Protected shallow coral gardens, turtle grass meadows, and mangrove channels, each with it's own distinct residents, are within easy access from our resort. In my opinion, this area offers snorkelers the most prolific shallow sponges and sea fans found anywhere - providing panoramic vistas of brilliant reds, greens, yellows, and vibrant purples. Although mangroves are typically mucky, murky places, when carefully synchronized with an incoming tide, this particular channel gently carries us through relatively clear water filled with life. During this program our base will be the casual Blackbird Caye Resort. The resort features a variety of comfortable accommodations including 10 individual hardwood cabanas, and two larger buildings that have either 2 or 3 private rooms in each.
All accommodations have individual private bathrooms.
Although conceptually distant from the mainland, geographically it's only about one hour by covered launch from Belize City. The resort spreads out along a palm-lined sandy beach, and has a sturdy wooden pier used for boarding the boats. The location is ideal because it offers a variety of snorkeling opportunities easily accessible from the resort. There are also a number of excellent shallow, protected patch reef areas within a short boat ride of the resort. In addition to the substantial coral heads, we typically view squadrons of reef squid, schools of snappers, inquisitive gray angelfish, and the massive southern stingray which can be up to five feet wide.