Belize Itinerary Jan 2025

 

Belize Itinerary Jan 2025



ITINERARY: FOR HI RESOLUTION ITINERARY AND LINKS TO TOURS WE TOOK CLICK HERE: Belize Jan 2025 Itinerary

7-day Itinerary of Belize

✈️ Airports

We flew through two airports during our trip:

  • BZE – Belize City International Airport:
    Small and simple! Customs can take up to an hour, but they do have free WiFi throughout.

  • SPR – San Pedro (John Greif II Airport):
    Tiny airport with only one baggage claim — hang on to that bag tag for any checked bags!

🛫 Flights

  • Flew Southwest Airlines to/from Belize City.

  • Took Tropic Air ($90 USD/pp roundtrip) from BZE ➡️ SPR — a quick 15–20 minute flight on 9-13 passenger airplanes with amazing views 🌊
    • ✨ Tip: Try booking a flight that stops over in Caye Caulker — it's stunning from the air!
    • 💡 If you arrive early, Tropic Air often lets you hop on an earlier flight if there’s room.
Tropic Airlines

🚗 Transportation

  • Private Transfers: We booked with Belize Limpkin Tours

    • BZE Airport ➡️ Belize Zoo ➡️ San Ignacio: $80 USD/pp

    • San Ignacio ➡️ BZE Airport: $50 USD/pp

    • Also used them for our Xunantunich Mayan Site and ATM Cave tours

  • 🚫 No Uber/Lyft in Belize

  • 🛺 Golf Cart Rentals in San Pedro: $50 USD for 4–7 hours (included gas + hotel pickup/drop-off)

🏨 Where We Stayed

🏡 San Ignacio:
✨ West House Boutique Hotel — great service, balconies, and location! 

  • Note: thin walls & stairs to 2nd floor rooms.

🌅 San Pedro:
☀️ Sunbreeze Hotel (not suites). Perfect location across from the airport, clean beach, but breakfast not included. Not the fanciest, but good enough

☀️ Weather

January is Belize’s dry season. Expect hot afternoons, but pleasant mornings and evenings.

💧 The color of the water is unreal!

💵 Money & Payments

CASH: 

  • Bring $100–200 USD/person in small bills ($5, $10, $20). 💡 USD bills must be clean, no tears or crumples!

  • No need to exchange beforehand — USD is accepted everywhere at a 2:1 rate
    ($10 USD = $20 BZD)

  • You’ll often get Belizean dollars back as change — use them up before heading home!

CREDIT CARDS:

  • 💳 Credit cards accepted in some places, but often with a 2–4% fee and $25 BZD minimum

  • Use cards with 0% foreign transaction fee

🛡️ Safety Tips

  • 🚨 Emergency number: 911

  • San Ignacio felt a bit uneasy at night — stay alert

  • San Pedro felt much safer & more touristy

  • 🚶 Few sidewalks in both towns — wear good walking shoes and watch for cars!

Xunantunich Mayan Site

🎒 What to Pack

  • ✅ Passport + color copies + electronic copy (as backups)

  • ✅ No power converter needed (same outlets as USA)

  • 👟 Supportive shoes – uneven sidewalks!

  • 💧 Reusable water bottle (bottled or filtered water ONLY)

  • 💊 Medications: Motrin, Tums, anti-diarrhea, etc.

  • 👕 Breathable clothing, UPF long sleeves, swimsuits, quick-dry gear

  • 📱 Waterproof phone pouch

  • 🧴 Sunblock, polarized sunglasses, hat, insect repellant 


View from Xunantunich Mayan Site

📱 Communication

  • Download WhatsApp – it’s how everyone communicates in Belize (tours, hotels, etc.)

  • English is the national language

  • Activated our AT&T International Plan ($10/day) for one phone

💡 Random Tips

  • 📍 Download Google Maps Offline for any city you will be visiting 

  • 🕓 Visit major sites early morning or on weekdays to avoid crowds

  • 🚫 Only drink bottled or purified water (same goes for ice!)


View from the flight

🥗 Vegetarian/Vegan Food in Belize

  • Try Marie Sharp’s Hot Sauce – it’s amazing! 🌶️
  • San Ignacio:
    • 🥬 Ervas – veggie curry or coconut rice
    • 🥗 Guava Limb – Gado Gado & sandwiches
    • 🌮 Ko-Ox Han Nah – tofu burrito
    • 🍴 El Fogon del Cayo
  • San Pedro:
    • 🌯 Elvi’s Kitchen – vegetarian burrito
    • 🥤 Farmhouse Café – smoothies & fresh eats
    • 🫓 Waruguma – pumpkin pupusas
    • 🍳 Lily’s Treasure Chest – great for breakfast
    • 👉 At the pier of Chuck & Robbie’s, we found the best banana walnut bread ever! 🍌🍞


Elvi’s Kitchen - vegetarian Burrito

Traditional Belizean Breakfast with Fry Jacks

OUR RECOMMENDATIONS for San Ignacio & Ambergris Caye: 

🗺️ San Ignacio Highlights

  • 🧗‍♀️ ATM Cave Tour: 💦 Incredible & adventurous — only if you’re in good shape/no kids!  Otherwise, recommend cave tubing. 
    • Booked with Belize Limpkin Tours ($150/pp)
    • Includes hotel pickup/drop-off, gear, guide, and lunch (request vegetarian meal 🌿)
    • No cameras allowed inside the cave!
    • ⏰ Go early to avoid crowds - request this when booking
    • What to Bring:
      • Change of clothes/shoes
      • Thick socks: There is one area of the cave where you can only walk with socks and remove your shoes
      • Long sleeves/pants (you’ll bump into rocks)
      • Water shoes or hiking shoes
      • Waterbottle/Proteins bars - will leave outside the cave, but you'll definitely need after exploring the cave
    • Tour Breakdown:
      • 1 hr drive from San Ignacio--> Mennonite Farm --> ATM Cave parking lot
      • 1 hr hike (cross 3 rivers!): easy hiking to the entrance of the ATM cave. There are bathrooms for women & nature potty for men.
      • 2–3 hrs exploring cave: Walk & swim through the cave
      • Lunch + ride back

🏛️ Mayan Ruins

From San Ignacio, you can visit:

  • 🏯 Xunantunich: small but fun with ferry crossing. We visited Xunantunich via  shared tour with Belize Limpkin $85/pp

    • You can combine this site with others such as cave tubing or Cahal Pech.

  • 🏰 Cahal Pech

  • 🌅 Tikal (Guatemala) – highly recommended! - Tikal remains our favorite for its massive size and jungle setting! However, we visited Tikal during sunrise on a trip from Guatemala. See our Guatemala Itinerary

    Crank ferry to get across the river

🌴 Ambergris Caye (San Pedro)

  • 🐠 Snorkel Hol Chan Marine Reserve & Shark Ray Alley

Chocolate Making Class

  • 🏖️ Secret Beach
    • We rented a golf cart ($50/day with gas).
    • The drive takes about 45 minutes — bumpy!
    • Perfect for a relaxed beach day 🌞 There are several beach clubs at Secret Beach. We parked the golf cart & walked through several clubs. 
    • Optional stops:

 


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