Top Things To Do in Ambergris Caye
A golf cart is mandatory to get around the island. Fun and crazy!
You can also do day trips to the jungle like cave tubing, Mayan ruins, and the ATM Cave. However, we highly recommend spending 3-4 days in San Ignacio to do those activities.
See Also:
- Belize Trip Report — Placencia, Ambergris Caye, San Ignacio
- Belize Hotels
- Belize Things to Do
- All Belize Trips
1) Scuba Diving & Snorkeling
The Belize Barrier Reef is the second largest barrier reef in the world and offers amazing options for scuba diving and snorkeling.
- Blue Hole & Lighthouse Reef Atoll
- Hol Chan with Shark Ray Alley
- Mexico Rocks
2) Caye Caulker Day Tour
A full day tour that combines Hol Chan snorkeling with other fun activities and a lunch stop at Caye Caulker.
- Snorkel Hol Chan Marine Reserve
- Snorkel Shark Ray Alley
- Manatees
- Tarpons
- Sea horses
- Explore Caye Caulker
3) Fishing
You will need to charter a boat and guide. You can stay inside the reef where it is calm and fish with light tackle, or you can go outside the reef in search of marlin, wahoo, dorado, and tuna.
4) Beach Activities
Some hotels have a beautiful beach and some do not. If the beach is important to you, be sure to book the right hotel. Hotels with beach will have beach games, kayaks, and paddleboards. Alternatively, enjoy the afternoon at Secret Beach.
5) Secret Beach
It is a 40-minuteMany beach restaurants right next to each other. All have food, drinks, tables, lounge chairs, massages. Some have tables in the water, swings in the water, etc. I recommend aiming for the Secret Beach Water Park (when you get to the end of the road, turn right, go to the last group of buildings, and park on the left.
6) Dining
Here are some popular restaurants:
- Truck Stop – north of town, food trucks (Asian, cantina, pizza, bar), lawn games, pool with pool bar, music many nights, outdoor movie 1-2/week, dock facing west good for sunset
- Secret Beach – Many beach restaurants to choose from, open for lunch through early dinner.
- Elvi’s – In town, great food, make a reservation
- Blue Water Grill – located in the Sunbreeze Hotel near the airport, on the beach, make a reservation
- Pineapples – at Ramon’s, on the beach
- Purple Pelican – good for sunset
- Palapa Bar & Grill – located in the middle of town out on a dock, casual dining, tubes in water by dock, rays, sharks, tarpans, can see sunset even though facing east
- Runway Bar – serves food late, sports bar with lots of tv’s, right at the airport
