Latest listing added: August, 2026.
1. Long Coco Caye ($750,000,000)
- Location: Stann Creek District
- Size: ~38 to 40 acres, 16.19 hectares
- Description: 30 minutes by boat from the Placencia Peninsula
- Ownership: Title not stated
- Development: Developed
- Map: See on Google Earth
Forty acres, fully built out and running on its own infrastructure, half an hour from Placencia.
Six well-appointed cabanas sit on the caye alongside two caretaker homes and two boat docks. Power comes from solar, with a diesel generator behind it. Septic tanks, freshwater wells and water cisterns are already in place. It is one of very few Belize cayes of this size where an owner arrives at a working island rather than a building site.
Placencia is thirty minutes away by boat, a peninsula with an airstrip, a marina and one of the best restaurant strips in the country. It is also the departure point for the southern barrier reef and Gladden Spit, where whale sharks gather each spring.
What it buys is a private island within reach of San Pedro’s airstrip, restaurants and dive shops, the rarest combination in the Belize market and the reason lagoon islets this close to Ambergris almost never come up.
2. Water Caye ($12,000,000)
- Location: Belize District
- Size: ~567 acres, ~230 hectares
- Description: 20km from shore, 16km southeast of Belize City
- Ownership: Freehold
- Development: Developed
- Map: See on Google Earth
Taking pride of place next to a deep channel suitable for visiting cruise ships, the large island of Water Caye presents a rare commercial opportunity not far from Belize City.
The existing, Water Caye Isle Resort consists of a c.10 acre beach sufficient to host around 1,000 cruise ship guests at any one time. The palapa – the largest in Belizean waters – boasts a long, centre bar while plentiful outdoor seating offers limitless opportunities for open air dining. Accommodation for up to eighteen guests in available in two cottages and three cabanas, while a docking facility is available for berthing tender boats.
Unsurprisingly, Water Caye has attracted extensive development plans. Existing proposals include an airstrip, golf course, hotels and resorts, a marina, tennis club, commercial village and luxury homes.
Present utilities on Water Caye include a generator for electricity, plumbing, water desalination equipment, and fresh water well.
The large, barrier reef lies about 1.5 miles to the east of the island. Hosting a rich abundance of marine life, snorkelling, diving and fishing remain some of Water Caye’s top attractions. Alternatively, the 1000-ft beach is ideal for relaxing in the sun or for swimming in the exceptionally clear water.
3. Bread & Butter Cayes ($4,990,000)
- Location: South Water Caye Marine Reserve, Stann Creek District
- Size: ~1.4 acres across two islands, 0.58 + 0.82 hectares
- Description: 6.5 miles from Hopkins, 20 minutes by boat
- Ownership: Title not stated
- Development: Developed
- Map: See on Google Earth
Two whole islands are sold together, with a working retreat already running on one of them.
The operation is genuinely turnkey: eight cabins, several recently renovated and some with their own kitchens, a main kitchen, outdoor grills, guest bathrooms and six boat docks. The solar array has been upgraded, the water system re-pumped, there are 20,000 gallons of storage and a desalination unit on order.
Both cayes sit inside the South Water Caye Marine Reserve, established in 1996 and covering 47,702 hectares of mangrove and coastal habitat, part of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The listing states this openly.
Hopkins is twenty minutes away by boat, which puts a Garifuna village, a road head and a supply run within easy reach of an island that otherwise feels a long way from anywhere.
4. Zama Caye ($4,000,000)
- Location: Placencia
- Size: ~4 acres, ~1.6 hectares
- Description: 8.5km from shore, 114km south of Belize City
- Ownership: Freehold
- Development: Developed
- Map: See on Google Earth
Comprising just 4 acres of tropical vegetation together with pristine, sandy beaches off the southern tip of Placencia, Zama Caye combines luxury with intimacy in this extraordinary resort opportunity.
The exceptionally clear, Caribbean waters boast spectacular coral and marine life, ideal for diving and snorkelling. Mouth-watering lobster and seafood await lucky guests keen on fishing for their own catch of the day.
Existing facilities on Zama Caye include the ‘Paradiso Grill’ (complete with a 48” wood-fired pizza oven and large BBQ grill), a one-bedroom, island-chic casita, outdoor guest bathroom and staff accommodation. Utilities are provided by a diesel powered generator, rainwater storage and septic system.
Opportunities for further resort development abound, with proposals for 18 over-water units featuring individual plunge pools, restaurant and grill, water-sports centre, activity beach, pool and spa. With such close proximity to the mainland, Zama Caye makes minimal demands for storage capacity and staff accommodation.
