Rated By Outside Travel as one of the “World’s 30 Best Trips.”

Our Coral Islands paddling trip in Belize is an exclusively designed trip between Norm Hann Expeditions and Island Expeditions, a leading adventure travel company that has been in Belize for 35 years; together we have created a special paddleboard and tropical ocean adventure experience for paddlers with highlights including: 

• One night stay upon arrival at Bocawina Rainforest Resort, a gem in the heart of the Maya Mountains and located in a 7000 acre national park where wild jaguars roam free.
• Three nights in wilderness tents at SouthEast Caye Basecamp on Glover’s Reef Atoll, part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• World class snorkelling, free diving and seafood harvesting on Glover’s Reef and the Belize Barrier Reef.
• Spectacular Paddleboarding atop the barrier reef with a focus on skills development, downwind reef runs and calm mangrove island paddling.
• Two nights at Paradise Island Lodge on Tobacco Caye, part of the protected South Water Caye Marine Reserve.
• Cultural night of drumming and singing with our local Garifuna guides and musicians.

This trip is for adventure travellers who enjoy standup paddling and snorkelling. From a paddling standpoint this trip is for intermediate paddlers who already have paddling experience and are looking to improve on those skills with instruction and guiding from Norm and his guiding team. Glover’s Reef is remote and exposed with very little protection and the area does experience a lot of wind. Our boat support will be able to shuttle us upwind so we can enjoy downwind runs along the turquoise waters of the atoll. Once we get to Tobacco Caye, closer to the mainland and located on the barrier reef we can head to the mangrove islands for protected and calm paddling but generally you need to be competent enough to deal with wind on this trip. This trip works best for you as a multi adventure experience as we will also be enjoying the incredible snorkelling and free diving at Glover’s Reef and on Tobacco Caye. The Belizean guides are masters in the underwater world and their marine ecosystem interpretive skills are superb and not to be missed. Other activities can include hand line fishing, kayak sailing the reef and of course hammock surfing! Guests seem to come away with a much richer experience after having tried all of the activities. There is something for everyone and as much as you want or as little as you want. We are excited to share the amazing country of Belize with you and the warm hospitality of the Belizean People.