Any info on Aerial tour of the reef?

[Matt1108]

There is a tour offered through ecotours that flies you over the reef then lands on the Caye for snorkeling. Does anyone have any info on it? If so, please email me. Thanks. Matt1108@hotmail.com

[frontrangecruiser]

I took a tour such as this, I went thru a company named A-1 Travel, they booked the entire tour for me. I flew over to the island of San Pedro, went over to the dive shop and went snorkeling, then flew back to the city.

 

People...this person has been posting on every thread in the Belize area...all about the company he is spamming for.....

[lostinplace]

Matt-

 

Here's my review from January...

Belize-We were booked with Marvin from Wet and Wild (www.ecotoursbelize.com) for the snorkeling and aerial sight-seeing. We were supposed to meet Marvin at the pier at 8:50 am. Royal Caribbean had a ‘early bird tender’ that left at 7:30, and did not require a ticket. We took advantage of this and got to the pier by 7:45. We found Marvin and he gave us the option of heading out on an earlier flight to San Pedro. He called the airline, called the scuba place and it was taken care of. Someone drove us to the airport where we got on a 15 passenger plane. We taxied to a runway right on the edge of the water and took off. The view was FANTASTIC from the plane. You could see the reefs, the Cayes, the blue water. Really worth the extra money. We landed about 15 minutes later in San Pedro. We walked over to the dive shop about two (small) blocks away, Aqua Dives. On our boat were 7 snorkelers (including us) and five divers. A little crowded but not bad. We spent about 45 minutes at Hol Chan, which had amazing coral formations. The snorkel leader kept an eye on my daughter (who’s a strong swimmer), and made her hold onto the float in areas where the currents were bad. We then went to Shark-Ray Alley. We did see one shark, and a few rays. The crew provided us with sodas/water. The crew was friendly, the boat not over crowded, and they kept an eye on everyone. We then returned to the docks. We changed and headed up the street to eat at, (I believe) Jamayas. It was about two blocks north of the airport on the easternmost main road, on the NW corner (if that’s not confusing enough). It had seating for fifty or so inside with a nice wood floor and wood ceiling. We had fish and chips and coconut curry shrimp, with Key Lime Pie for dessert. All of it was excellent. We then waddled out to walk along the beach and poked around some shops. There were some walking vendors on the beach, but no one was pushy. We bought a table runner from a woman that had a satchel of about a 100 of them balanced on her head. The return flight was great (after the pilot scared the dog off the runway), the bus was at the airport in Belize to meet us and take us back. Marvin did a great job and everything ran seamlessly. There were some vendors on the street outside, and a market across the street, but we didn’t investigate. We walked back to the tender area and got on with no wait.

 

My parents took the Mangrove Tunnel and Museum tour through the ship. They enjoyed it and saw lots of wildlife on the boat. It was also nice as the group met on the ship and then went to the tenders, so they didn’t have to fight the crowds.