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Water Taxi in Ambergris Caye

Salt Lake City, Utah
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Water Taxi in Ambergris Caye

Can any fellow travelers tell me a little more about the water taxi from San Pedro to the northern part of Ambergris Caye? We are staying in a resort 6.5 miles north of San Pedro for 14 days. I have read some information about a weekly pass, however, would like to know more: Where to purchase the pass, where to catch the water taxi, how long would it take to travel between San Pedro dock to a resort 6.5 miles north of town? I greatly appreciate your input. Thanks.

Dunedin, Florida
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There have been a few threads of various message boards about weekly passes for the Island Ferry. The phone number I came up with is 610-3411.

The boats leave from Fido's dock in town. Depending on how many stops to drop off/pick up passengers, the trip should take about 30 minutes.

London UK
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The ferry fare is US$7 or BZ$14. You can buy the pass, a blue casino chip, at the ferry office which is on the jetty. Or you can pay the on ferry. They even have a portable credit card machine on the bigger boats so you can pay by credit card. If there is four or more in the party you could well find it cheaper to use a water taxi. We used Armando Gonzalez. His contact details are 00 501 610 1448, and his e-mail address is armandogonzalez708@yahoo.com. If you’re booking him, make sure you get a reply to confirm he’s coming. His fee from San Pedro to Journey's End (4 miles) was US$20. The other advantage of water taxis is their flexibility of time, as the Island Ferry runs only every two hours. The transit time with the Island Ferry depends on just how many stops it make en route. For us the quickest between Journey's End to San Pedro was nine minutes (non stop) and the longest was 40 minutes calling at nearly every jetty.

If your resort is good then it is unlikely you will need a weekly pass for the ferry to visit San Pedro daily.

Most of the scuba dive schools are based in San Pedro and if you plan to go diving, then the majority of dive schools will actually collect you and deliver you back home for free.

You should check to see if your resort has bicycles. If they have then cycling along the beach to and from San Pedro can be good fun, especially as there are numerous places to stop for refreshments. But do beware that the prevailing wind is from the north so cycling back can be slower than the south bound leg.

Have fun.

Salt Lake City, Utah
86 posts
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Thank you for the insightful information :-)

Pinellas Park...
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We stayed at Costa Maya Reef Resort last August and could either purchase the pass at their office in San Pedro or at the resort. It was $50 for a weekly pass.

We also rented a golf cart for 2 days. We had a cart that seated 4 but 2 had to ride backwards (that would be DH and me).The road up by the resort was very bumpy. We had had some rain so it was difficult to dodge the ruts in the road and how deep they were. Plus the mosquitos were brutal in some areas.

It was an adventure but if I ever did it again I would get 2 before I rode backwards again. It took as long if not longer to get to town by golf cart as opposed to the ferry. The only advantage was that the last ferry out of San Pedro in August was kind of early so you could stay in town later with a golf cart.

Salt Lake City, Utah
86 posts
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Thanks Phillie_gal for the information. We are staying at the Costa Maya Resort as well....this December for two weeks. So all of your information is very useful. Can you also provide any additional information about Costa Maya and what you did while staying there? Thanks :-)

Pinellas Park...
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We went scuba diving every morning but our last. If you dive, the on site dive shop is great. One day we did what was also a snorkel trip to Hol Chan and Shark Ray Alley; you can either dive or snorkel at Hol Chan and snorkel at Shark Ray Alley.

We did use the kayaks one afternoon and went out to Mexico Rocks to snorkel. DH went fishing on a boat one day and fished off the dock another.

There is a pool table and games at the activites center and a nice pool bar.

The resort has only 27 or 29 units so you kind of get to know everyone staying there.

The last day we went to Xunantunich (ruins) and cave tubing with Searious (booked thru the resort). It was a nice trip and very well done. The only downside was that you spent most of the day traveling.

We went in to town for dinner almost every night. Saw the famous "chicken drop" in town on Wednesday night.

Davie, Florida
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Got back from Costa Maya 2 weeks ago and loved it. The resort is dated but clean and very friendly people. Fish off the dock, go explore on their golf carts and ride up the beach on their segueys (sp) Say hello to Liston the bar tender for me. 8B has 4 iguanas living under the front steps. They also have games like bocce ball and horse shoes. Bikes and kayaks are also available. There is no road to town but rather a muddy deeply rutted track for power line access. You are going in the rainy season so protect against malaria and dengue fever with shots and DEET. You will see few skeeters if its windy or if you go in the dry season. See the CDC site for trip medical recommends. I would expect very little problem but it is a tropical area. We found the tap water safe at Costa Maya and the staff while young, also very friendly.

Dunedin, Florida
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No shots against malaria, you'll need to take pills, Chloroquine is effective against the mosquitos in Belize. Nothing to be done against Dengue, other than not get bitten...

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