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I found this link while looking at that area last week - we were also considering Hamanasi.
Second Nature Divers Diving Southern Belize from Hopkins
I've had no personal experience or contact with them.
But if you stay at Hopkins you have to take a 45 min boat ride every day to the reef.... Think about staying on one of the cayes closer to the reef and save yourself the daily commute.
Not this year. We were going to that area for whaleshark diving in May when Explorer offered a $500 discount on Turks/Caicos Explorer II. So we're doing that instead this year.Thanks, diversteve. I will look them up as well.
Are you planning on heading down there soon?
Not this year. We were going to that area for whaleshark diving in May when Explorer offered a $500 discount on Turks/Caicos Explorer II. So we're doing that instead this year.
We had already discounted Hamanasi as being too far from Gladden and a little too pricey for what we wanted. IIRC they only do 10 dives/wk typically - that wouldn't have worked for us either. Add in $240 R/T air to Dangriga and we decided to move down to the Placencia area instead.
If you're interested, check out some of the package deals from Splash Dive Shop or Seahorse Dive Shop in Placencia. They even bundle local air from BZE.
I've read some good things about Laru Beya resort also. We were also considering Isla Marisol resort as they offer 15-17 dives and I read somewhere that they go to Gladden later in the afternoon as it's the optimum time for the Cubera spawning which the sharks are feeding on. I never did determine if there w/s trip was in lieu of your regular dives for that day or in addition to. It's also $175/trip.