My wife and I recently retired, sold up in the UK and decided to come to Belize. We found the Orchid Garden's website and booked their 28 day TryBelize package - to give ourselves time to find our feet and somewhere to rent while our cabana was being built in a jungle reserve outside San Ignacio.
The Orchid Garden Eco-Village is amazing value for money. The rooms are clean and spacious, with air-conditioning, two double beds and an en suite bathroom. The grounds are stunning, with a butterfly corridor, iguana sanctuary and an amazing variety of birds in lush tropical gardens. The food is really excellent - they make their own bread, yoghurt and an iced tea made from home-grown hibiscus flowers picked daily.
The trips are well organised, reasonably priced and great fun - cave tubing, ziplining, snorkeling on the barrier reef, exploring Myan ruins - the list goes on and on.
We've loved it so much we're still here, 3 months later!! We don't think there's better value in Belize!