Itinerary

Day 0 : Arrive at the Belize International Airport where you are met by an Island Expeditions representative and transferred to the Tropical Education Center, adjacent to the Belize Zoo. Here we are able to explore the surrounding savannah forest through a network of interpretative trails and wildlife viewing platforms. There is also a great interpretive center, which details the diverse ecology of Belize, and is an ideal starting point for the adventure ahead. After checking into our forest cabanas we have dinner. This day is your day to arrive before the trip starts, meet your fellow travelers and acclimatize to your new tropical environment. Transfers from the airport and lodging are included.
Accommodations: (Lodge)
Meals: Dinner is included on this night

Day 1 : We depart early in the morning driving along the Hummingbird Route through the Maya Mountains to the Caribbean coast. We then travel by charter boat out past the main Barrier Reef to our private base-camp on Southwest Caye, at Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve. We are introduced to our new environment and get settled into our accommodation. Once settled, the guides provide instruction, teaching the fundamentals of sea kayaking, snorkeling and safety in the tropics. Then, we paddle out to a nearby patch reef and start to explore some of the 700 snorkel sites that Glover's Atoll has to offer.
Accommodation: (Basecamp)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 2 : Full day of activities, snorkeling, sea kayaking, kayak sailing, fishing, or optional scuba diving ($50 per dive). After our days activities enjoy the rare beauty and peacefulness of a remote coral reef island under the stars and learn about the cultures of Belize.
Accommodation: (Basecamp)
Meals:Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: For our last day at Glover's, the choice is yours. We may choose to don mask, snorkel and fins for a last visit to your favorite coral reef, or work the flats with your most productive bonefish fly, before our motor charter comes to pick us up. Once in Dangriga we board our charter flight to connect us with the next leg of the journey. Once airborne we have the Manatee Lagoons over our left shoulder and the Belize Barrier Reef over our right, giving us an impressive view of Belize’s coastal topography from the Caribbean sea to the Maya Mountains. We are then picked up and brought to the lodge where we are staying right within the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary.
Accommodation: (Lodge)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4: A full day of exploration as we travel overland and by river to the Mayan ruins of Lamanai. With the very best Lamanai guides we explore the many temples, plazas, palaces, and museums within the park boundaries. In the afternoon we depart Lamanai by river boat where we have tremendous birding and wildlife opportunities: Iguana, parrots, toucan, aracari and Morelet’s crocodile are usually seen as we travel along the New River returning to our lodge along the banks of the Crooked Tree Lagoon.
Accommodation: (Lodge)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: An early morning coffee and binoculars in hand, we enjoy the waking wilderness and many hundreds of birds feeding along the shores of the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary Lagoons. The protected area was created in 1984 primarily to preserve resident and migratory birds, and consists of a network of inland lagoons, swamps and waterways that shelter one of the world's largest flying birds, the jabiru (jabiru mycteria.). After breakfast we enjoy a morning boat tour in the lagoons and then depart to the Mayan site of Altun Ha. Considered one of the major Mayan ceremonial centres of Belize, Altun Ha also functioned as an important trading centre between the interior and the Caribbean Sea during the classic period (250-900 AD). Within the site, there are more than 275 structures and there are up to 250 to 300 unexcavated mounds. Our trip finishes in the afternoon and we can drop you off directly at the Belize International Airport in time to connect with your flight home, or at the Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel, on the outskirts of Belize City.
Accommodation: (none)
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

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