My trip to Umaya was the best decision I ever made
My trip to Umaya was the best decision I ever made. To put it simple I was living and working from actual paradise surrounded by incredible humans from fellow Umayans to the beautiful locals.
Like most people I booked for 1 month but ended up staying for 2, and then travelling on to Guatemala with my new Umaya friends!
I stayed in one of the beachside apartments which had the most incredible view of the ocean. As I was working European hours, each morning I would walk outside to the pier and watch the sunrise or take one of the communal paddle boards or kayaks out and watch it from there. What a way to start the day!
The apartments were spacious & super comfy, and the restaurant on site was so good (& convenient when working). The dishes were truly high end restaurant standard (for a fraction of the price!). On a Friday night the buffet communal dinners were always incredible and they had a different theme each week. This was also a really nice way to get together with fellow Umayans after a work week. The cocktails were also amazing, especially the spicy margaritas!
During the week there would be all sorts of classes to keep us fit and healthy in between workdays. Some favourites of mine were yoga, Hitt and ecstatic dance! These would usually happen on the Lagoon side which is equally as beautiful as the ocean side and during the evening classes you could watch the sunset over the water.
There were also great workshops each week run by other guests on a diverse array of topics.
The staff on site from the bar attenders, to the maintenance team, to the Umaya community team were just fantastic and couldn’t do enough for you.
Finally, there was the whole beautiful country outside of the resort to explore and that’s what the weekends were for! Belize has everything: from ocean, to mountains, Mayan ruins, caves, fantastic cuisine, village life and more. Some of my favourite trips were snorkelling with sharks, turtles and stingrays, river tubing, caving (the ATM cave is a MUST and will blow you away), hiking to the waterfalls and horse riding in the jungle..
And then there were the afternoons I spent visiting the local villages where I really immersed myself in the the many Belizean cultures (from Creole, to Garifuna, Mestizo, traditional Mayan and more)
Bottom line of this review is if you are being indecisive about booking then just DO IT I promise you will not regret it!!!