Roatan 2022: Women's Snorkeling & SCUBA Eco Tour

Roatán, Honduras

GE
192 reviews
Apr 16 - 23, 2022
Group size: 11 - 15
Roatan 2022: Women's Snorkeling & SCUBA Eco Tour
Roatán, Honduras

192 reviews

Apr 16 - 23, 2022
Group size: 11 - 15

About this trip

The moment you step onto the porch of your overwater bungalow and gaze off into the blue sea flanked by green hills of palms, you will understand why nature-seekers come to Roatan to get away from it all. 

 

Our home for the week is Anthony's Key Resort. An all-inclusive dive resort with pool, spa, full bar, and more. Don't let the word "resort" fool you. Here, there are no high rises with floors of cold, cookie cutter hotel rooms. Instead, there is village of wooden bungalows cocooned in lush palms with adventure right outside your door. 

 

Below the waterline, the resort is hugged by the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System, the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere. From the time you plunge into the warm life-filled salty sea, you will wish you had gills to stay forever.  It’s home to thick, vibrant coral, playful dolphins, and varied marine life. Those who want to see the ocean at night, can take a guided night snorkel in search of nocturnal creatures like octopuses!


The reef system here is fabulous for both snorkelers and divers on the same boat. Snorkelers can float over the shallow reef while divers can descend deeper along the reef wall.

 

Near the key is a place where participants will spend a few hours interacting with the resident dolphins including a free swim with the pod! You will be surrounded by dolphins that choose how they interact with you. You will feel their chirps and clicks vibrating through the water, and hear the buzzing sounds they make as they talk to each other! 

 

Topside, island tours will get you off property and introduce you to some of the local culture and sites like seaside towns and Maya Key. There will visits to two different animal sanctuaries will you will meet sloths and monkeys. A exciting adventure will be a thrilling zip line through the rainforest tree tops.

 

This fun-filled week also has time for rest and relaxation during your free time. Swing in a hammock on your oceanfront deck, and feel the sea breezes. Enjoy the use of paddle boards and kayaks. Visit the spa for a massage. 

 

This trip is open to women of all ages 18 years or older. Participants must know how to swim.


The base price of the trip is for snorkeling only. If you would like to SCUBA add the Certified SCUBA add-on for an additional $100 total at check out.  Rental gear is not included.


If you are not currently a certified diver and would like to get certified to dive, you can take a PADI online course at home (visit padi.com). Then, come on this trip and complete your open water dives in Roatan with a dive instructor. Add Open Water Check Out Dives add-on at check out. The price is $500 and includes diving for the week. Rental gear is not included.


General Inclusions:

Roundtrip Group Airfare from Miami to Roatan.

7-nights double occupancy in Key Superior bungalows. 

2 boat dives/snorkels per day & one night dive 

One dolphin swim per participant

Use of tanks, weights and belts 

Two half-day land island excursions. 

Admittance to the Roatán Museum 

Use of kayaks and paddleboards 

Use of recreational services and facilities offered at Anthony’s Key Resort 

Educational programs about marine topics.

Onsite clinic & decompression chamber with doctors on call 24-hours 

Escorted round-trip transfer from airport to Anthony's Key

Two Green Edventures trip leaders! 

Required Documentation

Passport valid for 6 months from travel

Proof of vaccination 

Negative PCR test results 



Package Price

Remember, the package price include roundtrip group airfare from Miami!!


Package Price: $3775


Deposit: $650

Installment plans from January - March 2022.





Room & Board

Where do we stay?

Participants will stay at the Anthony's Key Dive Resort in Key Superior bungalows. These bungalows are perched right over the water and offer spectacular ocean views with the beach just outside your backdoor. Each bungalow has a deck over the water with hammocks, a private bathroom, air conditioning, and 2 beds.  


What do we eat?

Participants will have a choice from a selection of American meals served from the Anthony's Key restaurant each day.  Three meals a day are provided during the program week. 


What is the average temperature?

High 84 degrees F / Low 76 degrees F


What is the average water temperature?

80-84 degrees F

Travel to Roatan

Roundtrip airfare to Roatan from Miami is included in the package price! 

April 16: Flight departs MIA 10:30am

April 23: Flight arrives in MIA 2pm


The trip needs 11 participants signed up by December 15th. Once the trip is confirmed, instructions for booking your flights to/from Miami will be sent to you by email with your trip confirmation letter. 



Travel & Dive Accident Insurance

All participants:

Green Edventures recommends Travel Guard  the Preferred or Deluxe Plans with Adventure Bundle for our travelers. Purchase within 15-days of your deposit date for pre-existing conditions inclusion and Cancel for Any Reason add on option upgrade.


