Mosquito and diseases

[Cruisegirl6]

My adult daughter and her bf want to do the cave tubing excursion, they received a letter from Carnival regarding the mosquito borne diseases and we do know its very active here and she is most concerned as she can't afford to get sick as she must get back to work after the cruise.

 

Has anybody done this excursion and those who haven't that been in Belitz have gotten mosquito bites? Even with mosquito repellent you can still get bitten and we would like your feedback so that she can decide whether to cancel the excursion or not. We like to hear if anybody has gotten bitten here and any advice you can give would be appreciated, thank you.

[crewsweeper]

Always use an insect repellent, preferably with DEET. Non-DEET repellents don't always work well for everyone.

 

Put the repellent on prior to sunscreen.

 

Most mosquitos feed early in the day and nearer to sundown, so you shouldn't see a lot of activity, but you never know.

[hawk1972]

We were in Belize last week (2/2/16). We did the Lamanai ruins excursion, not cavetubing. Most people on our tour put on repellent, but I only saw one mosquito the whole day, and that was on our bus in Belize City. None on the river or at the ruins. The biggest health hazard for us was the women spraying on repellent in the back of the bus and at the restaurant and gassing us out! Ha ha!

[Cruisegirl6]

oh my hahaha

 

It only takes one mosquito...thanks for answering like to hear others whether they got bitten or not, just don't know what to do lol

[RuthlessBoss]

We were in Belize last week (2/2/16). We did the Lamanai ruins excursion, not cavetubing. Most people on our tour put on repellent, but I only saw one mosquito the whole day, and that was on our bus in Belize City. None on the river or at the ruins. The biggest health hazard for us was the women spraying on repellent in the back of the bus and at the restaurant and gassing us out! Ha ha!

 

I guess it's safe to go tubing. The mosquito is trapped on the bus:D

[Cruisegirl6]

:eek::rolleyes::D

[firemadz]

Always use an insect repellent, preferably with DEET. Non-DEET repellents don't always work well for everyone.

 

Put the repellent on prior to sunscreen.

 

Most mosquitos feed early in the day and nearer to sundown, so you shouldn't see a lot of activity, but you never know.

 

Repellent goes on AFTER sunscreen.