5. Crawl Caye ($2,750,000)
- Location: Belize District
- Size: ~48 acres, ~19.4 hectares
- Description: 41km east of Belize City, 52km east of Philip S W Goldson Airport
- Ownership: Freehold
- Development: Non-developed
- Map: See on Google Earth
Surrounded by hundreds of coral patches at the northwestern tip of Turneffe Atoll – one of only four known atolls in the western hemisphere – Crawl Caye is an unspoilt jewel of the Caribbean just waiting to be discovered.
48 acres of lush tropical vegetation await the keen developer for either a luxury commercial venture, secluded private residence, or a combination of both. Opportunities for fishing, diving, snorkelling abound, with the eastern reef wall of the atoll lying just 2.5 miles away.
With Belize City a comfortable 26 miles to the west, privacy and seclusion are ensured for anyone wishing to lose themselves in this unique Caribbean paradise.
6. South Cocoplum Caye ($2,500,000)
- Location: Dangriga
- Size: ~6 acres, ~2.4 hectares
- Description: 17km from shore, 67km south of Belize City
- Ownership: Freehold
- Development: Non-developed
- Map: See on Google Earth
Nestled at the centre of Belize’s island resort region, and just a five minute boat ride from the large, barrier reef, South Cocoplum Caye is a glittering gem awaiting your discovery.
Featuring 5.7 acres of white, sandy beach together with tropical palms overlooking crystal clear Caribbean waters, South Cocoplum Caye is perfect for a boutique hotel or intimate, private retreat.
Just a twenty minute boat ride from the mainland, South Cocoplum offers accessibility coupled with privacy. Meanwhile, the island’s sister, North Cocoplum, is home to a successful resort, offering luxurious amenities just a short swim away.
Other neighbouring resorts include Thatch Resort, Royal Belize, Salt Water Caye and Blue Marlin Lodge.
7. Morgans Caye ($2,500,000)
- Location: Belize District
- Size: ~28 acres, ~11.3 hectares
- Description: 12.5km from shore, approx. 12km east of Belize City
- Ownership: Freehold
- Development: Non-developed
- Map: See on Google Earth
Lying Just 6 miles from Belize City, Morgans Caye is an unspoilt gem offering the perfect opportunity to invest in a luxury, private retreat or an exclusive resort.
The crystal clear waters are brimming with tropical fish, corals and sea life, endowing the island as an ideal spot for snorkelling, diving and fishing. A natural lagoon hidden in the middle of Morgans Caye offers a good sized inlet on one side, complemented by an outlet on the other. Meanwhile, a deep-water port lies to the north together with a shallow white sandy beach to the northwest.
Additionally, several natural bay areas could be exploited to create further white, sandy beaches with minimal effort.
Adding to it commercial potential, Morgans Caye is surrounded by several major Belizean tourist sites. To the south lies Bannister Island, a popular cruise ship destination, while to the north can be found State Bank Caye, the site of a major proposed development.
8. South Saddle Caye ($1,800,000)
- Location: Lark Caye Range, Stann Creek District
- Size: ~4.8 acres, 1.96 hectares
- Description: 6 miles E of Placencia
- Ownership: Title not stated
- Development: Undeveloped
- Map: See on Google Earth
The hard preparatory work on South Saddle has already been done, which on a Belizean caye is usually the expensive, slow part.
Retaining walls and seawalls are built, basic structures are in place, and there are approvals and full architectural drawings for a five-bedroom overwater villa designed to span the island, together with generator, water-treatment and staff areas. Dense mangrove and pimento palm walls give the caye natural shelter.
Just under five surveyed acres lie in the Lark Caye Range, six miles E of Placencia, close enough for the peninsula’s restaurants, airstrip and marinas, yet far enough to be alone on the water.
It is the best-corroborated listing in Belize, with five separate live sources all quoting the same price and the same acreage.
9. Pedro Island ($1,500,000)
- Location: Ambergris Caye
- Size: ~3 acres, ~1.2 hectares
- Description: 14km from shore, 70km north of Belize City
- Ownership: Freehold
- Development: Non-developed
- Map: See on Google Earth
Nestled between the mainland and the large island of Ambergris Caye, the 2.5 acres of Pedro Island offer one of the few available development opportunities in the north of Belizean waters.
Unspoilt and untouched, Pedro Island is perfect for a luxury private residence or boutique resort, with ample space available for powering the island off-grid. Sandy beaches sprinkled with palm trees are surrounded by calm, shallow, clear waters boasting an abundance of marine life.
