Insight Guides Belize (Travel Guide eBook) by Insight Guides
Author:Insight Guides
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, Belize
Publisher: Apa Publications
Published: 2019-08-20T16:00:00+00:00
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In the waters south of Belize City, there are some lesser-known cayes, where you can find a little piece of tropical paradise all to yourself. Tiny Sergeant’s Caye ) [map], named for an 18th-century merchant, is almost always deserted except for several guardian coconut trees. Goff’s Caye ! [map], just to the south has more shade, but also more people, especially on weekends. To protect visitors from too much sun or a sudden downpour, a large thatched roof has been erected over a cement slab, but there are no picnic tables or benches, so it’s a good idea to bring a folding stool or a hammock if you need creature comforts.
Goff’s Caye may be small, but it is ever-changing. The sands shift around, constantly altering the shape of the island. Sometimes your boat can dock right off the pier for easy unloading of passengers; at other times the pier is marooned offshore and you have to wade in holding your picnic basket over your head. The sand may move but the coconut trees stay put and so does the reef. The snorkeling around Goff’s Caye is consistently good and the tide pools where the reef meets the sand are always full of the same shy little fish and crabs that have amused generations of children. Although the water taxis have so far not added this caye to their normally scheduled runs, a number of charter boat agencies will do it and some include lunch in the package. Rates are better if you can get a group together.
English Caye @ [map], farther down the line, sits alongside the main shipping channel. Its steel frame lighthouse, built in 1935, marks the entrance to the channel for deep draft vessels coming into the port of Belize City. There are also several homes here.
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