--> Note: Sorry, I do know Belize is a country in Central America ... BUT,BUT,BUT it was on our Western CARIBBEAN itinerary so this seems as good a place as any to post the report!
BELIZE: "Private Island Beach Break"
Our tour met at the assigned lounge on the ship. We were taken as a group to the tender area. A tour boat picked up up DIRECTLY from the ship and tendered us to Bannister Island. (About a 20 minute ride)
Very pretty island! There were tons of beach chairs (no need to chair-hog ) and an endless supply of sturdy floats for our use. Very HOT ... so the thatch covered huts and shade from the palm trees were put to good use. A large playground for the children was located at one end of the island and there were a couple of volleyball courts on the beach.
Beer, foo-foo drinks, etc. were sold at the beach bar which played Island music throughout the day. Also, there's a small gift shop and a restaurant.
Pedal boats and kayaks could be rented. Snorkel tours to the barrier reef were offered (think $30 pp).
No PESTY vendors! Except for the island staff, only other cruisers were there. Three ships were in port. Never once did Bannister Island seem crowded. Had fun talking with many cruisers from other ships!
The beach was VERY clean and the water was completely free of seagrass. DO TAKE YOUR WATER SHOES! No rocks, but LOTS of shells.
The float was my favorite thing! Just floating aimlessly around in that beautiful warm blue water was total paradise!
Canarymoon ... Belize and ROATAN are both along that same "barrier reef". Since you love Roatan, thought that might help ... even though different places along the reef are probably not exactly the same. (We did snorkel in Roatan, but not Belize.)
At Bannister Island two couples we had met on the ship left their beach bags with us while they went out on dive boat to snorkel. They were away about two hours. Mostly, they talked about the amazing number of colorful fish they saw. All four seemed quite happy with their snorkeling.
Thought some of you going to Belize might be interested in reading a report djgifford was nice enough to post in another section here on CLF about a tour visiting archaeological sites being robbed!
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BELIZE: "Private Island Beach Break" REPORT
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BELIZE: "Private Island Beach Break" REPORT
Tourist Robbed in Belize! 
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