Lodge at Chaa Creek | T+L 500 2008 | Travel + Leisure

Lodge at Chaa Creek

Indigenously crafted and recently renovated jungle lodge on a 365-acre private nature conservancy in the foothills of the Maya Mountains.

Score 85.5
Stats 23 cottages; 10 casitas; 1 restaurant; 1 bar.
Competitive Edge Exemplary eco-credentials—it's a model for responsible tourism in Belize.
Rooms to Book Verandas with private sundecks for wildlife viewing.
Don't Miss An early-morning birding walk with an in-house naturalist.
Cost Doubles from $300, including breakfast.
Contact Macal River
877/709-8708 or 011-501/824-2037

www.chaacreek.com

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Water Activities Fishing Kids' Program    

“When Roberto Fabbri and his business partner came to Belize in 1995, they had millions of dollars to create Kanantik. When Mick and Lucy Fleming arrived in 1977, they had about $300. The young couple had heard that a parcel of land was available for homesteading in western Belize's mountainous Cayo District, near the Guatemalan border, and wound up leasing it for vegetable farming. At the time, neither had any idea that their back-to-the-land adventure would become one of Belize's...” MORE»

—Richard Alleman
“Bright Young Thing” in Travel + Leisure, Oct 2003

“The Lodge at Chaa Creek, a luxury nature retreat near San Ignacio, has an Adventure-Inclusive Package that comes with all meals, access to the lodge's hiking trails and butterfly farm, and unlimited onsite activities (bicycling, horseback riding, canoeing)....” MORE»

—Granville Greene
“Easy Spring Breaks” in Travel + Leisure, Mar 2003