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Looking for a place that has easy access to great snorkeling, warm clear water, nice beaches are a plus. I know the V.I. has this but was thinking of trying something different. I guess I want to know if Xanadu is the place to go if you don't dive - I could pay for a trip or two to snorkel but we are hoping to snorkel from shore for the rest of the trip.
Xanadu is a truly wonderful place to stay and Berlize has a lot more places to visit than many other Carribean destinations. The Mayan Temples are fantastic, the zoo is one of the best I have seen, the zip line has 9 segments to whiz through the trees and the cave tubing is an unusual treat. Xanadu is very good at sorting out trips to see the sights and/or for snorkelling.
You can snorkel off the pier at Xanadu, but there is not a reef you can wade to off Ambergris Caye.
The snorkelling trips are pretty good though.
If you want a place to snorkel directly off the beach, Provodenciales in Turks and Caicos is probably better, although as a "dry" island, the vegetation is very different from the rainforest lushness of Belize although beautiful in its own way.
Or, there is always Na'am Bay near Sharm al Sheik on the Red Sea in Egypt.
For a really unusual snorkelling treat, come to Belize in the 10 days around the full moon in April, May or June and snorkel with whale sharks.
the reef is perhaps a quarter mile off AC and is the second londest in the world.
I will highly recommend Xanadu Resort. Belize is a great country and it is the only english speaking in Central America. This is definately where you want to go for you vaction. The snorkeling is aswesome with only a 10 minute boat ride and US$35.00 p/person it is the thing to do. The nice thing is that Xanadu will book your excursion and they will pick you up at the end of the dock and drop you off right there aswell. I recommend snorkeling with Alphonse. He is the best guide to snorkeling with a lot of experience and it will be a memorable one. Full day tours which include snorkeling are a Manatee Watch and a Sailing snorkeling day. The sailing day is the way to go since you do two snorkel stops and do a little fishing, a lot of relaxing and sunbathing and there is some fresh ceviche if the conch is in season. Make sure to tell Xanadu what you have in mind because they will make sure that your experience is the best.
