Belize - August 29 - September 5
Hugh Parkey's Belize Adventure Lodge, on the 186 acre privately owned Spanish Look-Out Caye located just 25 minutes from Belize City and a short distance from the barrier reef. The Belize Adventure Lodge is a full service facility. Our "over the water" cabanas have 2 double beds, ceiling fans, private hot & cold baths, open deck and a spectacular view of the Longest Barrier Reef in this hemisphere. The diving will consist of 3 days/2 tank dives + 1 night dive on the Barrier Reef, 2 days/2 tank dives on Turneffe Atoll and 1 day/3 tank dives at Lighthouse Atoll and the Blue Hole.
This package includes airfare from ABQ, all meals, transfers and taxes. Price is subject to change until airfare is purchased. Price for land package only is available. Current price $2055.
Channel Islands – September 29-October 3
Explore the famous kelp beds of the Channel Islands. Dive the magical surroundings of these islands and venture back in time to what our unspoiled coastline was like over a century ago.
We had such a good time we are going for the lobsters again. A Channel Islands trip offers you the opportunity to discover a variety of underwater landscapes. Water visibility in these waters can range from 40 to 100 feet and on rare occasions sometimes even up to 150 feet. There are untold opportunities for viewing and photographing a panorama of underwater vistas. Unlike the coral reefs of tropical waters, the reefs in the Channel Islands are comprised of varied types of rock structures and kelp forests. Like coral reefs, the cracks and crevices provide ideal living quarters for many species. The rocks are overlaid with brightly colored bouquets of starfish, and garlands of hydrocoral. Moray eels, octopus, abalone, rock scallops, California spiny lobsters, and a host of others inhabit rock fissures and crevices. Divers may chance upon giant black sea bass weighing in at 500 pounds, or a halibut, lingcod, vermilion rockfish, calico bass and more. Migrating gray whales, blue whales, hump back whales, schools of dolphins, seals and sea lions are familiar sightings in the Channel Islands during crossings.
We will be sailing on the Conception which is operated by Truth Aquatics out of Santa Barbara, California.
