Searching for heat water, common sunshine, and a relaxed place to chill by the ocean after you get married? A Belize Honeymoon may be simply the ticket at any time of yr. And it received’t take you very lengthy to get there.
Because the a long time have gone on and American vacationers have gotten much less timid, the variety of honeymoon locations {couples} head off to has expanded exponentially. Within the mid-1900s you drove someplace as quickly because the reception ended. Niagara Falls maybe, the Poconos, a lake resort, or possibly Scorching Springs, Arkansas.
Then the circle expanded just a little to Caribbean Islands, Puerto Vallarta, or possibly even Italy.
Practically the entire world is related by flight routes now, nonetheless, and in inflation-adjusted phrases, most of those flights are cheaper than they’ve even been. There are nonetheless some benefits to going someplace just some hours away, nonetheless, even when you have been residing collectively for 2 years already and aren’t going someplace to spend 22 hours a day collectively in mattress.
Probably the most fashionable honeymoon locations for Luxurious Latin America readers is Belize. Once we ran a Belize Break getaway promotion just a few years again, it turned out that the winner was already going to be in Belize anyway—for her wedding ceremony. So after the ceremony in Ambergris Caye , she headed south to Placencia on Tropic Air to spend two nights every at Chabil Mar Villas and Ray Caye Resort for a Placencia Honeymoon.
Situated slightly below the Quintano Roo state of Mexico (that of Cancun/Riviera Maya fame), the small nation of Belize has a variety of elements in its favor as a vacation spot for post-wedding romance and leisure.
1) Straightforward Belize flight connections from the USA and Canada for Your Honeymoon
United, Delta, American and Southwest all fly to Belize Metropolis from a number of cities within the U.S. by their hubs, whereas you too can get there from some cities on Frontier or Alaska Air. From Canada there are flights on Air Canada and WestJet. Simply be suggested that there are extra frequent flights within the winter than the summer time.
Copa Airways, Avianca, and Tropic Air fly there from a number of neighboring nations. Examine the choices out of your metropolis right here:
You possibly can then attain any of the home airports in an hour or much less and there’s additionally a ferry service to Ambergris Caye. Site visitors is gentle if you could journey in a automobile and there are boat providers out to the smaller islands. It’s straightforward to get round in Belize.
2) An English Talking Nation in Latin America
You received’t have to fret about communication points throughout reserving or after arrival in your good Belize honeymoon. English is the official language. Everybody speaks it until you get into the distant jungle areas near Guatemala.
3) Belize is a 12 months-round Vacation spot
Belize is a sunny and tropical nation that you may go to any month of the yr and have an excellent time. It seldom will get hit by hurricanes, traditionally, and the extremes in rainfall aren’t almost as excessive as they’re in wetter Costa Rica.
Certain, Belize has a wet season in the summertime, but it surely’s a gentle one, with rains seldom lasting greater than a few hours and often coming within the afternoon or night. Water temperatures are roughly the identical all yr too, so if you wish to go snorkeling or diving you are able to do it any month you’d like.
See extra right here on summer time journey in Belize.
4) Loads to Do Apart from Sit on a Seashore
Belize has some picture-perfect seashores, particularly in Placencia and on a few of the non-public islands, however that’s only one factor within the combine right here. The world’s second-longest coral reef extends the entire size of the nation and has some legendary scuba diving and snorkeling spots.
That is additionally among the best locations within the Americas for an actual “surf and turf” trip that mixes the water with the land for quite a lot of fascinating experiences. If you would like adrenaline-pumping journey actions or jungle hikes you will discover lots, or you may go birdwatching, tubing, or exploring Mayan ruins. Then simply an hour or two away you’ve got all the same old water actions you’ll discover in a Caribbean Sea escape.
For those who keep in Placencia, you’ve acquired sufficient excursions accessible to maintain you occupied for every week simply, just like the enjoyable Monkey River Tour we took final time we had been there, from a dock proper throughout the highway. You can even discover Placencia Village, which gives a pleasant distinction to packed San Pedro on Ambergris Caye.
Do you know that there are Mayan ruins in Belize to see? And rivers to kayak? And jungle areas full of wildlife? This isn’t some Caribbean island vacation spot the place you’re restricted to what’s provided by your resort.
5) Impartial Resorts That Don’t Really feel Company
There are literally thousands of boring chain motels you possibly can keep in at honeymoon locations the place your room seems to be an terrible lot just like the rooms within the city you simply flew away from. There are near zero worldwide chain motels in Belize, nonetheless, and in lots of circumstances the proprietor is both on web site or residing close by.
Each the staffers and the income are intertwined with the neighborhood and have a stake in seeing you take pleasure in your self so that you’ll advocate the place to others. They’ll be sure you don’t really feel like a quantity throughout your week of bliss in your Belize honeymoon. Service is informal and pleasant, not formal, even in case you are staying on the high resorts within the nation. You’ll get pampered, however not in a stuffy manner.
For extra data see our luxurious journey in Belize part and take into account reserving with our long-time associate Chabil Mar Villas, with all-suite lodging. They’re proper on the seashore and are a brief bike journey from the village heart.
Textual content by Luxurious Latin America and all opinions are our personal. Photographs by Timothy Scott besides first photograph by Chabil Mar.
Article by Timothy
Timothy Scott is the founder and editor of Luxurious Latin America and has been masking the area as a journey journalist because the mid-2000s. He has visited every nation we cowl a number of occasions and is predicated in a UNESCO World Heritage metropolis in central Mexico, the place he owns a house. See contact data right here.
