Gladden Private Island
One villa on a speck of the Belize Barrier Reef, and no second building anywhere on it.
Gladden is a low coral islet on the Belize Barrier Reef, twenty miles off Placencia and about forty-five minutes by speedboat, or forty by helicopter from Belize City. There is no village and no other structure. The island exists as the setting for one villa, and the reef around it is the reason the villa is there.
The villa holds four guests in two bedrooms and is let all-inclusive to one party. The staff quarters stand on a second, smaller island: the team crosses on request, and indicator lights tell the guests when anyone is on the island with them. Gladden Spit, where whale sharks gather in season, is a few miles away.
The staff live on another island. Very few properties anywhere go that far, and it is the cleanest answer in the register to the question of who else is on the land after dinner: nobody, unless you ask.
Four guests on a coral islet. The scale is the point, and it is the reason the island reads as a house rather than a resort.
Who it is not for
Gladden is the wrong island for a group: the villa is small and there is no second building to expand into. It is wrong for anyone who wants variety in a week — one house, one beach, one reef, and the mainland is a boat ride each way. And it is wrong for guests who need shops, a spa, a gym or a change of restaurant. Larger parties wanting the same Belizean water should look at Royal Belize or Cayo Espanto.
Sources
- gladdenprivateisland.com — single villa, all-inclusive, exclusive use
- plansouthamerica.com — four guests; two-bedroom villa; staff on a separate island, crossing only on request; twenty miles off Placencia, about forty-five minutes by speedboat
- landedtravel.com — staff quarters on a second, smaller island with indicator lights; created by Chris Krolow; Gladden Spit a few miles away
- Island area not published.
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Private Island Resorts arranges each stay on request, quoting the rates available for the island and dates. No benefit should be assumed unless it is confirmed in writing for the individual reservation.
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