Bareboating - chartering a sailboat sans crew - invites freedom you won't find when dealing with a mainstream scuba outfitter. Think there's too many people at the reef's world-renowned, 1,000-foot-wide Blue Hole? Simply hoist anchor and glide over to Cathedral Reef and Eagle Ray Wall. Alternatively, leave the Lighthouse Reef region behind altogether and sail to Turneffe Atoll to explore the wreck of the Sayonara, or make for Shark Point at Glover's Reef, where you could run into a behemoth Whale Shark depending on the time of year. Non-divers will also enjoy the freedom bareboat sailing offers. Laughing Bird Caye - a national park resplendent with swaying palm trees - makes for a good first stop. Nary a soul resides on Goff's Caye, and St. George's Caye, the first English settlement in Belize, is almost strictly residential and, like most small cayes, sees very little tourist traffic. Turneffe Atoll has some of the world's best bone fishing, while the mainland hosts some of the most diverse jungle wildlife on the planet if you're in need of just a little landlubberly distraction.

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