Great Blue Hole

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What lies under the Great Blue Hole

The Great Blue Hole is a large underwater sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It is surrounded by shallow water of Lighthouse Reef Atoll, a nearly perfect circle in the middle of a shallow reef.

Boats traveling to and from the Great Blue Hole confirm to its reputation as one of the top ten scuba diving site in the world. Besides contemporary marine life, this vertical cave contains remnants from its days above water. When much of Earth’s water was seized in glaciers, global sea level was lower. During this time, stalactites or “dripstones” formed inside this cave, and those rocks are preserved underwater today.

Believed to be the world’s largest feature of its kind, the Great Blue Hole is part of the larger Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, a World Heritage site of the UNESCO.


The Philip Goldson International Airport in Ladyville is just 2 hours away from Miami, Houston and New Orleans with service to the Belize offered by Continental and American Airlines. Recently, a number of new connections have been extablished including Air Jamaica out of Montego Bay, U.S. Airways direct from Charlotte, Continental direct from Newark and American Airlines direct from Dallas.

From the airport a taxi or a bus will carry you the roughly 10 miles into Belize City from where you can find a variety of transportation options to take you anywhere in the country.




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