Pedro Island is presently popular for fly fishing, with many fishermen setting up temporary fishing camps for up to one week. San Pedro, the largest town on Ambergris Caye, lies just 5 miles to the west.
10. Dead Man’s Caye ($1,500,000)
- Location: Turneffe Atoll, Belize District
- Size: ~3 acres across three islets, 1.22 hectares
- Description: 1.5 hours by boat from Belize City, E of Ropewalk Caye
- Ownership: Title not stated
- Development: Undeveloped
- Map: See on Google Earth
Three islands are offered together or one at a time, an unusual structure that lets a buyer take the whole chain or a single caye of their own for five hundred thousand dollars.
They lie in the SE of Turneffe Atoll, below Calabash, Frigate and Blackbird Cayes and E of Ropewalk, about an hour and a half from Belize City. Each islet is sand-fringed, with water on every side and nothing built on any of them.
Turneffe is the largest atoll in Belize and one of the great flats-fishing destinations of the Caribbean, with permit, bonefish and tarpon across its leeward shallows.
The atoll was designated a marine reserve in 2012 and forms part of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System World Heritage Site. This is a constraint on building and the reason the water around these cayes has stayed as it is.
11. Shag Caye ($1,150,000)
- Location: Drowned Cayes belt, Belize District
- Size: 2 acres / 0.81 ha
- Description: 8.5 miles east of Belize City, 2.5 miles inside the Barrier Reef
- Ownership: Title not stated
- Development: Developed
- Map: See on Google Earth
Eight and a half miles from Belize City and just a twenty-minute boat ride from the international airport, Shag Caye is one of the most accessible private islands on the Belize market. The two-acre caye sits within the Drowned Cayes group, sheltered inside the Belize Barrier Reef, with the reef itself only 2.5 miles to the east. World-class diving, snorkelling, and fishing are all just minutes from your own dock.
Unlike the raw mangrove cayes that dominate this stretch of coastline, Shag Caye already has much of the groundwork completed. The island has been cleared and dressed with white sand, coconut palms are well established, and development is already underway. A stilted island house, an open-frame pavilion, and several outbuildings are in place, with direct boat access to the shoreline.
For a buyer, the appeal is straightforward. Very few private islands in Belize offer this level of accessibility, together with a genuine head start on development. With Belize City, the international airport, and the barrier reef all within easy reach, Shag Caye is well suited for a boutique resort, a dive base, or a private family retreat ready for its next chapter.
12. Accoutrement Caye ($965,000)
- Location: Pelican Caye Range, Stann Creek District
- Size: ~19.3 acres, 7.81 hectares
- Description: 12 miles NE of the Placencia Peninsula
- Ownership: Title not stated
- Development: Undeveloped
- Map: See on Google Earth
At roughly fifty thousand dollars an acre, Accoutrement is the best-value caye of any size in Belize, with nineteen acres for under a million dollars when four-acre islands nearby ask twice that.
The caye comes as two surveyed portions, 9.749 acres to the N and 9.547 to the S, which together make up the entire island. It is undeveloped, with 1,220 feet of beach frontage and sandy shores throughout.
The Pelican Cayes are among the most biologically remarkable reefs in the Caribbean, a cluster of mangrove islands whose sheltered inner lagoons hold an unusual density of sponges, tunicates and corals.
That distinction cuts both ways. The range is a protected component of the Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System UNESCO World Heritage Site, within the South Water Caye Marine Reserve, so any development plan starts with the reserve’s rules.
13. Treasure Caye ($700,000)
- Location: Dangriga
- Size: ~5 acres
- Description: 54km S of Belize City, 63km SE of Philip S W Goldson Int. Airport
- Ownership: Freehold
- Development: Non-developed
- Map: See on Google Earth
Treasure Caye, a stunning private island nestled in the crystal-clear, aquamarine waters, lies just 9 miles or a swift 17-minute motorboat journey east of Dangriga Town. Encompassing 4.878 acres, this exquisite island is perfect for a secluded retreat or a charming resort.
The island boasts excellent snorkeling opportunities right off its shores, complemented by deep waters nearby, making it convenient to anchor boats. Its proximity to Dangriga Town ensures easy access to supplies, ranging from fresh local produce, meats, and dairy, to tools and hardware – essentials for island living.
Moreover, living on Treasure Caye means no longer needing to buy seafood. Fish, lobster, crab, and conch are now bountiful resources, ready to be harvested from your slice of paradise.
This island represents a rare chance to own a gleaming gem in the Caribbean Sea, a true embodiment of a dream tropical haven.
