Belize Honeymoon Questions

I’ve recently had several inquiries about my honeymoon in Belize. See my original Belize post for pictures. I decided to post my response as others might find it useful. Let me know if I can provide any further information for you.

Belize was a really great trip for me and my wife. We really loved the adventure, ocean views, and relaxation. In the area we stayed our resort was by far the best. We stayed at Jaguar reef (which is also called Almond Beach) and bought the adventure package.

http://www.jaguarreef.com/en/packages/multi-adventure.html

You really have to make sure you and your soon to be wife are OK with the following things:

1. It is a jungle and third world country outside the resort
2. At dusk the mosquitoes get really bad (we are from MN so it was not that much different for us and we knew to bring bug spray). So be prepared at dinner, you will get few bites and so will the mosquitoes. (sorry bad joke)
3. Some of the roads to the resort are bumpy and only dirt roads. Thus, you have to take a very small airplane for some travel.
4. (good for me bad for wife) – No malls, small amount of shopping at the airport

The good things:

1. It’s very real and not a tourist trap.
2. The daily excursions are really fun but you do share the experience with a group.
3. On one of our day trips we were the only couple and had the whole waterfall swimming experience to our self.
4. The people of Belize live very simple lives but are super friendly
5. The beach, Ocean, and pools are really nice.
6. The rooms are very nice at Jaguarreef.
7. They have wireless Internet but its a little slow.
8. They have DVD players in the room so bring some movies in case it rains.
9. They have sailboats, ask the people at the beach how to use it if you never have tried (really fun)
10. Free bikes but not that safe to peddle around on the busy dirt roads.
11. Free snorkel gear
12. The diving looks amazing but you have to have a license for it.