I dream at night that when I wake up I will be back at Cayo Espanto! This is truly a beautiful place. My husband and I got married in our Casita last July in a private ceremony. The setting was perfect! The food, staff, and privacy are all what you would expect (and then some!) There really is nothing like catching a snapper in the morning and having it prepared so perfectly for lunch!! This place is heaven on earth!
From the private beach excursion, to the hobie cat sailing, to the flats fishing and diving - true perfection.

This place is absolutely wonderful. I can s till taste the lime bisque soup!!!! Obed was more then WONDERFUL there is nothing more then can do for you!!!!
It was an awesome experience. I felt Relaxed and Rejovenuated to come home even though I wish I could live right there. Going into San Pedro you felt save and it was wonderful so you are not locked onto the island.
We went SCUBA diving and GERMAN WAS AWESOME!!!!
Heis the best and the diving and fishing was great!!! And guess what USA MONEY IS WORTH TWO TO ONE!!!!!!

LOVE IT

The Samarelli's
WE WILL BE BACK CAN"T WAIT LLOKING TO MOVE THERE

My husband and I had the pleasure of staying at Cayo Espanto in Belize in January of 2007. Of all the beautiful places we've traveled, we had never seen a place so beautiful and peaceful. The accomodations were luxurious but you felt like you were in the islands. The grounds were so well kept that we couldn't imagine when or how they did it. You never saw anyone working but it was always done. The staff deserves not just 5 stars but 10! We have never been treated better. Everything we ever needed or wanted was provided. And the food........the finest restaurants in the world couldn't compete with the chefs at Cayo. Everything was tailor made for us. We have never felt so relaxed in our lives. There was plenty to do but we just enjoyed the beautiful views and relaxation.

If you like pampering, this is the place for you!

If anyone has a chance to vist Cayo, DO IT! You won't be disappointed.

My partner and I just returned from Cayo Espanto and it is, without a doubt, the most indulgent property we have ever experienced. We were only there five days and wish it had been longer. From the moment they sent us the Guest Preference Survey we had a feeling that this place was special.

On our survey, we listed our favorite music and, can you believe it, it was playing in our villa when we arrived. They had also made sure that our favorite non-alcoholic drink was in the butler's pantry in our villa (Casa Manana). I do not know how they did it, but they were able to have 3 six packs of Fresca for us. We only drank about 8 of them and suggested that they "share" it with the staff. On the survey, we also told them that we like to be spoiled, but really enjoy our privacy. They were able to pull it off without a hitch.

We kayaked around the island every day except for one because it rained in the afternoon for about 20 minutes and this proved long enough for for us to get quite a bit tipsy from the specialty drink, The Espanto Wave. We found the water to be fine for wading and we swam when we got about 200 feet from the island. Our houseman, Eddie, actually brought drinks to us out in the water (complete with white linen napkins and all).

The snorkeling at Hole Chan was the best we have ever experienced except for Australia (but it was a lot closer). On that note, we took a non-stop flight from Newark to Belize and returned via Atlanta to visit parents (they did not know where Belize was). Our flight was about 3.5 hours from NYC and the flight to Atlanta from Belize was only about 2.5 hours.

We also loved the private picnic on our third day. The staff ("our" Eddie included) was the advance team so when we arrived at the deserted beach they had already set up the umbrella, tent, chairs, Ipod system and an incredible picnic. They stayed for about 5 minutes to make sure we were comfortable and to lay out the picnic. They then gave us a cell phone and a hand held radio. We agreed that they would return at 4pm if we did not call them sooner. We, of course, did not call sooner. We did not see a soul the entire time.

The trip to the Mayan ruins was a long day and we would probably do it on a private charter next time, but it was well worth the time and effort. The ruins are nothing like the larger ones in Mexico and Guatemala. They are certainly as nice, but much more quaint. We found the experience to be much better than the larger ones where you feel like a "cruiser".

We regret that we did not go to the Blue Hole and will certainly do that the next time. Honestly, we spent two days doing absolutely nothing excepting relaxing and eating. The food was absolutely the best we have every had outside or New York and was easily better than most every restaurant in the city. The Chefs (yes there were two of them for 6 villas) came by every day to discuss the dinner menu. We totally threw them a curve on the last night and decided to only tell them a list of ingredients that we love. We left it up the Patrick to come up with the menu. We were blown away. Somehow we forgot to take a photo of it, but we did take photos of some of the other amazing meals.

We were very surprised to receive a call from the OWNER on our second day. He was in the US and wanted to know if there was anything he could do to make our stay even better or "more special". He told me that it is his goal to provide as many "ridiculosly wonderful" experiences as possible for each guest. I had to put him on hold and get a pen to write that one down.

On our last day, we finally found the energy to have massages.

We hated to leave.

Spoiled and Happy