14. Placencia Lagoon Island ($600,000)
- Location: Placencia Lagoon, Stann Creek District
- Size: ~4.4 acres, 1.78 hectares
- Description: Under 2 minutes by boat from the Placencia Peninsula
- Ownership: Title not stated
- Development: Developed
- Map: See on Google Earth
Two minutes by boat from the mainland. This is the most accessible private island in Belize, and the only one where a buyer could plausibly commute.
Four and a third acres lie in the Placencia Lagoon, N of the village and directly across from the airstrip and Thunderbirds Marina. Most of the island has been filled to around two feet above sea level. A one-bedroom wooden house comes with it, along with an eighteen-foot fibreglass skiff and engine to get there.
The broker describes it as zoned for commercial or residential use, which on a lagoon island this close to Placencia’s restaurants, marinas and flights is the interesting part.
The lagoon is manatee habitat, and they are seen regularly in these channels.
15. San Pedro Private Island ($500,000)
- Location: West lagoon side of Ambergris Caye
- Size: 0.92 acres / 0.37 ha
- Description: minutes by boat from San Pedro Town, Belize District
- Ownership: Title not stated
- Development: Undeveloped
- Map: See on Google Earth
Just minutes by boat from San Pedro Town, this 0.92-acre private island sits on the calm west lagoon side of Ambergris Caye. It offers a rare opportunity to own an entire caye within easy reach of Belize’s most popular island town.
The island is completely undeveloped, with 360-degree waterfront views across the lagoon. Its sheltered west-side location provides calm water conditions year-round, making docking and everyday boat access much easier. The Belize Barrier Reef, Hol Chan Marine Reserve, and Mexico Rocks are all just a short boat ride away.
Everyday convenience is one of the biggest advantages of this property. Restaurants, grocery stores, the ferry terminal, medical facilities, and San Pedro Airport are all just minutes from your own shoreline, solving one of the biggest challenges of private island ownership—easy access to the mainland and local services.
The island is held in fee simple across two registered parcels, and foreign buyers can own the property under the same ownership rights as Belizean nationals.
With no existing structures to work around, this is a true blank canvas for a private retreat, boutique resort, or long-term land investment in one of the Caribbean’s most accessible island locations.
16. Bluefield Range Private Island ($300,000)
- Location: Blue Field Range, Belize District
- Size: ~1 acre, 0.43 hectares
- Description: 20 miles SE of Belize City, 2.7 miles inside the barrier reef
- Ownership: Title not stated
- Development: Undeveloped
- Map: See on Google Earth
Three hundred thousand dollars for a whole island inside the Belize Barrier Reef, twenty miles from Belize City.
The Blue Field Range is a scatter of mangrove cayes in calm, protected water, the sort of place people come to kayak the mangrove channels and fish the flats. Bonefish and permit work the shallows here, and manatees are seen regularly. The Gales Point manatee habitat lies thirteen miles S at the mouth of the Manatee River.
Turneffe Atoll is ten miles further out, so a boat based here reaches world-class diving in under an hour.
The island is undeveloped and sits outside any declared reserve, which in this country is worth noting. Most cayes at this price do not.
17. Caye Estel ($250,000)
- Location: Off Sarteneja, Corozal District
- Size: ~4 acres, 1.62 hectares
- Description: Off Sarteneja village, northern Belize
- Ownership: Title not stated
- Development: Developed
- Map: See on Google Earth
Four acres for a quarter of a million dollars works out at around sixty-two thousand dollars an acre, the cheapest acreage of any island in Belize.
Caye Estel lies off Sarteneja, a fishing and boat-building village on the far northern coast that remains one of the least touristed corners of the country. The island is undeveloped.
This is the Corozal side of Belize, with shallow bays, Mennonite farmland inland, Mexico a short run N, and the Shipstern Conservation and Management Area covering the peninsula opposite, nearly 27,000 acres of lagoon, savanna and hardwood forest.
For a buyer who wants space and quiet rather than proximity to a resort strip, the value here is unmatched.
18. Secret Beach Private Island, 0.62 Acres ($199,000)
- Location: North Ambergris Caye, Belize District
- Size: ~0.62 acres
- Description: 10 to 15 minutes by boat N of Secret Beach
- Ownership: Title not stated
- Development: Undeveloped
- Map: See on Google Earth
Ambergris Caye is the busiest and most expensive property market in Belize, where a beachfront lot alone can cost more than this entire island.
