Silk Caye Snorkeling: Explore a Tropical Island with Turtles, Rays, and Sharks
4.8
78 Ratings
Placencia
Experience the ultimate adventure at Silk Caye, a tropical island in Belize. Snorkel with turtles, rays, and sharks, and explore the vibrant coral reefs and diverse marine life.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Peccary Hills National Park - Silk Cayes is our most popular snorkel destination and offers great scuba diving on the nearby Barrier Reef. A perfect getaway for whole family, Silk Cayes are part of a marine reserve established to protect the outer reef and has an abundance of marine life, tropical fish, and healthy corals.
Start with a briefing by the park rangers before your licensed snorkel guide leads you into the water to meet the local residents. If you have not snorkeled before, no problem; the guides are happy to teach and guide you! The snorkel guides will show you where to find the coral and the fascinating creatures who live there. Critters include lobsters, cleaner shrimp, arrow crabs, snapper, barracuda and more varieties of reef fish than you can count.
Around mid-day enjoy an authentic Belize style picnic lunch. Then head back into the water to explore more corals and denizens who make Silk Cayes their home. The best is yet to come! After the second snorkel expedition, you’ll head to a spot just inside the barrier reef where local fishermen clean their catch. You are almost certain to have close encounters with huge turtles, rays, and nurse sharks!
What's Included
- Lunch and Snacks
- Licensed Snorkel Guide
- Use of snorkeling equipment
- Towels
- Use of Snorkel Vests or Life Jackets (available on request)
- Park Fees
- Pickup and Drop off along the main road in Placencia Village
- Taxes
What's Not Included
- Pickup and Drop off outside of Placencia Village (can arrange for US$ 10.00 per person)
- Gratuities
- Alcoholic beverages
- Splash masks for sale for prices ranging from US$ 2.50 to $ 7.50.
Additional Information
Silk Cayes is a marine reserve consisting of 3 small islands formerly known as the Queen Cayes. This Marine Reserve hosts over 25 species of reef fish, with a variety of coral and other marine life! The Silk Caye is one of healthiest areas in the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System due to its location and protected status. It is a great destination to snorkel, scuba dive or simply spend a day on the island! Snorkelers explore the reefs surrounding the islands. Scuba Divers explore the the barrier reef wall and other dive sites the Silk Cayes have to offer. As a bonus just before returning to Placencia, everyone has an opportunity to snorkel with rays, sharks and (usually) huge turtles in an area where the local fishermen clean their catch - when the critters hear the boat engines, they think it is meal time and come to the dive boat.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult.
- Infant meals not included.
Location
Splash Dive Centre
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(78 Ratings)
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Lisa_r
Mar 25, 2024
My six-year-old son took... - My six-year-old son took a little while to get comfortable swimming in the ocean with the current. One of the guides stayed back with us to snorkel on the first stop, and then he was ready for the second. Another guide brought him around the reef swimming with him hanging into a lifevest, since it was too long of a swim for him to do on his own. We appreciate so much, the extra attention, our child needed. He had a great time and so did we all due to the extra attention from the crew.
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Joshua_k
Mar 8, 2024
Best snorkeling in my life - I got a complimentary upgrade to Glovers reef which is farther out. Since I was the only snorkeler (others were divers) I had a private guide all to me. Crews were friendly and they communicated well with all the details before the trip. Water was so clear and I saw tons of fish, stingrays and sharks. It was well worth getting up at 5am!
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Mncooke214
Mar 5, 2024
Wow! Dolphins too! - Wonderful trip, exceeded what we were hoping to see. The snorkel dives were well run, super safe, informative and fun! Saw lots of fish, some barracuda, beautiful corel, turtles, rays.
Best of all, on our trip back we encountered some playful dolphins, we stopped the boat and swam with them too! Absolutely incredible.
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Macthetraveler
Mar 2, 2024
Great snorkeling experience - We had a great time snorkeling with Splash. There is so much natural beauty surrounding this tiny island, and then they took us to another location to see big turtles, sting rays, sharks and more. Our guide was wonderful (I believe her name was Nedia (sp?). She was incredibly knowledgable, plus a ton of fun. They offer wetsuits because the water is a tad cold, the lunch was really good and the team made you feel safe. The entire experience gets a thumbs up!
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Isabelle_a
Feb 22, 2024
Excellent Excursion! - It was a great trip! The snorkeling guide was very knowledgeable and pointed out all the fish and aquatic life around us.
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Chance_b
Feb 6, 2024
Snorkeling - We had a great time! The weather was perfect. We rode a boat out about 45 mins to Laughing Bird Caye. We snorkeled the 1st session and saw so many different fish. We took a lunch break and had a great Belizean meal then went out snorkeling for our 2nd session. Our guide, Danny, was very knowledgeable. It was a very fun group of staff.
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Alaina_b
Jan 31, 2024
Saw lots of different marine life - We loved our experience! The guides were amazing and super helpful. They took time to point out all the different marine life and explain what everything was. We saw many different fish, an octopus, sea horse, several sting rays, eagle rays, turtles and sharks. It was the biggest variety of sea life I have seen snorkeling ever! Would definitely recommend going!
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Ashlyn_m
Sep 16, 2023
Had a great time! - It was super cool to see a sea turtle and pet the nurse sharks! Another big highlight was seeing a baby turtle on the island make its way into the ocean. And of course lunch was delicious! Would definitely do again!
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S3275umlaurag
Sep 1, 2023
Best Day! - We had the best day snorkeling at Silk Caye! It was beautiful, much to see. Julian was a great guide and knows his stuff. And, we truly did swim with Turtles, Rays and Sharks! Lunch was decent, but I brought a snack and was glad I did!
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Stephaniecg8415pj
Aug 23, 2023
Family trip - We had a wonderful time. The guides pointed out and named corals, and fish for us. They helped when we needed it and provided a delicious lunch. My daughter loved seeing the nurse sharks and turtles at the end
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