San Pedro eSIM
In San Pedro you connect to Digi or Smart, whichever is performing better where you are standing. The typical speed across the country is 24 Mbps. Your data starts working the moment you land, before you reach the immigration hall.
- Networks
- Digi and Smart
- Typical speed in Belize
- 24 Mbps typical, 5 Mbps at busy times
- 5G
- 4G only
- Throttle
- None on metered plans
- Tethering
- Allowed on every plan
Plans that cover San Pedro
| Data | Validity | Price per GB | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | Never expires | $30.89 | $30.89 | |
| 3 GBMost travellers | Never expires | $23.63 | $70.89 |
How Belize compares across North America
- Regional typical speed
- 33 Mbps
- Upstream networks
- 2, Digi, Smart
- 5G
- 4G only
- Next fastest nearby
- Nicaragua, 26 Mbps
- Cities with their own page
- 2: San Pedro, Belize City
Landing at John Greif II Airport (San Pedro) (SPR)
- Airport
- SPR / MZSP
- Also serves
- Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport (BZE), Sir Barry Bowen Municipal Airport (Belize City) (TZA)
Getting into San Pedro
- San Pedro Belize Express water taxi, Belize Marine Terminal (Belize City) to San Pedro
- San Pedro Belize Express water taxi, San Pedro to Chetumal, Mexico, about 90 minutes
- Ladyville Airport Taxi Association taxi, Philip Goldson International to downtown Belize City (10 miles) (BZE)
Worth knowing about San Pedro
- San Pedro is on Ambergris Caye, the largest island in Belize; there is no road link, so arrival is by plane, helicopter or fast ferry.
- San Pedro's own airstrip has only domestic scheduled service - Tropic Air to Belize City International, Belize City Municipal, Caye Caulker and Corozal - so international arrivals connect through Belize City.
- A scheduled water taxi crosses an international border by boat, running between San Pedro and Chetumal in Mexico, described by the operator as about an hour and a half away.
- San Pedro was granted township status in 1984 and is the only town on Ambergris Caye, with a population of about 13,400.
- The San Pedro airstrip has a single 1,067 m asphalt runway at 4 feet above sea level, sized for the small turboprops that serve the island.
- From Belize City, San Pedro Belize Express boats leave between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. and call at Caye Caulker on the way. Going back, the first San Pedro departure is at 6:00 a.m. and the last at 4:30 p.m. on the operator's posted schedule.
- The boat to Chetumal, Mexico, sails only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. It leaves San Pedro at 8:30 a.m. and starts back from Chetumal at 3:30 p.m., and the operator requires check-in two hours before an international departure.
- At Philip Goldson International, the Ladyville Airport Taxi Association runs the taxis, and its ticket counter is at the exit of the international arrivals hall. Downtown Belize City, where the water taxis depart, is 10 miles from the airport.
- Tropic Air and Maya Island Air both check in at Terminal 1 of the international airport. Tropic Air, which is based in San Pedro, advertises hourly flights to the island on Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft.
- Connecting off a long-haul flight with extra bags? Tropic Air asks for at least three hours at Philip Goldson, because excess baggage may travel on a later flight when the small aircraft runs out of hold space.
- The barrier reef is about a 20 minute boat ride from San Pedro. Hol Chan Marine Reserve and Shark-Ray Alley are the usual snorkel trips, and the Bacalar Chico Reserve covers the north of the island.
- Philip Goldson's published opening hours are 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily, with services outside those hours on request. The airport asks passengers to arrive 3 to 4 hours before departure.
- Across the road from the Philip Goldson terminal, the Rental Services Center houses a telecommunications office and 14 car rental agencies, useful before you leave the mainland for the island.
Sources for this page
Other cities in Belize we cover
- Belize City
- 52 km from San Pedro, nearest airport TZA