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and hearty - chilled Belikins (Bz$4.50) and beefy burgers
(Bz$14), plus cocktails including Jungle Juice (rum,
pineapple and cranberry; Bz$5). Daily 9am-midnight.
I & I Reggae Bar Middle St. Head to this three-storey
reggae hangout, where you can chill out on swing chairs on
one floor, and dance to DJ music on another. It's one of the
best spots on the island for a post-dinner night out.
Daily 4pm-1am.
Lazy Lizard At the Split. Few bars are more emblematic
of Caye Caulker than this outdoor waterside bar at the Split.
It's an obligatory stop for visitors, but also attracts an equal
number of locals, including plenty of characters and Rasta
guys. The time to come by is in the later afternoon, to enjoy
a cocktail or three as the sun sets. Daily 10am-midnight.
Paradiso Front St. In high season, head to the Paradiso
open-air cinema (Bz$10), where you can watch everything
from contemporary to classic films under the stars. Mon,
Wed & Fri nights.
SHOPS, GALLERIES AND SPAS
Caye Caulker has a colourful array of shops, from tourist-trinket stores to galleries hung with watercolours of island
scenery. You'll also find plenty of street vendors on Front Street leading up to the Split, selling hardwood carvings
and shell jewellery.
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Celi's Gift Shop & Music Store Front St T 226 0346.
One of the best spots on the island to pick up conch shell
carvings, from earrings to rings to elegant dolphins with
arching backs. Peek out back to see the carver at work. The
store also sells a varied array of local music on CD. Hours
vary, but usually daily 9am-6pm.
Cooper's Art Gallery Front St T 226 0330
W debbiecooper.artspan.com. Take some of the island
home with you by picking up a painting of it, at this gallery
featuring local paintings, including pieces by the owner,
Debbie Cooper . Wed-Sun noon-8pm.
Purple Passion Beauty Studio Calle del Sol T 633
4525, W purplepassionbze.com. As the name suggests,
this lovely spa is splashed in purple. It also lives up to its
name - this is a true passion project by two local sisters,
Gina and Stacy, who offer everything from manicures and
pedicures to body treatments and massages. Mon-Sat
9am-noon & 1-6pm.
Swallow Caye Wildlife Sanctuary
About 4 miles east of Belize City; 19 miles southwest of Caye Caulker • Open during daylight hours • Bz$10 • T 226 0151,
W swallowcayemanatees.org
The Drowned Cayes (which include Swallow Caye) form the Swallow Caye
Wildlife Sanctuary , just a ten-minute boat ride from Belize City (40min from
Caye Caulker). This secure refuge is home to a healthy population of West Indian
manatees . Belize has one of the largest surviving populations of these gentle
giants, which congregate here to feed on the abundant turtle-grass beds, their
primary food source, and use the deeper areas near Swallow Caye as resting places.
The sanctuary, covering fourteen square miles, sustains an array of other marine
life including bottlenose dolphins, American crocodiles and the upside-down
jellyfish. It's co-managed by the Friends of Swallow Caye and the Ministry of
Natural Resources, and most people visit on day-trips , departing from Caye
Caulker or Ambergris Caye. On some of these ventures, the skipper will turn
off the motor as you near, quietly pushing the boat towards the manatees in order
not to disturb them.
St George's Caye
Tiny St George's Caye , around nine miles from Belize City, was the capital of the
Baymen in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and still manages to exude an air
of colonial grandeur; its beautifully restored houses face east to catch the breeze and
their lush, green lawns are enclosed by white picket fences. Eighteenth-century
cannons are mounted in front of some of the finer houses, and for another glimpse
into the past you could head to the small graveyard of the early settlers on the
southern tip of the island.
 
 
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