Silk Caye Snorkeling: Explore a Tropical Island with Turtles, Rays, and Sharks

Experience the ultimate adventure at Silk Caye, a tropical island in Belize. Snorkel with turtles, rays, and sharks, and explore the vibrant coral reefs and diverse marine life.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Silk Cayes - Silk Cayes is our most popular snorkel destination, also offering fantastic snorkel and scuba diving opportunities on the nearby Barrier Reef. This idyllic getaway is perfect for the whole family and is part of a marine reserve established to protect the outer reef, teeming with marine life, tropical fish, and healthy corals. Your…
What's Included
  • Lunch and Snacks
  • Licensed Snorkel Guide
  • Sunscreen at the Dive Shop
  • Use of snorkeling equipment
  • Towels
  • Water/ Fruit Punch
  • Use of Snorkel Vests or Life Jackets (available on request)
  • Park Fees
  • Pickup and Drop off along the main road in Placencia Village
  • Taxes
What's Not Included
  • Pickup and Drop off outside of Placencia Village (can arrange for US$ 10.00 per person)
  • Gratuities
  • Alcoholic beverages
Additional Information

Silk Cayes is a marine reserve consisting of 3 small islands formerly known as the Queen Cayes. This Marine Reserve hosts over 25 species of reef fish, with a variety of coral and other marine life! The Silk Caye is one of healthiest areas in the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System due to its location and protected status. It is a great destination to…

Location
Splash Dive Centre
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Nathan_b
Dec 1, 2024
What an unbelievable experience! - Moses, our personal snorkel guide, was such a good dude. He was extremely professional while also being very personable. He let us know about all the sea life we were looking at, and how they live. All the crew worked well together and made us feel right at home. Swimming with the sea turtles, sting rays and sharks was breathtaking. I would highly recommend this trip.
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Erina_s
Nov 26, 2024
Friends vacation - Had a wonderful experience and this snorkeling adventure. We saw colorful fish, turtles and saw a nurse shark. Captain Mombo, Luis and Melvin were so knowledgeable about what we would see and what we did see.
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Unbelizeable_89
Aug 1, 2024
You better Belize it... - first time snorkeling and taking a boat out into the sea. the water is pristine, and you can see the color changes of different shades of dark blue/turquoise as you approach the islands. it is truly a tropical paradise to be on your own little island in the Caribbean while watching as pelicans, seagulls, and marine life surround you and remind you of how beautiful and fragile the ocean ecosystem is. the corals and creatures you see below are colorful and beyond breathtaking to see. the lunch was delicious, and we were told to throw our bones and scraps into the water so that a local barracuda could come eat the leftovers, showing how nothing goes to waste in the ecosystem. we topped off the snorkeling experience with a chance to witness a nurse shark, sea turtle, and several sting ray swimming just feet below us. truly a remarkable sight to witness and a great memory for everyone. our guides and crew were fabulous and got us out to the islands and back to shore safely while ensuring everyone was comfortable with their skills and using the equipment before snorkeling.
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Vivian_v
Aug 1, 2024
Great snorkeling - Beautiful! Loved seeing turtles, rays and sharks, as well as the reef! Great guides and fine food! The ride out was bumpy.
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Sianrich68
Jul 27, 2024
Off Peak Snorkeling at Silk Caye - Great day out on the water. Ride to Silk Caye is over an hour so pack your sunscreen. Lovely ride through numerous cayes until you reach tiny silk caye. For those snorkeling, you go around the entire caye once and will see all sorts of corals and fish. When you come out, some pelicans are there to greet you and lunch is served. After lunch and when some time is passed, yoy swim out to another snorkeling area and see some more corals and fish. Then to i e final snorkel area for the last swim.. we saw a beautiful turtle out there. Splash are a nice bunch of people and the guys were great all day. Food was good too.
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Jenno410
Jul 7, 2024
Must-Book - This was way more than we expected. Incredibly nice guides, sea turtles and sharks, and relaxation. Definitely book this one.
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Michelle_s
Jun 19, 2024
Exceeded expectations! - This experience exceeded my expectations! We saw turtles, rays, sharks, and more! Ulises, Marlena, and Justice were awesome and made sure we all had the best time!
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Viajeros9
Jun 2, 2024
Great snorkeling experience! Great all round seevice!!!! - We‘ve just spent 4 days doing activities we organized thru Splash Dive Center & they were all excellent! Not only did we do the snorkel experience on the reef w lunch on Silk Caye-which was just great and run beautifully for all our varying levels of swimmers- but we also went in search of Whale Sharks, saw huge bull sharks and turtles, nurse sharks etc and had an all ‚round stupendous time w Captain Randy, Dive instructor Omado and Dive Master /guide, Melvin. 👍 We felt we were in very good, knowledgeable, affable hands thruout the whole day! ALSO thru Splash, we did a very very cool nighttime river and Bioluminesence tour at Sittee Creek, -again excellent. They also organized our outings to Lubantuum and Nim Li Punit archaeollgical sites, where we lunched deliciously under their direction at typical Mayan roadside restaurants enroute. They provided topnotch, clean, ac cool van transport to all these activities, as well as picked us up (two separate parties!) at the airport and transported us to hotel. They capably got us TO all of the of the above activities. (If you’ve ever tried to orchestrate transport and activities for a family of 6, you know it ain’t easy… tho Splash made it LOOK easy!:)) The guide who was assigned to our motley crewe of 6 for all 4 days was Melvin-just great, very nice, informative , and accommodating, He really took us under his „wing“ as it were and saw that we had a super time. Hat tip, Melvin! Our guide at Lubantuum thru Splash was Lauro, also excellent. When our itinerary was threatened by a wildfire, Melvin and Lauro conferred, took all in stride and made alternative plans and routes for us. The Bioluminescence tour thru Splash was also just fabulous. Last but not least, the administrazive team at Splash really did a great job-its not easy orchestrating events for 6 opinionated people😃The Team at Splash was excellent and professional thruout. Big thanks to Miss Patti the owner, to Pamela and Torrie. All excellent. Thank you and ALL the team for making our Placencia stay so enjoyable and memorable!
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Ledbetmh
May 26, 2024
Amazing Experience - This snorkeling experience completely exceeded our expectations. We just snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef a few months back and this was 10 times better. Our guide, Ben, was fantastic, and he pointed out tons of different types of coral and fish. We loved the lunch that was served and that we got to spend some time at the island beach. The best part was swimming so close to reef sharks, sting rays and sea turtles! Out of the many excursions we've done around the world, this one is at the very top of our list. 10/10 recommend.
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Andrea_s
Jun 5, 2024
Weather detour - The tour was great. The guides were amazing and well informed. Lunch was delicious. The weather was bad so we ended up at laughing bird caye instead. So We didn’t get to see all the things I had my heart set on but the coral reef conservation efforts are amazing and my husband and I will ALWAYS support that.!
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