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Lighthouse Reef Resort - Belize

................. LIGHTHOUSE REEF RESORT IS CURRENTLY CLOSED, BUT WILL BE REOPENING SOON ............... REOPENING IN 2006 ............... Please visit us again for updates ........

Why Lighthouse Reef Resort?

1. We are the only resort on Lighthouse Reef Atoll.

2. Lighthouse Reef is where the Great Belize Blue Hole is Located. None other than Jacques Cousteau called this one of the MUST dives in the world.

3 We are the only atoll in the western hemisphere with a private airstrip.

4. No wasting of precious time, or canceled dive trips due to bad weather and very windy days, and don't mention a boat ride that takes 2.5 to 3 hours to get here and by the way that's not round trip, total travel time is 5 to 6 hours, OOPS I am sea sick already. Our guests arrive in style on a private charter from Belize City International that takes a short 20 minutes or so. Flying over you get a scenic glimpse of the islands of Belize and the Belize Great Barrier Reef.

5. All the best dive sites in Belize are located here on our atoll, Half-moon Caye Wall, Silver Caves, Long Caye and the famous Aquarium just to name a few just minutes away..

6. We boast the best beach in Belize.

7. Belize First Magazine, the #1 Magazine on Life and Travel on the Caribbean coast has rated Lighthouse Reef Resort the best offshore dive resort in Belize for the third consecutive year.

8. We have a total of 22 employees on the island that's a ration of 1:1, no other dive resort in Belize offers this, talk about service.

9. Private Cabanas and colonial style Villas and Suites, with 24 hour electricity, private baths with hot and cold water. All rooms located on the beachfront. The beach is a stone throw away from your accommodations.

10. E-6 Film processing on island so you can take your underwater pictures and have them developed by dinner time to show your friends you can make the cover of National Geographic. We also have Sea and Sea underwater cameras for rental.

Charming scuba diving resort in Belize with beachfront villas on a private Caribbean island add a touch of luxury to a resort dedicated to serious divers. As the only dive resort on Lighthouse Reef Atoll - world famous for it's Great Blue Hole- Lighthouse Reef Resort boasts the best diving in Belize ,a private airstrip, the best beach in Belize, air conditioning, local cuisine and friendly people as well as 42 miles of pristine walls and reefs that will convince you that you have "dived and gone to heaven".

"We welcome non-diver friends and family too! The water is warm, clear and calm. Guests enjoy snorkeling and swimming and revel in the enchanted marine life. There are plenty of hammocks to enjoy a good book; kayaks to explore lagoons; and jungle areas to photograph sea birds and tropical flowers. Saltwater fly fish (permit, tarpon, and bone) or catch a fish for dinner. Our cook loves to cook fresh fish! Or...... just do nothing."

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A Pristine Wilderness, Jam-packed with Spectacular Diving

Let's dream a little dream together: You and I are looking for a dive adventure. What we want is a whole new area to explore and we want the best resort in that area. We would love to have an island all to ourselves (if that's still possible) but we don't want to live in a tent. We don't need shopping, gambling, nightclubs, etc., but we want to live comfortably and eat good food. We want a reliable dive operation and great diving. We want a memorable, affordable adventure and we don't want to travel halfway around the world to get it.

If you are sharing this dream, I have found the reality; Lighthouse Reef Resort, Belize. This comparatively remote, out-island retreat offers unforgettable, pristine diving and barefoot on the beach tropical living. The island even has its own airstrip. In short, Lighthouse Reef Resort is a modernized version of adventurous, Caribbean-like-it-used-to-be diving.

The diving and lifestyle at Lighthouse Reef Resort are so good that, quite frankly, I am surprised space is available there at any time. However, off the beaten track, it is simply not that well known worldwide. Though almost full during the summer months, there is space available during the winter, spring and fall.

Lighthouse Reef Atoll is known by experienced divers as one of the very best areas in the Caribbean. Before the establishment of Lighthouse Reef Resort, the only way you could get here was by boat from the mainland or from another island in between, a distance of many miles, much of it in open sea.

Lighthouse Reef is nearly 20 miles long and 4 to 6 miles wide (this atoll by itself is about the same size as many diving islands). It is roughly oval-shaped, surrounded by a nearly enclosed ring of coral reefs and a few sandy islands, with a shallow emerald lagoon on the inside. There are more than 50 miles of wilderness reefs and walls and hundreds of dive sites. All this and just one little dive resort at the northern tip.

Lighthouse Reef Resort is a charming retreat perched at the fringe of a white sand beach on palm crowded Northern Caye. The well-maintained private airstrip is just behind the resort. The property contains about 1,500 feet of beachfront, with seaside cottages nestled among palms. There are five cabanas and six villas. The cabana interiors are all similar; the villas vary slightly in appointment and configuration. One villa, the beach suite, has a bar, kitchenette and living room with a separate bedroom and bath.

03/31/2006