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Royal Mansour Marrakech
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Casa Casuarina Miami
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La Clef Champs-Élysées Paris
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Palazzo Navona Rome
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Cocos Hotel Antigua
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Villa Principe Leopoldo Lugano
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Bawah Reserve
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Il San Pietro Di Positano
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Laucala Island Fiji
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Isla Marisol Resort is a 5-star PADI dive resort located on Southwest Caye of Glover’s Reef Atoll, 36 miles from the Dangriga, Belize coastline.
Situated amid an idyllic UN World Heritage Site and Protected Marine Park, Isla Marisol is perfectly positioned to offer unparalleled island and ocean tours suited to all levels of experience.
Unrivalled Belize SCUBA diving, incredible snorkeling, and world-class saltwater fishing are just steps away from private beach cabañas and oceanfront reef houses.
Comfortable, Rustic Island Living
Drift off to sleep amidst the gentle sounds of waves lapping the beach and of palm leaves in the tropical breeze. Rise in the morning surrounded by white sand, turquoise water, and anticipating the adventures of a new day. Isla Marisol Resort hosts 35 guests in 12 cozy beach cabanas and 2 sizable oceanfront reef houses.
Accommodations are comfortable, equipped with hot and cold fresh water for bathing, and include daily housekeeping. Electricity is available around-the-clock and air conditioning is available on request.
Whole Island Rental
Isla Marisol Resort offers a unique opportunity to rent the entire 18-acre island for private use. Enjoy the beauty of Southwest Caye privately, in the company of selected friends, family, or business associates.
Ideal for weddings, honeymoons, company retreats, and family reunions. Contact Isla Marisol directly for details and rates.
GLOVER’S REEF RESTAURANT
Isla Marisol’s philosophy of Island Dining is simple… Kitchen staff prepares a variety of Belizean and American influenced dishes from fresh ingredients that highlight local and traditional specialties.
Meals are served in the communal atmosphere of the dining room, and the dining experience is often mentioned as a vacation highlight. Attire is casual, and it is culturally appropriate to wear cover-ups at mealtimes.
BREAKFAST is served at 7:30AM and includes coffee, tea, fresh juice, tropical fruits, and some assortment of eggs, bacon, sausage, homemade tortillas, fry jacks, or johnny cakes. Coffee and tea are ready as early as 5AM.
LUNCH is served at 12:00PM and involves an entree such as Belizean garnaches or grilled fish sandwich on homemade bread, paired with a side like soup, salad, or ceviche. Packed lunches are provided for guests on tours.
DINNER is served at 6:00PM and features an entree such as grilled lobster, a local favorite like fresh hogfish fish balls, or a traditional Belizean meal like stewed chicken with rice and beans, various sides like potato salad, sweet plantain, or mixed vegetables, and dessert such as coconut pie made from island grown coconuts.
SNACKS including fresh fruits are always available between meals.
KID FOOD is available as needed and kitchen staff will happily work with kids and parents to prepare whatever it takes to keep everyone happy.
FOOD ALLERGIES AND DIET RESTRICTIONS are generally easy to accommodate. When making reservations, inform the Isla Marisol representative of any dietary allergies, restrictions, or strong preferences.
Advance notice is essential to ensure the kitchen is equipped with whatever special ingredients are needed to meet dietary requests.
SCUBA DIVING TOURS
Isla Marisol Resort is a certified PADI Belize Diving Resort offering unbeatable and unforgettable local dive excursions.
Glide alongside eagle rays, peek into massive sponges, smile at a turtle swimming by. Local dives feature spectacular walls with prominent coral heads, huge schools of reef fish, and colorful creatures in every nook and cranny.
Local dives are scheduled every day in the waters surrounding Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve, a protected marine park and UN World Heritage Site. Most local dive sites are only 5-15 minutes from the resort, allowing for short boat rides and long, luxuriating dives.
Isla Marisol Resort is a certified PADI Dive Resort offering 3 dives every day and night dives each night.
BELIZE DIVING
Isla Marisol Resort leads diving tours geared toward protecting marine life on Glover’s Reef. More info coming soon.
Diver Expectations
- Divers must present a dive certification card and complete a liability release prior to diving.
- Divers are required to demonstrate the ability to set up a full set of gear prior to the first dive.