Travel insurance is available at:

https://greenedventures.com/travel-insurance/


SCUBA Divers

Dive accident insurance is required and purchased separately. You will first purchase a DAN membership for $40 per year, then select your dive accident coverage.

https://dan.org/membership-insurance/dive-insurance/  

Packing List

What’s included

  • Room & Board
    Key Superior Bungalows with AC , double occupancy.
  • Meals
    All meals are included from dinner on arrival day to breakfast on departure day
  • Airfare
    Group Reservation MIA-RTB

What’s not included

  • Travel Insurance
    International Health Insurance Required; a comprehensive plan is recommended.
  • DAN Insurance
    Required Insurance for SCUBA Divers
  • Personal Spending Money
  • Gratuity
    $200
  • Snorkeling/Diving Gear
    Available for rent onsite
  • Return to US COVID Test
    If required $50 USD.
  • Airfare to MIA
  • Baggage Fees
  • Resort Incidentals

Available Packages

Snorkeling Package

Package price for snorkeling only. 


Does not include gear. You may bring your own gear or pay for rental gear onsite.


Want to add SCUBA diving to the package? Chose an add-on.


Certified divers select Certified Divers SCUBA +$100


Want to get certified to dive in Roatan? Take your e-learning course at padi.com and do your Open Water Skills Checkout on the trip. Select Open Water Checkout option below  +$500.

 Prices for rental gear are in US Dollars and includes 15% tax. Prices subject to change.

  • Mask, Fins & Snorkel: Weekly $57.50
  • Wet Suit (Full): Weekly $69
  • Wet  Suit (Shorty): Weekly $57.50
$3,775
Deposit:$650

Available options

Certified Divers SCUBA (tanks/weights)
$100
Open Water Checkout (tanks/weights)
$500

Itinerary

Day 1
Welcome to Anthony's Key

10:30Am Flight Departs Miami 

10:42am Flight Arrives Roatan

12:00pm Lunch

1:00pm Orientation 

Free time to use paddle boards, go kayaking's, and relax with optional spa treatments.

6:00pm Dinner

Your Organizer


GE
Green Edventures Ecotours & Expeditions
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We had a lot of down time where we didn't know what he was doing and were simply sitting around chatting (albeit we were in a gorgeous spot to be sitting around). That mountain lunch was one of my fav experiences. Cusco: I would like to have had more time in Cusco beyond the evenings when we were exhausted. If nothing else, a city tour by Guido before we headed to wherever. I would love to have gone to the Machu Picchu museum and the chocolate museum. , but we didn't learn much about the city itself except in bits and bobs. Granted, had I not been so sick upon arrival, perhaps I could have done some of that on my own. But, the itinerary could/should mention that to do on your own, so we could plan. On the Zoom call, Tracey and Tara really discouraged us from doing anything on the days we first arrived, though, so it is a bit tricky. I just know I would like to have seen/known about a bit more of Cusco. (Then again, maybe we did see everything worth seeing? I don't know.) 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I wish we had got to do the waterfall hike, but it rained. Tracey took such good care of me - of all of us. She is fantastic. Other trips I have been on I can guarantee that I would not have been helped so much with feeling rotten. I cannot thank her enough. I will say to Tara what I said to Nyra about Guido and Americo: Pay Tracey whatever she asks for!
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Wonderful trip! As always Green Edventures has gone above and beyond to provide a once in a lifetime trip. Great guides, great leader, great experiences. I travelled solo but definitely not alone on this adventure and they made it very easy to do so.
By Melanie T for Peru 2024: Women's Machu Picchu Inca Trail + Optional Lares Trek on Oct 06, 2024
Five stars are not enough to rate this trip. The planning was perfect, the details spot-on. The local guide was knowledgeable and warm. She invited us into her home and life, even making us a traditional local meal in her kitchen. The addition of a local designer who is also a poet/philosopher added another dimension of local connection. This is a first-rate trip for anyone interested in learning about Iceland and the country’s history and current connection to textiles. This is not an adventure trip, but the trip is a fantastic adventure.
By Mary Ellen K for Iceland 2024: Magic Yarn Knitting & Northern Lights on Sep 19, 2024
Quality trip full of learning, adventure and creativity. The lodging, food and our guides were top notch. This trip is highly unique in that local flavor was the focus: tour guide and designer traveling with our group of amazing ladies, artisans and crafters from an Icelandic area most tourists don't roam and community sheep roundup. Priceless!
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By Katie M on 14 Feb, 2022
I just returned from the Wisconsin Women's Tour and couldn't have asked for a better trip! For me, the amount and type of activity were perfect. Who know there was so much to discover practically in my own backyard?
By Cynthia Casey W on 22 Oct, 2020