Portofino – Ambergris Caye

Portofino is a resort in Ambergris Caye. Ambergris Caye is the largest island of Belize located northeast of the country in the Caribbean Sea. The caye is about 40 kilometres (25 mi) long from north to south, and about 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) wide. It was named after large lumps of ambergris which washed ashore here. The Belizean island is mostly a ring of white sand beach around mangrove swamp in the centre. The main attractions are the Belize Barrier Reef and its beaches. That barrier reef is the second largest in the world, after the Great Barrier Reef of Australia.