Hol Chan Marine Reserve, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize Cayes, Belize

Belize Barrier Reef "A World Heritage Site"

Advantages: Second largest mass of living coral in the World!
Disadvantages: For divers only

bleaching, in which the multicoloured corals turn a translucent white. **************************** An Underwater Paradise **************************** The pristine waters of the Belize reef system, averaging 26 degrees Celsius are a delight to divers and snorkelers. Ninety percent of the reef has yet to be explored. It lies just a few hundred meters fro San Pedro on Ambergris Cay and is easily accessible there. Six kilometres southeast of San Pedro is the Hol Chan Marine Reserve, eight square kilometres of shallow underwater park feature a cut, or channel through the reef. One of the most astounding places on earth for diving is the Blue Hole, a protected World Heritage area in the reserve system, located some 100 kilometres from mainland Belize on Lighthouse Reef. It was made famous by French oceanographer Jacques. Yves Cousteau ...

quan 09.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of General: Belize

"Last night I dreamed of San Pedro"

Advantages: Amazing wildlife, Mayan temples, cheap day trips & food
Disadvantages: Run down, ghettos, high visible unemployment & homelessness

"It all seems like yesterday not far away" or so Madonna sang anyway in 'La Isla Bonita'. For me it all seems like 3 weeks ago, and so I decided, to get busy writing up my experiences of my honeymoon in Belize. The reason for the Madonna quote, if you were wondering, is that, just off Belize is the island which inspired Madonna's song, Ambergris Caye (home of San Pedro), and it is in places truly beautiful. But more about that later. General Point on this review ************************************* Just as a warning before I do begin, the way I've done this review is to write an account day by day of our experiences in Belize. Because this review would be 50 pages long if I went into real detail of each trip I have mentioned each place in summary, but will be writing specific accounts in separate reviews of all places ...

Shoka 18.10.2006 · Read full review
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Review of General: Belize

Belize it or not!

Advantages: The Blue Hole, rich with history
Disadvantages: beggars following you around town asking for money

I visited Belize in 2006 on a diving trip so this is a review of both Belize and the diving. What Made me Choose Belize? I am a keen diver and had just finished watching champion freediver, Tanya Streeter, in a programme about scuba diving and skin diving in Belize. I was so fascinated and taken by the place that I decided I must go and spent time researching my different options. I settled on a liveaboard experience (7 days at sea) and a week spent in Belize. Getting to/from Belize I live in Berkshire so I flew from London Heathrow to Belize City. There are no direct flights from the UK so I had to fly via Miami and stay in Miami overnight. It was Virgin from LHR to Miami and American to Belize. Coming back I did not have to do an overnight but spent a lot of time waiting at Miami International ...

jupiter28 29.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of General: Belize