Chabil Mar, the award - winning resort on the Placencia Peninsula, offers visitors a chance to
see whale sharks up close and personal with their Belize whale shark diving package.
Not exact matches
This «free» meal is too good to pass
up for
whale sharks, which can be
seen feeding on the baitfish around the bagans all year round.
They usually eat fish, but a group of dusky
sharks have been
seen ganging
up on a baby humpback
whale, suggesting attacks may be more common than we thought
Whale shark season is one of the busiest times of year on the island as visitors flock to
see up to 150 of these giant fish in one day.
Stand
Up Paddle in the lagoon with rays and
sharks, dives with
whales and dolphins, treks inside the island to
see waterfalls.
I
saw five
whale sharks during my dive as well as being able to dive
up the infamous chimney (the coolest vertical swim
up a hollow rock formation) and
seeing wildlife from 18m all the way
up to 2m!
In Mexico, manta rays have begun to appear in increasing numbers in the same location where the large aggregation of
whale sharks show
up every summer to feed (
see our
whale shark section for more details).
Whale Sharks are also around all year with the high season being between October & April, when sightings of
up to 20 can be
see during a boat ride out to the dive sites.
Though common sites include sea turtles, barracudas, rays, and hundreds of varieties of rainbow colored fish, there are some places where you might
see octopus, nurse
sharks, and
up in the Isla Mujeres and Holbox between the months of June and September you can even snorkel with
whale sharks.
Dive with docile
whale sharks, the world s largest fish, at Ningaloo Reef between April and June, swim with wild bottlenose dolphins in the warm waters of Monkey Mia and get
up close to sea lions, manta rays, dugongs and humpback
whales, explore the charming old pearling port of Broome and take a camel ride down Cable Beach at sunset, fly over the beehive shaped domes of the Bungle Bungle Range, boat down the huge, manmade Lake Argyle at Kununurra, explore the wineries and beaches of the Margaret River region, cruise spectacular Geikie and Windjana Gorges in the remote and rugged Kimberley,
see the stark outback come alive with glorious wildflowers in winter and early spring and enjoy the sophisticated delights of Perth and the historic port of Fremantle.