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Four Seasons Explorer – a floating PADI 5-Star Dive Centre – combines serious diving with serious luxury. The Maldives’ fastest cruising live-aboard, the 39-metre, three-deck catamaran provides effortless access to the country’s most sought-after hotspots. 

The Truk Odyssey, a purpose-built 132-foot luxury live-aboard yacht, specializes in exploring Chuuk Lagoon’s World War II wrecks. The vessel features six huge staterooms (at 14 feet by 8 feet, some of the largest available on a live-aboard) with en suite bathrooms, two single staterooms and one stateroom with a bunk.

Victoria House is located on the island of Ambergris Caye about two miles south of charming San Pedro Town. The hotel has 42 rooms and offers guests a variety of accommodations, including thatch-roofed casitas, beachfront and poolside villas and spacious suites, all in a tranquil colonial setting.

The first thing you’ll notice here is the coral — an explosion of color as vivid as the splatters on a paintball bunker. The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, spanning from the Yucatan Peninsula to Honduras, swings 25 miles offshore in some places. This buffer largely insulates the structure from the stresses of land, preserving these eye-popping species.