We stayed in the opal villa at La Perla and it was amazing! Michaela is the manger and she was so accumulating and helpful. She answered all of our questions. The home was spacious and so comfortable. I have chronic back pain and usually don’t sleep well on vacation but Ive never slept better! The mattress was so comfortable and you can hear the ocean from the villa. The kitchen was well stocked for cooking. I would recommend stopping in San Pedro to buy groceries before heading to the villa, it’s a good 30 minute ride by golf cart. Save some money and rent a golf cart when you get there. We enjoyed having a golf cart the whole time we were there for trips into town to eat and join excursions. There are plenty of golf cart rental companies when you exit the water taxi. We took the water taxi from Belize city and it was a nice 1.5 hour ride to the island. You can also fly from Belize city to the island but of course it’s more expensive. The grounds were beautiful, the pool pristine, the beach area close. The reef is a short kayak ride from the shore. You can snorkel there but it’s a shallow area and you can easily be scraped and banged up. We signed up for an excursion to snorkel and I would definitely recommend that! The sea life was incredible. If you are prone to bug bites, stock up on bug spray and hydrocortisone cream. I don’t know if it was the time of year or the recent rainfall but my daughter and I were eaten alive by mosquitoes and sand flies. Others in our family weren’t bothered as much by the bugs. Besides that it was a perfect vacation.
Excisions we enjoyed were snorkeling to Hol Chan, Shark Ray Alley, Mayan Ruins, cave tubing and a boat trip to the smaller island, Caye Caulker.