GVI: Ambergris Caye - Belize Marine Conservation Expedition

Join an international group of volunteers and earn your PADI Open Water Certification while helping conserve one of the world’s wonders: the Belize Barrier Reef.

Description:
Join our team on Belize’s famous island of Ambergris Caye. This island is the closest you can get to the Belize Barrier Reef and Belize’s Great Blue Hole without heading out on a boat. Here, we’ll work with you to complete your PADI Open Water or Advanced Open Water before heading out onto the reef to carry out research.  Like many reefs around the world, the Belize Barrier Reef is impacted by coral bleaching, a phenomenon caused by the ocean heating as a result of the climate crisis.

Program Highlights:

• Earn your PADI Open Water or Advanced Open Water.


• Contribute to the conservation of the second-largest coral reef system in the world. 


• Gain hands-on experience in marine biology and marine conservation. 


• Go for a recreational dive in Belize’s famous Great Blue Hole. 


• In your free time, visit sacred Mayan cenotes, cave systems and temples surrounded by rainforests and waterfalls.

• 24-hour emergency phone


• 24-hour in-country support


• Airport pick-up (unless otherwise stated)


• All necessary project equipment and materials


• Comprehensive training program that encompasses theory lectures, group study and field practise


• Location orientation


• Long term experienced staff


• Meals while on project (except on work placements for long term internships)


• Safe and basic accommodations (usually shared)


• Welcome meeting