About Us

Our ethics...

Red Mangrove offers a variety of tours, mainly day and night-time snorkel tours, and can also arrange inland, birding and special photographic tours. We are an environmentally aware company and take our responsibility for sharing the wonders of the Belizean coral reef with visitors very seriously. In order for the reef to survive those who come to see it, it must be treated with great respect. We provide fun and educational tours for independent travellers, tour groups, and college groups who come to study this unique ecosystem. We do not touch or allow visitors to touch or harass the wildlife. Unlike many of our competitors, we do not ‘hug’ the sharks or sting rays. Doing so destroys the delicate membrane on their skins and allows infection to enter, ensuring a short life span for these diminishing animals. These are wild creatures and their encounters with humans should not be an attempt to tame them. We try to ensure our visits have a minimal impact on the reef and the creatures within it.

Our history and reccomendations...

Red Mangrove was set up in Spring 2007 by the well respected and knowledgeable guide Carlos A. Miller. With over 15 years of experience, it was time for him to have his own company. Carlos was the first guide on the island to be recommended by Rough Guide’s Peter Eltringham and is Author’s Choice in the current edition, as well being recommended by other guidebooks such as Lonely Planet. Over the years, many customers have come back again and again to snorkel with Carlos.

Other services...

Our staff are highly traveled in the region and can provide free tourist information. If we don’t know the answer, we will do our very best to find out! We also arrange bus, boat and flight tickets for travel to surrounding countries, and flights within Belize. We have a library of reference books, a book exchange and we sell relevant books and waterproof fish/ animal cards.

Our name...

The name Red Mangrove comes from the Rhizophora mangle species, which is the first of the mangrove species to root in shallow seas. The leaves are salt-intolerant and they fall to form organic matter allowing first the Black Mangrove (Avicennia germinan), then successive tree species to grow and eventually these help to form the Cayes (sand islands like Caye Caulker) over hundreds of thousands of years. The roots of the Mangroves provide shelter for the fish nurseries and during tropical storms for most of the reef fish. Without the Red Mangrove, neither the islands, nor the reef would be here. Hence the name Red Mangrove for our eco-friendly company!