3 Story Beautiful Beachfront Custom Built Home with private pool

This amazingly beautiful villa became the home for our extended family of 12 - ages 14 to 67 - for one incredible week. With 5 bedrooms each with its own full bath, 2 half baths, a spacious kitchen and great room, a game room, and a poolside sitting area, we never felt crowded. And yet we always found spaces to connect. We enjoyed kayaking, paddle boarding, fishing, swimming, and jumping off the dock into the ocean just a few steps beyond the pool area. The pool itself provided even more fun in the sun with a volleyball net and pool lounges. There are several bikes that the younger set enjoyed riding to the Bistro and a market about a mile away. The golf cart was the mode of transportation for the older generation. The service oriented staff at the Geckos kept our villa, pool, and grounds tidy and kindly gave help whenever we needed assistance.

We loved our chef days! The food was delicious, the service was impeccable, and the kitchen was left spotless. They adjusted the menu for those in our family who have food allergies and prepared the fish we caught. Each of the three chefs were delightful to chat with. On our non-chef days, we journeyed to Placencia Village and found the local food delicious and the shops and markets accommodating.

As for activities, we enjoyed the drive from the airport through the mountainous jungle, snorkeling, ziplining, river tubing, swimming in waterfall pools, and taking a boat to Monkey River where we saw howler monkeys, manatees, and dolphins.

We found Belize to be a country with kind, friendly people and breathtaking beauty. We always felt safe and welcomed. We left a bit of our heart there and hope to return in the future.

We met another family we’ve travelled with each summer to various beach destinations. This vacation ranks among the best! A huge and beautifully decorated home with plenty of room for 4 adults and 5 kids/teens. Talia, Mabel, Domingo and Manuel (the chefs) were helpful and accommodating from start to finish. The meals they prepared were all amazing! The housekeeper Jasmine was so sweet and even kept our clothes cleaned daily. I highly recommend the Jammin’ Gecko!

This was my 6th year at the Gecko’s. I’ve stayed at Tipsy, Groovy and Jammin and I’ve loved staying at all three, but I keep coming back to Villa Jammin Gecko. The staff is ALWAYS wonderful and so nice. Mabel is such a great help making our outing arrangements. She and Javier are a wonderful and helpful couple. The food could not be better. Domingo and his brother plan such delicious menus. This was lobster Fest season and we had lobster for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as shrimp and chicken dishes.

The home is immaculate and so well laid out that you can enjoy being with the other guests or take some private time in the large suites. I’m getting too old to go to the master suite, so younger family members took that, but my room on he second floor is spacious and allows me to be where the kitchen and gathering space is. The only complaint from several of us is the low couches. If you’re short, they’re comfortable, but taller people don’t like them that much. If that’s the only negative we could find, you know it’s pretty near to perfect. The pool is beautiful and offers a covered space to get out of the sun. Being on the beach gave us gorgeous photos to send home.

We ate out only twice. The Bistro serves the best food in the area. Don’t miss their breakfast or brunch served daily and the cinnimon rolls are not to be missed. We called the bowling alley for 5 pizzas our first night as we were needing to unwind from our flights in.

We visited the little waterfall and everyone really enjoyed that. It’s near the house and not to be missed. You can also go from there to the zip line. Ask Mabel about this.

We had a large group and some stayed at Villa Groovy Gecko and they had rave reviews of it as well.

The pier serves all 3 houses guests and it’s a lovely place to go for being in a hammock and reading a book and watching the sun rise or set. It’s a first come, so try to make it at least once in your visit.

We had Mabel arrange massages for several of our group at the house and everyone felt like comfortable wet noodles afterwards, so they were pluses as well.

A week just didn’t feel like it was long enough. It never does. This is such a beautiful place to vacation. We are already planning for next year.

This was our 4th time back and will return again!

Chef Domingo and Manuel create amazing dishes...breakfast lunch and dinner.

The host staff (Mabel and crew) make sure the house is well cleaned daily and laundry service is delightful treat.

Mabel lined us up with a custom fishing/snorkeling excursion to Harvest Caye with Captain Wayne. They picked our crew of 12 up at the dock in front of the house and took us all two Harvest Caye where half the group stayed and snorkeled and lounged at the bar pool while the remaining crew had an AWESOME time catching bonita, mackerel, yellow jack and a bunch of barracuda! We all met back at Hatchet Key for a fresh fish fry. Incredible.

Can't wait to return!

Beautiful and relaxing. Enough to do in the area for the more adventurous. Everything was top notch and well appointed.