- Divers are asked to rinse personal gear, including wet suits, fins, mask and snorkels at the end of the dive day. BC’s, regulators, tanks, and weights will be taken care of by Isla Marisol staff, who will set up and break down equipment and prepare gears for subsequent diving.
- Divers should pay attention during all dive briefings and adhere to the dive profiles and time limits outlined by the Divemaster. Divers who use a personal dive computer are asked to consult first with the Divemaster if planning to dive a different profile.
- Divers are responsible for checking dive tables, and staying within the limits of the dive table. No decompression diving. If a diver enters decompression, they may not be able to dive again for the remainder of the day.
- Divers are expected to utilize the buddy system. If a diver has no buddy then they will dive with the Divemaster. No solo diving.
- All dives are drift dives with boat and captain above following the divers’ bubbles.
Great Blue Hole Diving
Blue Hole trips are full-day excursions to Lighthouse Reef Atoll, which is approximately 50 miles by boat from Isla Marisol Resort. The first dive at the Great Blue Hole is a maximum depth of 130 feet. During the surface interval, participants are brought to Half Moon Caye for lunch.
The second dive is at Half Moon Caye Wall. For those not up for a second dive or snorkel, there is the option of exploring the island and its nesting colony of Red Footed Booby Birds. Half Moon Caye was designated a bird sanctuary in 1928, making it Belize’s oldest site for wildlife protection.
The Blue Hole Excursion is two dives suitable for intermediate and experienced divers. A local check-out dive at Isla Marisol is required before participating in the Blue Hole Dive.
Snorkelers of all ages and abilities are welcome. A minimum of 6 participants are required to make the trip to Lighthouse Reef Atoll, which is approximately 2 hours away.
Guided Whale Shark Diving
As with any wildlife excursion, sightings are likely but not guaranteed. Whale shark trips are half-day excursions to Gladden Spit Marine Reserve, and include 2 blue water dives suitable for intermediate to advanced divers.
A local check-out dive at Isla Marisol is required before participating in whale shark Dives. A minimum of 6 participants is required to make the trip to Gladden Spit, which is approximately 40 minutes away. Trips may be postponed or cancelled due to inclement weather or unsafe sea conditions.
Strict regulations exist to protect both the whale shark and the snapper during this sensitive time. Whale shark tour operators require special licensing and tour guides are required to participate in specialized training.
Access to the area is restricted to a certain number of boats and only during certain hours. For a complete list of rules, click here.
Gentle Giants
The whale shark is the largest fish in the sea and can grow up to 60 feet in length. Though they are huge, whale sharks are gentle and curious and pose no threat to humans.
These slow-moving fish are filter feeders, eating plankton that is made up by tiny plants and animals. Whale sharks are easily identified by white spots that cover their skin.
Like a fingerprint, the patterns are unique and can be used to identify individuals. These gentle giants may live to be over 100 years old! During the full moon from March to June, cubera snapper group together and spawn in Belize.
Whale sharks visit Gladden Spit Marine Reserve to feed on the freshly released, nutrient rich, cubera snapper spawn. Divers and snorkelers visit from around the world to witness this amazing spectacle.
BELIZE FLY FISHING TOURS
Isla Marisol Resort offers full-day and half-day guided fly fishing trips and instruction suitable for all ages and abilities. At Isla Marisol Resort, fishers only travel short distances to expansive reef flats ideal for spotting bonefish and permits.
Experienced guides assist fishers in locating the target, and it is certainly possible for anglers to hit a “grand slam”, landing permit, bonefish, and tarpon in just one day.
Deep Sea Fishing
Due to the unique underwater topography of Glover’s Reef Atoll, serious anglers do not need to travel far to find their target fish. Troll outside the perimeter of the atoll for kingfish, wahoo, and barracuda, among others.
Try for snapper, grouper and tuna with live bait, lionfish and hogfish on spear, and marlin and sailfish with the right gear. Trolling is typically best in the morning starting around 5am and in the afternoon starting around 4am.
Fishing packages include a boat with fuel, guide, and lunch on request. Rental equipment is available, though experienced fishers often prefer furnishing their own.
Guided Paddling Packages
Welcome to a paddlers paradise! Explore Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve atop a kayak or paddle board. Isla Marisol Resort welcomes all paddlers, whether novice or experienced, to explore above and below the sea. 2 guided local paddle trips are scheduled each day to explore different parts of Glover’s Reef Atoll.
Paddlers can also set out on their own and enjoy free use of our small fleet of single and tandem kayaks and paddle boards for use inside the lagoon and around the island.
