Does that photograph beneath make you dream of summer time days on the seaside? Nicely, that’s not summer time in Placencia. It’s how issues look proper now, winter in Belize whereas it’s freezing in North America.
The climate exterior is frightful in some components of the USA and Canada as we trudge via one other month of winter. By way of the northern components of North America, persons are pulling out the heavy jackets and gloves.
That is the time most journey websites like ours see their site visitors choose up as those self same folks begin entertaining the thought of an escape from the chilly. At first it’s form of good, the gorgeous snow on the timber, the wardrobe you haven’t worn for some time. However by the fourth or fifth time you’re shoveling the snow and digging your automobile out, you’re not singing “Let it Snow” anymore.
There are some locations we cowl that see large temperature swings all year long, however in a lot of Central America it’s both dry or wet. The air temperature and water temperature keep comparatively fixed and there received’t be a chilly day within the climate forecast. So if you wish to shed the layers and dive in clear blue water, maintain flying previous Florida and land in Belize.
Above is a map exhibiting the anticipated lows in February within the USA. It’s nonetheless fairly balmy down in southern Florida, however blue on that map is freezing (beneath 0 Celsius) and a lot of the purple components are going to be beneath zero Fahrenheit. That is after a January the place it snowed in northern Florida and New Orleans and the mid-Atlantic noticed practically two weeks of sub-freezing temps.
That photograph on the high although is what it seems to be like if you step out of your airport switch at Chabil Mar Villas in Placencia, Belize and stroll all the way down to the seaside to test it out. After you compromise into your luxurious villa and make a welcome drink with the complimentary rum, right here’s what your view from the hammock is likely to be like:
You’ll expertise highs within the 80s, lows within the 70s, and you’ll sit exterior when a waiter is bringing you fruity cocktails or your seafood dinner. You may even must activate the air-con sooner or later.
You received’t should “get used to” the ocean water right here. It’s the nice and cozy Caribbean and the temperature hardly drops in any respect in January and February. You’ll be able to nonetheless go snorkeling or scuba diving comfortably with only a bathing swimsuit on the world’s second-longest reef.
Packing for winter in Belize received’t take lots of thought or an enormous suitcase. Bathing fits, t-shirts, shorts, and flip-flops will cowl most of your time within the nation. You may wish to carry a long-sleeve shirt for the evenings, however you’ll solely want a coat to your departing journey to the airport.
For those who stroll throughout the highway to the dock and head into the jungle on a Monkey River tour, you may even work up a sweat as you notice howler monkeys and study concerning the medicinal crops within the rainforest out of your native information. For different actions, take a look at this text on what’s occurring in February within the nation.
Belize has the next frequency of flights within the winter trip interval, together with on Westjet and Southwest. The most important carriers fly to Belize Metropolis too. Examine the choices right here from your personal airport.
Then inside this nation the dimensions of New Hampshire, the 2 home airways are virtually air buses, touching down usually at a number of factors which are solely 15-20 minutes aside. There are frequent flights to Ambergris Caye within the north and Placencia within the south.
That is the one English-speaking nation in Central America as effectively (it obtained its independence from Nice Britain in 1981). So that you’ll by no means have a communication subject if you’re making an attempt to get an issue taken care of otherwise you wish to line up a particular expertise.
See our luxurious travels in Belize part for more information on this engaging nation and our mates at Chabil Mar have a spot on the nation’s finest mainland seaside ready for you. See their Belize trip packages and specials for some enjoyable adventures on and off the water.
For those who determine to commerce the parkas and snow boots for winter in Belize, tell us the way it went!
Article by Timothy
Timothy Scott is the founder and editor of Luxurious Latin America and has been overlaying the area as a journey journalist for the reason that mid-2000s. He has visited every nation we cowl a number of instances and is predicated in a UNESCO World Heritage metropolis in central Mexico, the place he owns a house. See contact info right here.
