how bad are the mosquitoes in roatan and belize? It never crossed my mind about the diseases they carry until this week. they carry malaria and i am now very concerned about them. I have a liver disease and my liver can not take another hit. so do I have anything to worry about. I cant take the precaution med for malaria because of my liver. But i certainly dont want a mosquito bite to kill me. I can stay on the ship if I have to. someone please tell me I have nothing to worry about.

That's a good question macmom. I have only been in the tourist town section of Belize. I didn't notice any mosquitoes. With going on the cave tubing excursion this year, that could be a concern.

Dwayne

We went on the cave tubing excursion in Belize. We walked through the jungle and didn't see any, nor did we get bit. That doesn't mean there wasn't any, just that it was a problem during the day. You could always put on repellent before your excursion if you are concerned.

If you are worried make sure you take a good bug repellent & wear long sleeves, long pants etc...
We did a river trip in Costa Rica & had no problems.
we did go to the beach in Roatan but saw no bugs not even the notorious sand fleas.

Hi,

We saw no evidence of bugs on our cave tubing in Belize - that was in March.

In Roatan I did get bitten by the sand fleas. Actually I'm not sure they were sand fleas, but I only got bitten in the change room. My husband on the beach didn't get bitten at all.
Judy

Mosquitoes are worse in the evening near sun down in the south east US. Bull Frog is an awesome water proof sunscreen. I have been using it for many years. They now have it with a bug repellent.

If they would include an anti-jellyfish sting element like Safe Sea has it would be the ultimate cruise sunscreen.

Dwayne

In Roatan, we had no problems. Then again, we were there in the day, and went snorkeling where they don't hang out. It's been years since we were in Belize, I doubt we saw anything anyway.

well my dr said he would not give his blessing for me to go to Belize or Roatan because of the malaria the mosquitoes carry. I am torn. I know I cant live in fear, but I also dont want to be careless.
so on Belize we will do Bannister Island, maybe if not we will stay on the ship.
in Roatan we are going to spray our self with deep woods off and go to tabayana beach.
the internet said the mosquitoes that carry malaria come out a dusk. I will be well hiden in my room until we are way off shore.
if anyone needs to know what kind of bug spray to get the internet recommends nothing less then 30% deet for the malaria mosquitoes.

Can you not take a shot? We have to take shots for Yellow Fever for our cruise in December.

no cant take any preventative meds. My liver is damaged from a hemochromatosis... if my liver had not been damaged i could take the meds.

My hubby has malaria and when he has attacks, he has to take Fansidar instead of quinine because he can't handle quinine. I sure hope no one ever gets it, it's not a fun experience at all.

Mosquitoes come out as evening approaches-In the Jungle and rainforests of Central America-a good insect repellent,frequently reapplied ,works well. If a breeze arises the insects don't fly.
That being said-Get back to the ship early enough before sundown
and carry a good bug repellent when you go ashore-your problems should be minimal!

Bon Voyage,

BillyBuzzy

We saw no mosquitos in Roatan, but they tend to be out in the early morning and evening or in heavy bush. Use a good mosquito repellent, you can find some that are combined with sunscreen.

I don't really understand the big deal
I mean if you worry too much
you will not enjoy your cruise.
Let me tell you this:
One time on Puerto Rico they told us about some sickness that the mosquitos were spreding throught the island, well everyone were looking for the anti-mosquito repellent and at the end there were no place to find them because everyone were so scare that the repellent was sold out. Just because some people, 2 person in the island yes only two, were on the hospital because of it that, was a reason enought to the whole island to panic.

let us use science of logic for a moment:

To be true many of those diseases can be transfer person to person, even by mosquitos on the ship after the people arrive from the island they can be biten and then the mosquito can bite someone else on the ship.
What are you going to do be on your cabin all the cruise?
Well the ship visit the port every single week of the year no??

have you EVER READ ABOUT A SHIP WITH PASSENGERS WITH MALARIA OR ANY OTHER DISEASES BESIDE NOROVIRUS??

The media always write about the norovirus and they enjoy destroying the cruise industry reputation with it,
Will they left an oportunity like this:

" Carnival ship the killer malaria cruise"

out of the picture??

the answer to that is no,

enjoy your cruise
life is short and worrying is no way to live
don't think about what can go wrong
think about what can go GREAT!!!
becuase if that the case YOUR cruise will be a nightmare and no a vacation.
Better yet forget about what you read, buy a repellent, just in case, and go to the trip you want to go, forget about the mosquitos, been biten etc.
At the end of your cruise you will see the big picture





and th even if you don't go out how about the persons on the ship?? or

I am not going to let my worries spoil my cruise. no way. I think you missed the point. I want to be safe, not really worried about any other disease that mosquitoes carry but malaria. and i would never give it a second thought if I didnt have this liver disease. I want to be careful tho.
But after people told me they had no problem with mosquitoes i feel much better, but I will use my bug spray. malaria is a nasty disease but is treatable. but with my disease I would get in trouble in a hurry. thats all, thats it, definately not going to let it spoil my cruise. I love cruising way too much.