Blackbird Caye Resort |
Address:
Belize
Tel:
Fax:
Email: blkbrd@bellsouth.net
URL: Blackbird Caye Resort
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Type of Property: Resort
Beach Location: Beach Front (Directly on Beach/Water Front)
Island: Belize
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Summary of All Property Reviews for: Blackbird Caye Resort
Ratings based on answers from a total of 2 reviews
10 is best 1 is worst |
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| Feature |
Ranking |
Feature |
Ranking |
| Cleanliness of Property |
8.50 |
Quality of Property |
9.50 |
| Privacy & Quietness |
9.00 |
Quality of Service |
6.00 |
| Courtesy & Hospitality of Staff |
7.50 |
Accuracy of Website (marketing hype) VS. Actual Experience |
7.00 |
| Food and Dining Experience |
8.50 |
Price/Value of Property |
8.50 |
| Safety Factor (Did you feel safe at property) |
5.50 |
Quality of Beach (ranked closest beach if property is located off the beach) |
8.50 |
| Total Property Score: 7.85 out of 10 | Average Star Rating: 3.50 out of 5 |
- 50% (1 visitors of 2) said they would go back to Blackbird Caye Resort again.
- 50% (1 visitors of 2) said they would recommend Blackbird Caye Resort to friends.
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beautiful place, bad management
By: Anonymous from sacramento
Date of Visit: July 2005
I did a lot of research for a place combining good diving and open water PADI certification referral for my companion. Blackbird is in a beautiful, remote setting 1 1/2 hours by boat ride from Belize City--which is good if everything goes well. But if management is not on top of things, its remoteness can be a disaster. It almost was for us. My companion had been hesitant about learning to scuba dive and did not consider herself a strong swimmer, but she did great in the pool and classroom. However, the first regulator and tank she was given at Blackbird were faulty. So was the second regulator. She ended up doing her first ever open water dive using her octopus because her second stage wouldn't draw air. She did hang in there and complete her certification, but it was a traumatic experience that no new diver should have to go through. The manager did not seem to care.
After I returned home and reported the problem to the exclusive booking agent for Blackbird (who would not give me contact info. for the owner), she said Blackbird had to fire the previous manager because he was so bad and the current one was just filling in.
Most of my dives were with the instructor who was okay, but on the one dive with the dive master for other divers (apparently Blackbird just picks up a temporary dive master as needed from Belize City), he did not do a safety stop and tried to make me come up without one. While diving, he just swam ahead without making any attempt to look for interesting creatures--or looking back to see if we were following.
The manager spent more of his time playing volleyball with staff than paying attention to the guests.
The cottages are cute, food was so-so but not too bad considering the remoteness, and Blackbird's location is close to some good dive sites. But take your own reg and bc, don't get certified there--and find out if the management has improved before you go.
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Paradise for Divers and Snorkelers!
By: Eric J. Fleetwood from Los Angeles, CA
Date of Visit: August 2004
PARADISE. A true vacation. Fabulous scenery and beautiful diving. You feel taken care of by the attentive staff. Three dives per day.
Prior to going, I explained that I had some dietary restrictions. I was told that I could have cooked oatmeal at breakfast, and a non-fried entree at every meal. Sure enough, Janet made certain that every meal featured at least one entree I could eat, and Kenny served me my special oatmeal (no milk) every day at breakfast. Kenny and Janet made sure that each of us had enough food, and any special dietary restrictions were met. Janet seemed genuinely concerned that we all enjoyed our meals. Kenny was the head chef at a Chinese restaurant, and also had his own restaurant. Kenny makes a great rum punch, too.
The trip to the Blue Hole was terrific, as was the barbeque on Half Moon Caye that followed. The diving was great. We saw lobster, crab, Moray eels, grouper, barracuda, tarpon, stingrays, eagle rays, manta rays, and tons of other colorful fish and coral. We even snorkeled with dolphins when they surrounded the dive boat.
The name chart in the dining room facilitated conversation and the making of new friends. New guests arrive on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Our room was spacious, with a vaulted ceiling, and with a separate bathroom. The walls of the bathroom do not go to the ceiling, and sound can travel, but there is a stereo in every room. Bring your mp3 player and a Y-connector, to connect to the AUX inputs. Like most places in the tropics, you will need some bug spray, though the resort tries to reduce to a minimum the mosquito problem. And yes, the resort has a crocodile, which showed up around 7:00 p.m. several days in a row. She looks to be 7-8 feet long, as of August 2004.
The staff was friendly and helpful, without exception. Joe (Dive Master) and Junior (Boat Captain) were great. Chris led the snorkelers on some great trips. Denis sometimes captained the boat and was second in command of the resort. Hossein stepped up to the plate to run the place on an emergency basis, as the previous manager left suddenly due to a death in the family. Despite the upset, the resort ran like clockwork.
We stayed for 10 days, in August 2004. To quote our famous governor, “I’ll be back!”
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