The Lodge at Chaa Creek

Chaa Creek Lodge Belize with ...

We decided to just hang out today, familiarizing ourselves with the lodge, the grounds and activities since this would be our home base for the next week.  Restful day taking pictures, lounging in our hammocks, eating delish food, and taking ...

... with good vehicles. Lodging. The San Ignacio area has a great deal  to offer, from high end resorts like the incredible Chaa Creek to a wide range of options for the traveler on a tighter budget. We are going to look at the less expensive options. A ...

... . They were all so proud of their work and humbly honored at our praise. There were some other nice folks there from Chaa Creek lodge, coincidently from the Bay area near where we live in the U.S. They were very disdainful and did not buy anything and I ...

... where a resort is located. At the Lodge we had a lecture from the owner and the manager of the entire Chaa Creek Lodge, which was pretty interesting. He started off talking about how they started the lodge back in the 70s, then went ...

... of 'Little House on the Praire’.  It was fascinating to see them here and not in Pennsylvania and as we drove back to Chaa Creek we saw many of them coming back from the market in their buggies or selling water melon by the side of the ...

The drive from the airport in Belize City to Chaa Creek Lodge, near San Ignacio, is only about 60 miles.  Neverthelesss, after our experience driving our Nicaragua in '07, we were not too surprised that it took almost three hours! The heat and ...

... , the Ancient Maya, Belize Wildlife, Responsible Tourism, Traditional Healing, Land Conservation, and Solid Waste Management from Chaa Creek's professional naturalist guides and founders Mick and Lucy Fleming. The children's skills for capturing and ...

... up! A couple of bits of rapid, not very big (class 2 I think Tim). It took us about 3 hours to get to the Chaa Creek resort where the Medicinal Tail is. Downer.. was led to believe that Raphael woud be leading us along the trail but nope. Theres the ...

... stop (looked pretty damn painful to me... damn tourists). Hiked back to the bus, had a quick change, then about an hourish ride into Chaa Creek, our next stop. We got off the bus, left our stuff, and were told that the camp was a Belize minute down the ...

It rained a lot in our first day in San Ignacio so we bought plastic ponchos and got a cab to see the Chaa Creek Natural History Museum and butterfly hatchery. We had asked the cab to come back for us at two so we walked down to the dining room and ...

... well. Dinner was quite deplorable. It crossed our mind that doing the day trip would probably have been better but after getting back to Chaa Creek and hearing the day trippers talk, we were glad we hadn't done that...we were far more relaxed and had seen ...

... the river.  Instead, we went another 200 or so yards down the river and got out at the back entrance. The Lodge at Chaa Creek was exactly what we were not looking for in a hotel in Belize.  The grounds were expertly manicured, all ...

... , salsa, etc. Yum. After breakfast we loaded up with water and met Denny, the cab driver. He took us out to Chaa Creek Jungle Lodge, where he waited for us, while we explored the grounds for several hours. We started at the Natural History Centre, where ...

... Customs was a breeze, and soon we were greeted for the first (but not the last) time by Miguel, the guide dispatched by Chaa Creek Lodge to ferry us to our temporary home-away-from-home.  He proved to be one of our favorite things about ...

 Very warm and muggy morning, but the river had lowered enough for us to canoe into town for lunch.  Lots of iguanas and birds and quiet, slow paddling.  San Ignacio was really hot, so did a little shopping and then headed for lunch and ...