Caye Caulker
Caye Caulker
4.5
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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You’ll find warm and gracious locals on this five-mile-long island, where the primary mode of transport is by bicycle or golf cart. Join a snorkeling tour to discover the fantastic marine life, including manatees, stingrays, sharks, and turtles. For those interested in fishing, you can have your catch cooked at one of the restaurants. You’ll also find street grills cooking up great seafood until late afternoon. Caye Caulker is busiest from January to April during Belize’s dry season. Stay a night or more on this island, and you’ll quickly realize why it’s a favorite among travelers seeking a tropical paradise. – Tripadvisor
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sunshinelpc
Toronto, Canada1,048 contributions
Mar 2023 • Couples
We were there for 4D/3N but wish we could stay longer! 45 min water taxi from Belize city. Buy r/t tickets which are cheaper and return open ticket is valid for 3 months. You have to go slow as everywhere you go is chill! In march during our stay east side of the island is full of seaweeds and bad smell. The only place you can get into the water is at SPLIT. But west side of the island is calm and a couple of nice small beaches especially in front of Iguana reef inn!! Definitely come back again if I am in Belize again and check out northern Caye!
Written 12 March 2023
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betti14
boston, ma219 contributions
Mar 2023
I really enjoyed this place and may have overlooked it if I hadn't spoken to the locals. I was staying in Belize city and wanted a taste of the islands, so I boarded the San Pedro Express water taxi. I first disembarked at San Pedro in Ambergris Caye, but after an hour of walking around that island, took the taxi back to Cay Caulker, to spend the rest of the day there. CC was definitely slower, less congested and more manageable to just walk around, eat/drink and relax. San Pedro appears to be being built up, as there is construction going on, which is not a bad thing, just more stressful for the newbie. CC had great shops, dining and lovely people. I loved Kenny's little animal shelter, Little Blue gift shop, Paulette's Red Flower Gallery and Ice'n Beans for a fresh smoothie. If I come back I will stay on this island. It's an easy water taxi back to the mainland or San Pedro. What a great lifestyle and nice people...
Written 5 March 2023
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mjb48072
Berkley, MI8 contributions
Feb 2023 • Friends
Kai Essentials for local handmade jewelry. Kenia is awesome. Great service, value, and design. So many pretty items.
Written 25 February 2023
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573Lisa
Temecula, CA66 contributions
Feb 2023 • Family
Spent a day here. Nice small island with beautiful beaches. A great way to spend a relaxing day. There are no cars on the island only golf carts but you can easily walk the island.
Written 18 February 2023
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Paul C
41 contributions
Nov 2022 • Solo
The island is very basic in structure but has all the tourist amenities. There weren't any signs of crime. Locals were all very friendly.
Written 8 February 2023
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OmanRob
Canmore, Canada1,283 contributions
Jan 2023 • Couples
We researched various beach locations and very glad we settled on Caye Caulker.

It is an island vibe and pace, no high rise development and many places to stay for all budgets

East side of the island get a steady breeze / wind off the sea which makes for churned water but cool in the shade all year round. West has a few beaches but be careful for sandflies - they are brutal.

Locals are friendly and nice, cycling is a great way to get around the island.

There is minimal shopping but about 70 choices of places to eat for all budgets with more expansive places typically disappointing - it’s the roadside places that have the charm and vibe.

Great location much quieter than San Pedro or Placencia

Rob
Written 23 January 2023
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P.C.
Houston, TX88 contributions
Dec 2022
Its the perfect tropical getaway with the right amount of the USA in it.
They accept US dollars and the rate is 2:1.
Most of the local food is mixed of US, Mexican, Carribean and awesome!
The drinks are really great just about everywhere.
The beer is Belikn which is not bad and I prefer the light beer.
The bottles are the size of a 12oz but is really 9oz and you will guzzle a lot in a short time.
I love this island and will be back !
Written 14 December 2022
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Jeff I
San Antonio, TX46 contributions
Serious safety incident
Dec 2022
My daughter was sexually assaulted in early December when we were there. The police are investigating and the US Embassy has been of assistance. The guilty party, a local, managed to get something in her drink. It was a good trip until this happened. My advice, especially to young women, is to never be unaccompanied in the bars or at night. My daughter wasn't alone but got temporarily separated from her brother and then fell victim.
Written 8 December 2022
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Jenita
Florence, KY21 contributions
Sep 2022 • Family
Good experience. Don’t expect to encounter your typical beautiful Caribbean beach as you will not find that in Caye Caulker. The “beach” area is not anything to brag about. This destination has a very laid back vibe. The streets are made of packed dirt so things can get pretty dusty. No cars just golf carts and bikes. The food is great! The place to hang out is “The Split”. Great food, drinking and swimming. You will need to take an inter island airplane or the sea taxi to get to Caye caulker from Belize city. We stayed at a beautiful Airbnb but there are hotels on the island. Not much to do just a slow paced lazy vacation vibe. Enjoy
Written 2 December 2022
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Karen B
Vancouver, Canada488 contributions
Nov 2022
Now, grain of salt as I did have a cold the whole time I was here so maybe wasn't feeling my best, also left with the great gift of really bad travellers diarrhea from one of the beach bbqs (the one right next to Kareems.)
I have been ALOT of places in the world and liked most and this wasn't my fave place to stay at. We stayed 5 days, I wouldn't be in a rush to return but if I was back I would stay along front street or just off it. We stayed too far where we had to take a gold cart everywhere and the roads are all pot holes so it takes a while to get driven in even though it is a small island. Bikes are your best bet if you don't want to spend money but ours were busted at our Air Bnb. We loved our taxi driver Jubalus, driven for one person across the island one way would be 5 belizian, 2 people 10 belizian (5 dollars USD) which was still cheaper then renting a golf cart BUT I would of preferred being in walking distance. If you are a woman, expect ALOT of cat calling while you walk around town, but it doesn't feel dangerous - you will just be told you are beautiful more times than in your entire life. I would have days where I would purposely wear my boys clothes to fully cover because I just didn't feel like that much attention from the locals which helps a bit, but they still will compliment you, some more aggressive than others - but again never felt dangerous. Our biggest disappoint with Caye Caulker and the reason my friend and I discussed not rushing back was 2 main things, taking the boat from Mexico was a 3hr trip turned into 8 because of awful slow immigration etc. (Made us miss our connections on the way home etc).The second is there is no beaches to really enjoy on the whole island, north island there are lots of sting rays and crocodiles even though some of the beaches 'look' nice but they aren't swimmable. On south is where all the docks are and the water has lots of garbage and you can't walk in on sand unless you go to the split where there is public water access but no beach, you are going off a concrete pad to jump in the ocean or snorkel. We were surprised by this and heard a few other tourists bring it up separately as well. We didn't do any excursions and heard that they were awesome but I was too sick to go out on a boat all day, so maybe that would of made things more sparkly. Food was EXCELLETN at namaste cafe, and the lobster at pelican was good. I enjoyed seeing all the sting rays come in at 4pm at iguana inn and seeing one seahorse there. There are so many cool birds on this island if thats what you are into. I am glad I went and saw, but wouldn't be back - next time would do mainland Belize or maybe try sanpedro and def would do a snorkel excursion. The night life was good at a couple of the bars, but I can only handle so much cigarette smoke inside/in my face so only could enjoy for a bit. Everyone really likes the sportbar or the eye and eye on the weekend if you are into night life.
Written 17 November 2022
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