Cinnamon’s house is located on Long Caye, you can’t get any closer to the Great Blue Whole than that. A resort on the island offers great and professional diving you can organize via Cinnamon. The house is spacious and on a beautiful private beach. You will most definitely feel like Robinson Crusoë looking out over the beautiful aqua blue ocean, with pelicans playing right under your nose.
This is not for the faint-hearted or those who seek ultimate comfort and luxury. It is a 2-hour boat ride (when you are lucky) of which part on open sea with nothing around you. The boat that is usually used is open with no cover for sun/water and wind and it can get kind of bumpy. Mind you- costs for the boattrip are not included in the rent! The house itself is powered by a generator and solar power. If managed by yourself it is perfectly do-able but some work. We had help from Reves (also the captain of the boat) and that was for the better when we ran out of water and pumps were needed to get water from one water tank to the other.
There is a resort on the island where you can have meals&drinks. If you eant to be self sufficient you take all you need from the main land! If you want somebody to cook for you Cinnamon can arrange this for you. The lady who came with us also babysat our kids while we were diving.
While we were there the sandflies were hectic- bring your insect repellent spray with you (and antihistamine/anti-itch cream in case of sensitivity).