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The Winnie Estelle
If you want to get great snorkeling, comfortable, relaxing cruising and the very best in friendly service, join Roberto Smith and his beautiful lady of the seas "Winnie Estelle" on one of her lazy day trips to Caye Caulker.
Dolphin watching on board the "Winnie Estelle" on every trip!
There's a Free Bar on board with local rum and beer, sodas, cordials, ice & water available throughout the day. Snacks are served just after each snorkel stop, and include lots of fruits!
Lunch isn't included in the cost, but you'll be very pleasantly surprised at the low prices at some of Caye Caulker's great restaurants. During your stay on the island, there's plenty of time for exploring and shopping.
There is a bathroom and shower on board.
Adults $55 U.S.
Every Thursday & Sunday
Children $25 U.S.
Diving off Ambergris Caye and the
Belize Barrier Reef
Diving the Belize Barrier Reef off Ambergris Caye is easy...none of the many dive sites are more than 30 minutes ride away from San Pedro, and some are much closer! Our vessels are equipped with Canopy, Oxygen, First Aid Kit and Radio, and full safety gear.
For exposure protection we recommend a Shorty wetsuit during the Winter and Spring. For Summer and Fall, a Shorty is fine, but many people do without very happily. Here are a few local dive site names, depths and brief descriptions to whet your appetite:
Hol Chan Marine Reserve, 30ft, packed with fish of every description.
Amigos Wreck, 70ft, a small barge with friendly Nurse Sharks in attendance.
Pillar Corals, 50-70ft, wonderful pillar corals amongst numerous other coral and sponge species, a few friendly grouper in amongst lots of smaller fish.
Cypress Canyons, 50-90ft, splendid coral canyon formations, small fish.
Tackle Box, 60-100ft, coral arches, short tunnels, small fish.
Victoria Tunnel, 60-100ft, coral canyons with one particularly interesting long canyon which has formed into a tunnel.
Tuffy Canyons, 60-90ft. canyon formations, small fish.
M&M Canyons, 90-110ft. for the deep diving lover, incredible swim-thru's.
Other dive sites worthy of mention are Tres Cocos, Mata Rocks, Mayan Princess, Esmeralda, Love Tunnels...there are more; dive them when you get here!
On all the dives listed above you have a great chance of seeing spotted eagle
rays, sharks of all species and large and friendly (we promise!) barracuda.
There's great diving off Ambergris Caye and the Belize Barrier Reef.
Half Day Snorkeling Trips
Hol Chan Marine Park -Just 4 miles south of San Pedro, the park is protected by law, so you'll see a lot of fish, and some seem almost tame! It's best to snorkel Hol Chan with the tide coming in, so check with us for tide tables. Don't forget your US$5.00 park entry fee.
Shark Ray Alley - There are many different names for the same place. The feature fish here are lots of friendly Nurse Sharks & Southern Stingrays! There's also great snorkeling with huge shoals of snappers, grunts & other tropicals. Combine this trip with Hol Chan and just pay US$25.
Mexico Rocks - Six miles north of San Pedro. Nice Snorkeling, beautiful coral formations and lots of fish. Not so many big fish, though, unfortunately Mexico Rocks is not protected, and a lot of the bigger fish end up on the dinner table. US$30 gets you there and back.
Full Day Snorkeling Trips
Winnie Estelle - You get two long snorkel stops in beautiful aquamarine waters; Coral Gardens which is a huge area of beautiful colorful reefs AND the world-famous Shark-Ray Alley, home to friendly nurse sharks and southern sting-rays galore.
Caye Caulker - You don't snorkel here, you stop for a great lunch and a chance to see a pretty fishing village. Snorkeling on this trip includes Hol Chan, Shark Park, Coral Gardens and others. Prices vary on this one, so please email us for the latest up to date prices.
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