Hol Chan Full-Day Bucket List Snorkeling and Marine Life Tour

The title of this tour caught my attention, but I didn't do my homework before booking it. Manatee season in Belize is during the summer months. We spent an hour of our December tour sitting in the boat while the two guides "looked" for manatees. We also spent an uncomfortable amount of time sitting on the boat waiting for the two guides to "MacGyver" the boat's engine. I was deeply concerned each time we stopped to actually snorkel that the engine wouldn't start again when we were ready to move on from that spot. The tour's description promises that they take GoPro photos videos for you, which they did. Unfortunately for us, we never saw them. There were two boats that went out together on our tour day - we met some of the people beforehand who went out on the other boat. When we received the email of the day's photos, I recognized the people we had met earlier, and only photos from their boat's GoPro were there. When I emailed Daniel asking where our boat's photos were, he said they had combined the files from both GoPros, and that he had sent us everything. I had checked out GoPro near the end of the day, and we had taken over 100 pictures/videos on our boat alone, and the email they sent had only about 80. Lesson learned the very hard way to have your own equipment to take underwater photos! One final thing to note is this tour leaves from Caye Caulker. We easily got there from Ambergris Caye, but it was added time on the water, adding to an already long day. Everything else aside, there were some great sea life encounters in the water - lots of nurse sharks, rays, colorful fish, coral and several turtles. The conch graveyard was quite unique, and the turquoise waters were very beautiful. No matter the company, you have a good chance to see all of the above, as all of the snorkel boats go to the same areas. My recommendation is that you don't pick this company to take you there.