Fly-in day trips from Belize

The picks

Hand-researched — the events worth planning a day around.

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Benque Fiesta (Virgen del Carmen)

Benque Viejo

Marimba, mestizo processions, fair rides

~Fri 10 Jul – Thu 16 Julbest feast day 16 Jul✈️ ~45 minany light (≤130nm)

Getting there: ~25 min to Central Farm + 20 min drive (car 1h50 fails)

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San Pedro Lobsterfest (closing block)

San Pedro, Ambergris

Closing weekend is the biggest party

Fri 10 Jul – Sun 12 Julbest Sat 11 Jul✈️ ~20 minany light (≤130nm)

Getting there: ~20 min (ferry 90 min over budget)

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Festival de la Luz, Antigua Guatemala

Antigua Guatemala

Videomapping on 6 historic facades — Antigua's signature summer night

Fri 17 Jul – Sat 18 Jul, 19:00-01:00, freebest Sat 18 Jul✈️ ~1h50 doorTBM only

Getting there: ~215nm → GUA + ~1h drive

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⛴ Ferry ★

Caye Caulker Lobsterfest

Caye Caulker

Lobster street fair, beach parties on the split

Sat 18 Jul – Mon 20 Julbest Sun 19 Jul⛴ ~45 min

Getting there: ferry ~45 min

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Fiesta de Santiago — Antigua's patron feria

Antigua Guatemala

Processions, concerts, folkloric dance

Sat 25 Julbest Sat 25 Jul✈️ ~1h50 doorTBM only

Getting there: ~215nm → GUA + 1h

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SunJam 2026 (30th-ish year)

Tela, Honduras (2026 venue moved from Water Cay — VERIFY)

Central America's cult 24h electronic beach festival

Sat 1 Aug 24h noon-noonbest Sat 1 Aug✈️ ~1h doorSR22 (130-180nm)

Getting there: ~112nm → Tela/La Ceiba LCE (AOE)

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International Costa Maya Festival

San Pedro

Belize's biggest festival — 5-nation performers

expected Thu 6 Aug – Sun 9 Aug TBCbest Noche Internacional Sat 8 Aug✈️ ~20 minany light (≤130nm)

Getting there: ~20 min

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Romeo Santos, Estadio Cementos Progreso

Guatemala City

Biggest stadium concert in the ring

Thu 13 Augbest Thu 13 Aug✈️ ~1h10 doorTBM only

Getting there: ~215nm → GUA + 25 min

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Reachable from Belize

• Cayman Islands — ✈️ ~3 h 14 min (MWCR, 404 nm)

Notes & what didn’t make it

NEGATIVES: Chetumal null (Expofer Oct); Tikal/Flores — ruins day trip but no festival in window. NEGATIVES: La Ceiba Gran Carnaval was 23 May; Mérida Noche Blanca was May; Cancún ~225nm only club gigs; Cozumel null; Roatán carnival no 2026 dates.

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