Belize Snorkeling?

[OOM]

Is the RCCL Belize Barier Reef Snorkel & Beach at Rendezous Caye Excursion any good?

I like the fact it is only 3 1/2 hours as we have a 8 year old and 9 month old baby.

[flamingosun]

It is lovely. Just did it last month.

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[OOM]

Thanks for the reply.

I read another poster say under the ports of call, that you have to swim to shore to get to the beach area and with a baby that could be difficult.

Is this true?

[flamingosun]

The beach area is a tiny island in the middle of the sea. (Tiny= maybe 20' x 100')
For the most part, yes, you must swim to the little Cay.

However, they did have one small skiff, which they offered to use to take my DH ashore in. (Incredibly, he's a non-swimmer) He opted to stay on the boat.

I think I did see one or two others in the skiff at one point.

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[snow]

We did the trip in March. The seas were a bit rough so out of the 250 people that signed up to go only about 20 went.We still had a great time with the whole boat to ourselves and enough rum punch for 125 people !!!
The crew was great telling us all about the reefs & islands, it was almost like a day off for them so they were swimming & diving off the boat.I think they have kayaks on the island that you could get & bring your child on the beach. Another plus for this trip is they pick you up right from the ship.

[OOM]

Thanks for the replies.

How long is the catamaran ride to this Caye (i.e. 30 minutes, hour, etc.)?

[flamingosun]

The ride to the cay was (I think) around 30-40 minutes.

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