Correspondent Tom Wilmer reports from Cayo Espanto, a tiny Belizean isle with just seven luxury villas. The accommodations are so discretely distanced from one another that when Tiger Woods spent a week here, the neighbors had no clue until he was spotted departing on the shuttle boat.
Cayo has been humming along since 1999, attracting honeymooners, celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Bill Gates and Jennifer Lawrence, as well as just plain folk seeking a once in a lifetime adventure on a dreamy private isle in the midst of paradise. Cayo Espanto is situated three miles across the water from the village of San Pedro—32 miles from Belize City Airport.
You are invited to subscribe to the Lowell Thomas Award-winning podcast travel show, Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer, featured on the NPR Podcast Directory, Apple Podcast, iHeartRadio, the NPR One App & Stitcher.com. Twitter: TomCWilmer. Instagram: Thomas.Wilmer. Underwriting support provided by The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and Honolulu based, Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative.
