Home Based Travel Agent - October 2008 - (Page 34) Cover Story FOR THE TRAVELER THIS PHOTO: A diver with a Hawksbill Sea Turtle in Belize RIGHT: Bonaire is touted by some to be the best dive spot in the world Divers’ DESTINATIONS Five top dive spots in the Caribbean, Mexico and Latin America BY JOE PIKE I 34 F YOU ARE A CASUAL DIVER, PRETTY MUCH ANY DESTINATION IN THE CARIBBEAN, MEXICO AND LATIN AMERICA OFFERS ENOUGH DIVE SPOTS TO WHET YOUR APPETITE. But if you are a seasoned vet looking for the best of the best, here are five spots—in no particular order—in those regions that Home-Based Travel Agent recommends. Belize There are roughly five amazing dive spots in this Central America destination, but perhaps the most unique, and most beautiful, is the “Blue Hole.” In the center of Belize’s Lighthouse Reef Atoll, about 50 miles east of Belize City, the Blue Hole was originally a cave. The roof of the cave fell in about 10,000 years ago and the land receded into the sea. The gaping hole, nearly 1,000 feet in Home-BasedTravelAgent O CTOBE R 2008 diameter and 412 feet deep, is said to be visible from outer space. The site gained worldwide fame when it was featured on a Jacques Cousteau television special.Today the Blue Hole can be toured through day or overnight dive trips with operators out of Ambergris Caye, Belize City or from various other offshore cays and atolls. Other honorable mentions in Belize include the Hol Chan Marine Reserve, which protects the Hol Chan Cut, in the barrier reef four miles southeast of San Pedro Town, Ambergris Caye. Established in 1987, the reserve—said to be the first of its kind in Central America—includes a five-square-mile area of three distinctive zones. Zone A includes the reef (both inside and outside), Zone B includes the sea grass beds inside the reef and Zone C includes the mangroves of southern Ambergris Caye. All three zones are closely linked and are interdependent.
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