Thatch Caye

Thatch Caye Review

In a process that took years of hard, mostly hand labor, the owners of Thatch Caye put up bamboo seawalls and raised boardwalks around the island, built 11 guest cottages, and the rest of the infrastructure of this "hand-built" island. Today, it's all about you and your private island vacation. You can head out for a day of fishing, diving, sea kayaking, or snorkeling, then enjoy a delicious meal in the thatched dining room, sip an ice-cold drink and surf the Web on the free Wi-Fi in the bar before heading to your comfortable seaside cabaña where you'll be lulled asleep by the trade winds (air-conditioning is available in some units for an extra charge). Some of the cabañas are built partly over water, while the slightly more expensive casitas have third-level widow's walks where you can gaze for hours at the sea. In-season three-night packages including lodging, all meals, snorkel trips, and transportation from Dangriga start at BZ$2,376 double. Although the resort is billed as an "eco all-inclusive," Thatch Caye's packages don't include alcoholic drinks. You can walk from one end of the island to the other in less than half an hour, and there are three small natural beaches. However, shore snorkeling isn't very good. While Thatch Caye strives for sustainability, with solar and wind power, wild coatimundis, rabbits, and other mainland animals unadvisedly brought to the island could become an ecological problem.