BOOK THIS HOUSE - if you want adventure, relaxation, and exploration.
There is so much to share about this house and location - probably best to just list it out!
1. Communication: Jim is an amazing communicator. You can rest assured that he will get back to you in a timely manner with all of the information you need.
2. Location: This house is very remote. It is in an eco village, so there are some people around, but you won't really see them. The house is not in sight of any other house and you are deep in the jungle.
3. Home: very comfortable with everything you need. The refrigerator doesn't work like one in the USA, so don't expect to keep leftovers too long.
4. Food: Hire Lucy to cook for you. It seems expensive at first, but you will really appreciate that she takes care of everything and can accommodate very tough food allergies.
5. Tours we did:
- Martz Farm Full Day Horseback Riding: Was a little over $100 US per person, was about 4-5 hours long, and includes a caving excursion. Their site says lunch is included, but it is not, that is an additional $12-$15 US pp. This is 2 miles away from the home and a ton of fun.
- Pontoon Boat Tour: again, an all day excursion starting around 10AM and going to about 4 or 5PM. DO THIS TOUR!!! About $100/pp and included lunch.
- Xunatunich Mayan Ruins: We paid $30 US (total) for a tour guide (pick up before crossing the hand crank bridge) and $10/pp US to get into the site. It was our first Mayan ruin and was a good bit of fun. We go there around 9AM and left before the hordes of people showed up.
- Cave Tubing: Hire Lucy's nephew, Alex, for the best price. I think we paid something like $10/pp US to get into the park and rent tubes. Much cheaper with Alex guiding. We gave him a tip for taking us out for the entire day. THIS WAS A TON OF FUN.
- Waterfall exploring: Again, hire Alex for the day and he will take you on a trip to remember for a lifetime.
6. Restaurants:
- Unique: on our way to the home after landing in Belize we found a restaurant, Unique, about an hour from the airport. This was a Japanese restaurant and was very good.
- We went to Benny's (which was recommended to us, but we found the experience to be sub-par. We would have rather eaten food prepped by Lucy.)
7. Bugs: We were pleasantly surprised that bugs during the day were nearly non-existent. Come 8PM (just after sunset) the bugs did come out and we went inside. The bug spray did not seem to keep them off (bugs love me though...I hate them!).
8. Wildlife: We saw tons of birds, a crocodile, and howler monkeys. Loved it!
I am not sure what else to say about this trip - it was everything and MORE than we expected.