Just over half an acre of raw land lies in the lagoon on the island’s W side, ten to fifteen minutes by boat N of Secret Beach, the shallow, sandy-bottomed bar strip that has become north Ambergris’s main draw.
Nothing is built and nothing is connected. Any owner starts with solar power, rainwater or delivered water, and satellite or cellular communications. Access is by boat only.
What it buys is a private island within reach of San Pedro’s airstrip, restaurants and dive shops, the rarest combination in the Belize market and the reason lagoon islets this close to Ambergris almost never come up.
19. Secret Beach Private Island, 0.41 Acres ($199,000)
- Location: North Ambergris Caye, Belize District
- Size: ~0.41 acres
- Description: 10 to 15 minutes by boat N of Secret Beach
- Ownership: Title not stated
- Development: Undeveloped
- Map: See on Google Earth
The smaller of two separate islands offered in the same stretch of the north Ambergris lagoon, and unusually, at the same price as its larger neighbour.
Four-tenths of an acre of untouched land, with boat access only, no structures and no services. The two islands sit close enough that a buyer could take both and hold a small private group in the lagoon, or choose between them on shape and outlook rather than size.
The setting is the north Ambergris lagoon corridor behind Secret Beach, where the water is shallow, clear and calm year-round, and where development has been moving steadily N from San Pedro for a decade.
For anyone who has watched Ambergris prices climb, an entire island here for under two hundred thousand dollars is the anomaly worth looking at.
20. Little Calabash Caye ($125,000)
- Location: Turneffe Atoll, Belize District
- Size: ~0.1 acres, 4,356 sq ft
- Description: 350ft E of Calabash Caye, 30 miles E of Belize City
- Ownership: Title not stated
- Development: Undeveloped
- Map: See on Google Earth
A hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars is the lowest price of entry to island ownership anywhere in Belize, and Little Calabash is a whole caye rather than a share of one.
It is small, with 4,356 square feet of white sand sitting 350 feet off the E shore of Calabash Caye, in the SW corner of Turneffe Atoll. The beach has eroded in places and the seller describes it as reclaimable.
Turneffe is the largest of Belize’s three atolls and among the finest diving and flats-fishing grounds in the Caribbean, with permit and bonefish on the leeward side and walls dropping away on the windward.
The whole atoll became a marine reserve in 2012, and the broker says so plainly rather than leaving a buyer to discover it. Anyone buying here is buying a private island to own and visit, not a development site.
21. Progresso Lagoon Island ($125,000)
- Location: Progresso Lagoon, Corozal District
- Size: ~1 acre
- Description: 30 minutes from Corozal Town, near Progresso Village
- Ownership: Title not stated
- Development: Undeveloped
- Map: See on Google Earth
Most cheap Belize cayes are specks of sand on a reef. This is a full acre of flat, dry ground in a freshwater lagoon, and at the same price as the smallest islet in the country.
Progresso Lagoon lies in the far north near Corozal, thirty minutes from town and a world away from the tourist coast. The island carries coconut palms and pine, needs minimal fill, and has the open exposure for solar, wind and rainwater catchment that an off-grid build wants.
Crucially for Belize, it sits outside the reef reserve system entirely. The lagoon connects through to the Caribbean, so boat access to the sea remains, without the marine-reserve constraints that govern almost every caye further S.
For an acre of buildable island at this price, there is nothing comparable in the country.
22. Jewel Caye (Price Upon Request)
- Location: Stann Creek
- Size: ~2 acres, ~0.8 hectares
- Description: 11km from shore, 7km south of Belize City
- Ownership: Freehold
- Development: Developed
- Map: See on Google Earth
Huddled within the Cockney range just east of the Belizean mainland, there can scarcely be a more aptly named island than Jewel Caye.
Currently a private residence suitable for a large number of guests, the island boasts a stunning pier stretching over the Caribbean Sea before culminating in a large deck and open-air clubhouse. Featuring a main kitchen, dining room and bar, this exclusive venue offers also a glass floor at the centre providing a bird’s eye view of the region’s dazzling array of marine life.
Accommodation is provided by two, 2000sqft timber framed residences flanked by two duplexes, while three more homes are suitable for housing staff. Utilities are furnished by solar-powered water heaters and electrical systems (plus back up generator) together with a facility for rainwater collection, filtration and storage. Meanwhile, the island enjoys fully installed satellite television and WiFi.
Jewel Caye may be purchased either on its own or together with Jewel Landing – a spacious, mainland two-storey private residence surrounded by tropical gardens. Together, Jewel Caye and Jewel Landing offer a unique commercial opportunity as a luxury getaway.
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