Plan a trip

Five routes, each one a starting point

Nights per stop, how you move between them, and the months they suit. Start from one in the planner and change anything.

10 to 11 nights

River to Reef

A river lodge in Cayo, down the Hummingbird Highway to Garifuna Hopkins, then out to South Water Caye or Glover's Reef.

  • Cayo → Hopkins & Dangriga → Glover's & South Water
  • Best: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Nov, DecCheck before you travel
  • Works with children
A still, green river between banks of dense forest, seen past the railings of a bridge.
8 to 9 nights

Three Atolls

Ambergris, then Turneffe, then Lighthouse Reef by private boat or atoll lodges, and a short flight back.

  • Ambergris Caye → Turneffe Atoll → Lighthouse Reef
  • Best: Mar, Apr, May, JunCheck before you travel
  • Best for adults and older teens
An aerial view of white surf breaking in lines over a reef, with green-blue water behind it.
12 nights

The Southern Coast, Slowly

Hopkins, then Placencia (Gladden Spit in season), Cockscomb, Toledo and Punta Gorda, and the Sapodilla Cayes.

  • Hopkins & Dangriga → Cockscomb Basin → Placencia → Toledo & Punta Gorda
  • Best: Feb, Mar, Apr, MayCheck before you travel
  • Works with children
An open-sided beach bar with a white roof among coconut palms, tables and stools on the sand, and a lounger in the foreground.
7 nights

North by Water

Crooked Tree, then the New River to Lamanai, then Sarteneja and Corozal Bay, then Caye Caulker.

  • The north → Caye Caulker
  • Best: Feb, Mar, Apr, MayCheck before you travel
  • Works with children
An aerial view of a dark river winding through flat, green forest and wetland that runs to the horizon.
9 nights

First Belize with Children

A Cayo lodge for caves, night walks and canoes, then Caye Caulker or Ambergris for rays, turtles and short boat rides.

  • Cayo → Caye Caulker
  • Best: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Jul, Aug, DecCheck before you travel
  • Works with children
A small open boat moored between two weathered wooden docks in shallow turquoise water, with coconut palm seedlings in the white sand in front.