GeorgieCA
April 14, 2024
To start, the staff could not be more awesome - attentive, helpful, pleasant etc. I was a little worried about the location because, despite the fact that it is in a national park, the photos make it look a little barren. Indeed, it is on a large, cleared grassy meadow area, surrounded by jungle - but it is actually a little less barren than I imagined. It is pretty for sure. Our room is large and comfortable - the bed is fine. We’re visiting on some of the hottest days of the year - even the Belizeans all think it is too hot - and we are feeling the lack of air conditioning. Saying that, once we accepted the reality that we wouldn’t be going on a lot of long, jungle hikes, and needed to bow to the heat - its been ok. The biggest draw back is the lack of a nearby body of water to cool off in.You can hike to waterfalls - but the closest (during the dry season) is a solid 30 minute hike away. It’s not difficult, but doesn’t help much with the “I just want to cool down now” thing. There is a closer river watering hole that we kind of stumbled on - but oddly, I think it just didn’t occur to staff that we’d want to dip in to this clean, but less picturesque spot. The whole place definitely has a summer camp vibe with all of the activities, the lack of AC, etc. We enjoyed that, and actually wish it had more of that vibe - less fancy eating, for example would have been nice. Food-wise, breakfast was delicious: simple fry jacks and eggs, or omelets. Though the “fresh baked pastries” and “local jams” were nowhere in evidence. Lunch was delicious too - we always ordered the crew lunch — meaning we ate whatever the crew was eating that day, chicken stew and rice, etc. Dinner, was relatively meh for us - but I’ve found this to be true throughout Belize. I suspect that they are trying to cater to American tastes with things like “Chicken Cordon Bleu” — but personally I eat plenty of fairly delicious American food in America so I’m not here for the knock-offs.