Specials
Rio
Dulce Run - 7 to 14 days, 1 way
Available Dates:
San Pedro to Rio
Dulce, Guatemala - between August 15 - 30
Rio Dulce, Guatemala to San Pedro - between November 1-15
Katkandu now offers
you the best of the Rio Dulce, Guatemala and the azure waters of Belize!
Rio Dulce is a unique waterway,
lined with
stately mansions, fascinating communities, hot springs, the oldest port
in the Americas (Izabel), hundreds of sailboats, excellent cuisine and
easy access to the interior of Guatemala with its fabled markets, Mayan
ruins and fascinating culture. Adventure awaits you around every turn,
and opportunities abound for fishing, horseback riding, hiking or just
swimming in the sweet waters of the Rio Dulce.
You'll tour the entire
barrier reef with its 7 World Heritage Sites and exciting prospects for
world-class diving and snorkeling.
Spend a few days or a week exploring nature's best-kept aquarium, watch
boobie birds and frigates in their aerial ballet, try your hand at fishing,
seek out manatees, turtles, sharks, eagle rays, manta rays - Belize has
it all!
(See other specials below for more info).
You'll visit Livingston,
Guatemala at the mouth of the Rio Dulce for a glimpse into a traditional
Garifuna (Creole) community, with its drumming, dancing and friendly English-speaking
inhabitants.
 You'll
never forget the beautiful limestone canyon marking the entrance to the
river, dripping with old-growth rainforest and cloudforest, past hot springs
and waterfalls, orchids dripping from the trees; snow-white herons around
every bend in the river...
You'll visit enchanted
waterfalls with both hot and cold water plunging into a crystal-clear
pool; explore untouched jungle rivers; become a part of the unique cruising
community of Rio Dulce in an incomparable voyage!
Contact
us for pricing and to reserve your adventure NOW!
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Atoll
Dive Charter - 4 days, 3 nights
For one of the most
unforgettable dive experiences of your life, travel in luxury on Katkandu
to Lighthouse and Turneffe Atolls to some of the best dive sites in the
world!
Forget the crowded,
uncomfortable "cattle car" dive boats that leave San Pedro at
5:00 to get you to the Blue Hole, then rush you back the same day.
On Katkandu,
you wake up to a pot of gourmet coffee and a hearty breakfast while you
watch the sun and the booby birds rise over Halfmoon Caye. Your dive site
is seconds away; you can spend the whole day diving and snorkeling if
you wish - or explore a deserted Caye, or just chill in a hammock with
your favourite book.
The three
atolls of Belize have more than 160 miles of walls and reefs suitable
for World Class Diving and snorkeling - seldom are other divers seen.
You can visit bird sanctuaries, manatee preserves, deserted islands and
island communities.
For more information
and rates contact us.
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Honeymoon
Cruise - 4 days, 3 nights
(Not only for honeymooners!)
For that a once-in-a-lifetime
experience you'll remember forever, spend your honeymoon aboard Katkandu,
being carried on the wind in style around Belize's incredible cruising
waters. You choose the itinerary, we take care of the rest.
Whether you decide to explore
the outer atolls for outstanding diving and snorkeling, or cruise the
crystal waters and hundreds of islands behind the reef, your every need
will be catered to. Be treated like the special people you are!
Honeymooners are discounted one day.
For more information and rates
contact us.
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World
Heritage Cruise - 10 days
Take time out from the rat-race
to tour the Natural
World Heritage Site, the Belize Barrier Reef, and experience some
of the best diving and snorkeling anywhere in the world!
The
Barrier Reef was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site because
it contains "superlative
natural phenomena and areas of exceptional beauty and aesthetic importance,
and contains the most important and significant natural habitats for threatened
species. "
"The coastal area of Belize
is an outstanding natural system consisting of the largest barrier reef
in the northern hemisphere, offshore atolls, several hundred sand cays,
mangrove forests, coastal lagoons, and estuaries. The seven sites included
in this serial nomination illustrate the evolutionary history of reef
development, provide spectacular underwater scenery, and are a significant
habitat for threatened species, including marine turtles, manatee, and
the American marine crocodile."
Bacalar
Chico National Park & Marine Reserve, located on the northern portion
of Ambergris Caye, is characterized by a reef with high relief spur-and-groove
formations, a double reef crest in the north, patch reefs, and sea grass
beds. It is noted for its deep water conch population, and spawning ground
at Rocky Point for Nassau and yellowfin groupers.
Half
Moon Caye Natural Monument, located at the southeast corner of Lighthouse
Reef Atoll, was created in part to protect the Red-footed Booby bird and
its rookery, which it shares in apparent harmony with the Magnificent
Frigate Bird and almost a hundred other species of birds.
Blue
Hole Natural Monument lies within the Lighthouse Reef and is a geological
cave formation surrounded by a circular rim of coral reef. The Blue Hole
is a large, circular sinkhole with a diameter of about 318m and a maximum
depth of 125m. The cave, with many large stalactites, was made famous
by Jacque Cousteau and is now Belize's most popular dive site.
Laughing
Bird Caye is a shelf atoll with deep channels located near Placencia
Village in Southern Belize and was named for the huge flocks of laughing
gulls that nest there. The scuba diving and snorkeling opportunities are
outstanding.
Glover's
Reef Marine Reserve Glover's Reef is the southernmost of Belize's
atolls, and one of the best developed in the Caribbean. It is approximately
32 by 12 km and lies 45 km east of the mainland coast. It is surrounded
by a fringing reef that has only 3 channels, all in the windward side.
The clear oceanic waters have permitted coral growth to depths of 100m
or more. Over 700 patch reefs stud the central lagoon.
South
Water Caye Marine Reserve is located in the central province of the
barrier reef and patch reefs, faros, sand bores, seagrass beds and over
20 sand and mangrove cayes. Endangered species such as sea turtles and
American crocodile find suitable habitat within the reserve.
Sapodilla
Cayes Marine Reserve is located on the extreme southern end of the
barrier reef, forming a J-shaped hook with fourteen sand and Mangrove
cayes dotted along the sides of the reef. These cayes are surrounded by
fringing reefs with extensive spur-and-groove formations extending eastwards
and contain scattered coral patches.
For more information and rates
contact us.
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