After more than 15 years in Spanish and Canarian destinations I decided to risk a journey outside Europe and my partner and me did a tour around Centroamerica - Mexico, Belice, Guatemala. Europeans "deserve" more vacation and we travelled 4 full weeks and stayed at very nice hotel.
The best place of the whole journey was Casa Maya resort near San Ignacio in Belice. Everything was just above our expectations. There were nice cabanas with new and spacious bath rooms and we had great food (not just food from the area and specialties from local cooks but also a great BBQ together with locals on Sunday at noon and the party took till midnight (without disturbing the sleep in the cabanas) . There were even local politicians at the fiesta and we had the opportunity to discuss political problems of the country.
Everyone was so open and welcoming. Theré's a nice swimming pool - it really needs a ladder! and an amazing nature, very friendly people and the whole place is in great condition.
I liked very much this special service (usually if a place has low occupancy you expect the service to drop but at Casa Maya the service was the best!).
I recommend this place to everyone who want to stay in the middle of nature, have culture around, adventure and romance - it was a brillant experiance.

After a gorgeous 'surf & turf' experience with Casa Maya and Salamander Hideaway we actually stay at our last stop in Mexico City.
The experience at Casa Maya and Salamander was overall very nice. They both have a perfect organisation to pick you up from the airport, carry you over to their places and switch you over to the second place. Nice excursions for just us 2 with a very knowledable guide, nice food, a perfect service and this "sorrow-free" package that includes everything but the drinks was an even better experience than we expected.
We recommend both places for an overall impression of Central America for everybody who doesn't want the touristy Yucatan-all-inclusive-automated-vacation. You get everything: Information about country and people, adventure, jungle, town life (and don't miss the market on Saturdays in San Ignacio), beach, barrier reef with hundreds of species of fish, fishing, snorkeling and real authentic and nice food.
We surely will come back
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Calling this an eco resort is a bit of a misnomer. The owner couldn’t tell me the best place on his property for bird watching and then proudly said that he was thinking of putting in a golf course! The cabañas are OK but a bit rundown, with dreadful lighting, and the food is nothing special. If you buy a package with tours, they are quite good, but overall I thought it over-priced, as is the case almost everywhere in Belize. Far better to cross the border into Guatemala, just a few miles away, where better prices and better food are available.

We staid at Casa Maya Resort just one week before Eastern and it was a great experience. We researched at tripadvisor and on the Casa Maya website and knew exactly what to expect.

Yes, of course we could have saved a lot of money in renting a car but we enjoyed our vacation, not care for anything, have excursions in privacy, with a very knowledgable guide (Bill the driver of Casa Maya) and whenever it was necessary they even hired a guide on site to get even more information.

The food is very good, several courses and it's a touch of Belize, Central America, and Germany in the meal plan thanks to Al the German/American owner. Very nice place with incredible nature and some nice people around.

Please listen to the silence at night - it is so peaceful that you can hear the silence. Good relation of what you get and waht you pay.