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I highly recommend it.

We went Amigos del Mar and had a fantastic time. There were so many colorful fish in the Blue Hole and so clear you could see many of the divers below us.

We stopped and had a picnic lunch on Lighthouse caye and that was unbelievable. Huge hermit crabs and iguanas plus the red booby sanctuary.

The free dive and snorkel was great and then the ride home with panty rippers was just the topper.

Go if you have a chance.

Well I just emailed both of them..neither of their website have prices though Frenchies did have in their write up that snorkelers are half price.

Amigos del Mar quotes $185 for snorkelers... that's definitely way out of my price range and especially since there are two of us.

I guess I may have to forget about this one, I will keep looking.

No, I just called Belize Dive Services, its $50, they were shocked by the $185.........

Make sure what's included in that $50. There's GST of 10% that should by law be included but often isn't. And there's a park fee of $40 that obviously isn't included. That's almost $100. Still cheap though.

As a diver, i loved the Blue Hole, but there is nothing there near the surface. I agree that a trip to Half Moon Caye or some of the other sites in the atoll may be worth the trip. i would not make the trip to snorkel the Blue Hole.

I'm a diver and I've also snorkelled a bit around the rim of the Blue Hole. I know Marty thinks the snorkelling at the Blue Hole is awesome but I only thought it OK and certainly wouldn't make the trip for it. That said, a couple of hours at Halfmoon Caye (on a nice day) is almost worth the price of admission. However, if the weather isn't perfect, it seems to me that it would be one helluva long day for a snorkeller(s).

You're right. You could spend a whole day on HMC and still have lots more to discover. It's a shame that most of the BH trips don't allow much more than an hour there. Seeing the booby birds is certainly fun, but a slow amble along the south shore (the one facing the reef) with its multitude of fossils - you can't move without treading on them - is fascinating.

On the park fee, only US$10 is for landing on HMC. The other US$30 is for visiting the BH, so if you haven't done that you needn't pay.

Thanks again for all your comments and advice... I will have to look into HMC now... since you have perked my interest.

I'm with you Peter. I always go over to the other side of the island and wander about. Often one can find themselves feeling as though they are the only person there.

And then on my way back to the lunch site, I pick up trash. Is it getting worse? Or perhaps there had been a storm? I was surprised that the ranger(s) wouldn't be picking up here and there, when there are no boats at dock. There can't be much else there to keep them busy during the quiet times. Maybe they just get looking out to sea and forget.

Last time I was there three of us got three large bin bags and filled them with as much trash as we could carry. Barely made a dent in what was there. Of course, we put them on the boat and disposed of them back in SP.

I haven't a clue what the wardens there do, nor where the very considerable sums of money collected go. If anyone can convince us that this isn't just another scam to separate tourists from their money, here would be a good place to say so.