
Tobacco Caye Scuba Paradise

Trip Highlights

3 Night / 4 Day (4 Dives) - $799 USD per person 
4 Night / 5 Day (6 Dives) - $1119 USD per person

This scuba adventure in Belize is a perfect way to explore the world second largest barrier reef from stunning Tobacco Caye.  After starting with several local dives just a stones throw from our home base, we travel further a field to Southwater Caye to explore it's fascinating cut in the reef.  For those choosing to spend an extra day diving, we travel out to Glover's Reef to dive it's world renowned wall dives.  An amazing experience that combines well with several other of our experiences in Belize.

Blackout dates: September 6 - October 5, 2024 due to Tobacco Caye maintenance closure
 

Trip Itinerary

Day 1
Stay: Paradise Casitas
Meals: Lunch, Dinner

10:30 am rendezvous at Island Expeditions Dangriga Base. Our 30-minute boat charter departs here once loaded.  Traveling through several islands and mangrove estuaries, you arrive at Tobacco Caye Paradise Lodge on the edge of the Belize Barrier Reef within the Southwater caye Marine Reserve. . After an island welcome from our host and settling into our accommodations, we meet in the middle of the hammock garden for a briefing of the next days’ dives. The rest of the afternoon is yours to acclimatize, walk the island or take out a kayak or paddleboard.

Day 2
Stay: Tobacco Caye Paradise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

This morning we rise early with the tropical sun. Relax with your fresh coffee in your hammock before the days’ adventures begin. After breakfast, we meet at the dive shop for equipment fitting, safety and procedure briefing and the final muster for our 9:30am boat departure. Our first dive on the Belize Barrier Reef will check out our ability level and make sure our equipment is fitted properly. We return to the lodge for lunch and a siesta. Then we meet at the hammock garden for our next briefing before heading out to our afternoon dive outside the Tobacco Caye Cut. We return to the lodge for dinner and head to the sunset bar next door to toast the day!

Day 3
Stay: Tobacco Caye Paradise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Today is another early start, after our morning meal we meet at the Dive Center for our day’s briefing. Our dive location this day is further afield towards South Water Caye. Traveling 6 miles along the crystal turquoise waters of the Belize Barrier Reef, we arrive at South Water Caye. We turn the corner through the cut and dive the outer reef wall. After our morning dive, we have a picnic lunch on a sandbar. A short stop at Carrie Bow Caye (The Smithsonian Marine Station), we
head out for our afternoon dive. After reaching topside, we travel back north to Tobacco Caye to shower off and clean up for the day.

Day 4
Stay: N/A
Meals: Breakfast

(3 Night Program): For those participating in the 3 Night program, this morning we have a leisurely breakfast and a last walk around the island. Boats back to the mainland at 9:30 am (transfer included in this package).

Day 4
Stay: Tobacco Caye Paradise
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

(4 Night Program): Today we rise for an early breakfast and prepare to head out to one of Belize’s most spectacular dive locations, Glovers Reef Atoll. After a quick dock briefing, we travel to one of Belize’s most remote reef systems. The boat slows as we approach the turquoise horizon and we suit up to dive the east reef wall facing the open pelagic sea. After returning to the surface, we have a picnic lunch on a secluded private beach on the southern tip of the Atoll. Following lunch, we head westward to dive the spectacular “Western Wall” of the Barrie Reef. We then return to Tobacco Caye for a pre dinner Happy Hour and toast the sun going down for our last night.

Day 5
Stay: N/A
Meals: Breakfast

(4 Night Program): For those participating in the 4 Night program, this morning we have a leisurely breakfast and a last walk around the island. Boats back to the mainland at 9:30 am (transfer included in this package).

The Places We Stay

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Tobacco Caye Paradise
Tobacco Caye Paradise

Looking  over the Belize Barrier Reef, Paradise Lodge has private "over the water" beach cabanas on beautiful Tobacco Caye. The small, locally owned lodge is a perfect staging point to explore the many islands, mangrove ranges, and spectacular snorkeling in "Tobacco Cut" just south of the island. 

Dates and Prices

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$799 USD
Includes taxes and fees. Per person based on double occupancy.
4 Days / 3 Nights
$300 Deposit to secure your space

Travel note: Boat to Tobacco Caye runs at 10:30 am, we suggest that you arrive in Belize at least a day prior. International connections out of the country require a departure after 2 pm.  To connect with afternoon departures from Belize City, a short domestic flight is required.  This flight is from Dangriga to the Belize International Airport and costs approximately $110 US.  Please call for details - our office can confirm pricing and book your domestic flight.

We highly recommend not to fly 24 hours after your last dive. Please plan your domestic and international flights accordingly.

 

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