Better and Better We have been to Victoria House many times over a number of decades. The experience at Victoria House and Ambergris Cay just gets better with each visit.
As is our usual practice, we contact Luis Vasquez at the dive shop, a few weeks prior to our visit, to arrange our activities and meals while at the resort. Luis is a real pro and has never failed to provide a week that is exactly as we hoped. Our desired activities and meal arrangements are always spot on, and Luis' suggestions are always on point. He is a valuable resource, and I encourage his use.
We always find Victoria House lodgings and its other facilities to be perfectly maintained and ready for use. Service is impeccable, and housekeeping is unobtrusive.
We come to Ambergris Cay for the land and water activities. During this trip, we enjoyed snorkeling and diving with the Bradley brothers. We always try to get them, and they are simply the best at what they do. They can get anyone, regardless of skill or fear level, comfortable with snorkeling or diving. This trip, we had a nervous swimmer and her five year old daughter with us. Both of them were made comfortable enough that they enjoyed the water and sights at Hol Chan and Mexico Rocks. The mother even got comfortable doing a resort dive. We also snorkeled Coral Gardens. The snorkeling at these locations is some of the best that I have experienced in many trips around the Caribbean. The variety and size of the marine creatures you will see is exceptional. Since becoming protected areas, Hol Chan and Mexico Rocks are better with each visit. We also did a Cay Caulker cruise with Captain Horace on the Felicity catamaran. He runs a good trip. Be sure to hand- feed the tarpon on Cay Caulker. We also took the Tropic Air trip to the Lamanai ruins. This is a very efficient way to see the ruins, with a short flight to Orange Walk and an hour boat ride to the ruins, during which you will see a variety of wildlife (maybe even a crocodile). We have used Colin as our private guide for many trips there. He is very knowledgeable about the ruins themselves and the wildlife along the river. At the ruins look for the howler monkeys. You will be back at Victoria House by 3:00PM
We always eat well during the week. This time we began at Victoria House's Palmilla restaurant for dinner. It ended up being my best seafood dinner of the trip. Perfectly cooked fish! We also would recommend that you try El Fogon, Caliente, and, of course Elvi's. You won't be disappointed.
During our downtime during the day, we were ably served drinks and food at our "house" by genial servers, most notably Duane.
We tried to book the same week in 2026, but our preferred lodging was already taken. We were able to book two weeks later, however. This place is popular and fills up quickly. Don't delay.