Only 750 people live on the island year around, and within a few days visit, you will probably greet or meet most of them. An airport was open on the southern end of the island in 1991, and boats travel the 30 minute ride from Belize City many times each day. The ambience of the island has changed little with the advent of tourism, but that could all change in the near future as it did with Ambergris Caye. Caye Caulker offers many attraction to the sea lover. You can snorkel, diving and fish just off the island.
Avid fishermen can catch snook, bonefish and barracuda right off the town pier.
Prior to the rise of the tourism industry, Caye Caulker natives were known as skilled fishermen and boat-builders. Therefore, it is relatively easy to find skilled guides here for virtually any activity. One of the main attractions of the island besides the sleepy town and friendly people, is the Siwa-Ban Nature Preserve at the end of a sandy path toward the southern end of the island. The island is less then five miles long and one-half mile wide. Shaped like a boomerang, the southend is where the town lies.