Nautical Inn was a pleasant little inn right on the beach. The owners and the staff were very nice. The inn looks just like the photos shown only the beach was lined with seaweed. Plenty of sand to enjoy, but for us it wasn’t what we were expecting and didn’t go in the water while at the inn. Almost all the waterfronts in Belize looked this way. To find a “swim able” beach you almost had to go to an island. Maybe it was the time of year we were there (May??).
We stayed in the Eagle’s Nest suite. It was spacious and clean. The WiFi stopped working in our suite after our first day there. After that we had to use the WiFi from the other rooms and to get them we had to be outside or near the front desk. 😕
The pool was clean and was great after a long day of hiking. We had beautiful view from our room and spent our evenings sitting on the deck in the warm breeze starring at the ocean.
Belize was very warm and humid day and night and did not have as much beach as I was expecting (nothing like Hawaii or other Caribbean islands I have visited). You could travel to sites on your own, but they expect you to take tours and in some places you had to be with a licensed tour guide to go (e.g. Silke Cayes snorkeling was one). The tours generally come with lunch that was almost always chicken, rice, beans, and plantains. Which was getting a little old after the second tour.
When we went snorkeling we did swim with nurse sharks, sea turtles and sting rays. The cave tubing was fun and we recommend visiting the Xunantunich ruins, ATM and the chocolate and spice farms. It rained the day we were supposed to go to the waterfall so that was canceled.