elize islands offer peninsulas of Placencia and
ordinary people like you Dangriga. In total, there are
and me the opportunity to over 200 cayes of varying sizes
live like royalty on our own and types available in Belize;
private island! basically, ‘you pays your money,
and you takes your choice’!
Islands in Belize are mainly
small enough to be owned A large coral reef spanning 187
privately, although there are miles, parallel to the coastline,
some larger islands which are which dictates the size, type and
more like Caribbean resorts, location of Belize islands,
where investors can purchase surrounds Belize. There are also
luxurious apartments benefiting several large atolls which have
from all of the mod cons that a their own coral reefs spanning a
holiday resort area offers. further 140 miles.
When considering purchasing a Arguably, the most spectacular of
Belize island, the general rule the islands, in terms of terrain
is that the more remote the and outlook, are the islands that
island the cheaper it will be to are located on the reef itself;
buy, but the more expensive it these are often referred to as
will be to develop. coral cayes. These coral cayes
will, normally, have a bedrock
Belize islands are often referred base and generally have beautiful
to as cayes (pronounced: keys); sandy beaches that are perfect
most of these can be found along for swimming.
the southern coast of the
country, quite close to the In contrast, Mangrove cayes have
mainland, although there are less in the way of usable land
still some to be found around the and rarely have sandy beaches,
although they will normally have Belize. Look for adverts; listen
lagoons that are sheltered and out for word of mouth
ideal for boat mooring and opportunities. As with other real
swimming. estate in Belize, the islands are
often sold privately, so it is
If you are considering the always worth visiting the area
purchase of your own private and asking around for any likely
island, then a boat, (or ideally islands for sale.
two), is essential. Bear in mind
that you may be several miles A visiting trip to locate that
from your nearest neighbour and perfect island may take a bit
further still from the mainland, longer than a standard visit. As
so doubling up on vital pieces of you will have to travel longer
equipment is always a wise move! distances between plots, you will
generally be reliant on someone
Prices of islands vary with a boat to transport you and,
dramatically and depend on the of course, the weather could have
size, type and location of the an adverse effect on your
island that you are hoping to explorations.
purchase. In general, an island
that is undeveloped but has If you want the idyllic island
plenty of usable space, sandy setting, but without the hassle
beaches and is between 5 and 15 of creating your own haven, then
acres, will set you back between consider looking towards one of
US $200,000 and US $2,000,000. the larger cayes, such as Caye
Caulker and Amergris Caye, both
When looking to purchase a of which have their own
private Belize island, the airstrips, making access
process is the same as for any relatively easy in comparison to
other real estate purchase, in some of the more remote cayes.
property with relative ease.
Beachfront plots on these cayes Perfect!
can be purchased from US $75,000
and offer direct access to the Belize islands have so much to
beach and also guarantee at least offer, including unrivalled
50 feet of secluded ocean beauty that you can own, all for
frontage. The plots themselves yourself!
are around 160 feet by 400 feet
and allow you to develop your own
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