Guided Snorkeling Packages
Isla Marisol Resort offers 2 guided snorkeling trips each day, suitable for all ages and abilities. With over 700 patch reefs to explore at Glover’s Reef Atoll, a UN World Heritage Site and protected marine park, snorkelers typically never visit the same site twice.
Snorkelers will see stunning coral gardens, schools of colorful fish, turtles, lobsters, flamingo tongues, and a variety of other sea creatures at an average depth of 5-15 feet. Most snorkel sites are only 2-10 minutes from the resort, allowing for short boat trips and long luxurious snorkels.
Snorkelers always have a dedicated snorkel boat and in-water snorkel guide. Packages do not include snorkel gear rental.
Great Blue Hole Snorkeling
Blue Hole trips are full-day excursions to Lighthouse Reef Atoll, which is approximately 50 miles by boat from Isla Marisol Resort. The first snorkel is at the Great Blue Hole National Monument.
Participants then visit Half Moon Caye for lunch. The second snorkel is done near Half Moon Caye Wall. For those not up for a second snorkel, there is the option of exploring the island and its nesting colony of red footed booby birds.
Half Moon Caye was designated a bird sanctuary in 1928, making it Belize’s oldest site for wildlife protection. Snorkelers of all ages and abilities are welcome. A minimum of 6 participants are required to make the trip to Lighthouse Reef Atoll, which is approximately 2 hours away.
BELIZE GLOVER’S REEF ATOLL
With so many wonderful places to explore across Belize and around the world, Glover’s Reef is certainly a “bucket list” destination. Designated as a UN World Heritage Site and Protected Marine Park, Glover’s Reef Atoll encompasses some of the best diving, snorkeling, paddling, and fishing across the entire Caribbean.
Glover’s Reef Atoll is the southernmost of the three atolls found in Belize and is located approximately 30 miles off the Belizean coastline. Isla Marisol Resort is situated on Southwest Caye, which is one of only four inhabited islands on the Atoll.
Glover’s Reef Atoll is an elliptical-shaped reef (20 miles long by 7 miles wide) that encircles a shallow lagoon with more than 700 coral patch reefs.
The calm and protected lagoon provides nursery and feeding habitats for sea turtles, sharks and rays, small and large reef fish, and numerous species of coral and other invertebrates.
Glover’s Reef supports extraordinarily high biodiversity, and according to the neighboring Glover’s Reef Research Station, the Atoll boasts the greatest range of coral reef types in the entire Caribbean Sea. Full-color photos and field guides to Glover’s Reef Atoll are available on the Glover’s Reef Research Station website.
In the 1970’s, Glover’s Reef Atoll was identified by a team of renowned scientists as the best site in the Caribbean to carry out “long-term, multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional investigation of coral reef ecosystems.” In 1993 the Atoll was designated as Glover’s Reef Marine Reserve (GRMR) by the Government of Belize.
In 1996, the Reserve was designated by the United Nation’s Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a UN World Heritage Site.
The same year, Glover’s Reef Research Station was opened, with the goal of promoting the long-term conservation and management of the Belize Barrier Reef through research, cooperative management, training, and education.
Glover’s Reef Highlights
The northeast corner of Glover’s Reef Atoll is the site of one of the Caribbean’s largest and last remaining Nassau grouper spawning aggregations. Nassau grouper are a protected species in Belize. Many other grouper species can be seen spawning across the Atoll at different times of the year.
Sea Turtle Monitoring
In 2007, Glover’s Reef Research Station partnered with the Belize Fisheries Department to begin a sea turtle monitoring program. The program’s goals are to increase knowledge related to sea turtle movements and habitat use, study growth rates, and assess the genetic stock.
Belize Shark Conservation Research
The Glover’s Reef Atoll Shark Survey gathers scientific information to improve shark conservation in Belize. The shark conservation project has been going on almost two decades and has located critical habitats such as breeding grounds and monitored population trends.
BELIZE BEACH WEDDING & HONEYMOON
Isla Marisol Resort is an idyllic location to host a destination wedding. The team will work with the wedding party to arrange all the details of the ceremony and reception, including food, drinks, music, dancing, photography, flowers, cakes, and anything else.
Whether it’s small and intimate, or an entire island rental, Isla Marisol Resort is prepared to host the perfect wedding. Every wedding is unique.
