Belize
Black Rock
February 2023
4 nights. Probably could have stayed 3 nights
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Fairly large property (20 cabins, 50+ people) spread out in a lush jungle. Very isolated - 7 mile dirt road off main road. Last mile is very narrow. Hope a car isn’t coming from the other direction. $45 taxi from San Ignacio
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Website: Black Rock Lodge
Room - Classic Cabin
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Room was small but clean and nice king size bed
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Shower pressure was okay if you didn’t select much hot water
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Best part was our private deck with 2 chairs and a table, 2 hammocks
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Don’t get cabin 7 as there are no hammocks
Activities
Several onsite activities - complimentary
Summit Vista Loop Cave - Great challenging but very doable hike. 45 minutes up to the summit view. Beautiful with a bench to sit and enjoy it. On way down do the vista loop beautiful river view. Cave option was a short very steep hike down to cave. Cave has multiple chambers if you want to crawl around. Make sure to borrow hiking poles. The lodge is happy to loan you a pair. 3 mile hike took us a couple of hours not including resting time
Vaca Falls - fairly flat with a bit of rock scramble at the end. Took us about an hour. 3 miles.
Yoga Pavillion - welcome to borrow mats and blocks from the lodge. Wifi works in the Pavillion. Free to use as long as a "Yoga Retreat Group" isn't using it.
Inter tubing - river was flowing. 30-minute float. At bottom can either go down small waterfall or walk around it
Beach - had 3 little chairs at the edge of the river
Swimming pool - tiny, cold, has 2 chairs
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Birding - lot of birds to look at
Several onsite activities - Paid
Guided hike - take a canoe across the river and then hike to the summit. All along the way learning interesting information about the different plants, Mayan culture and trying to spot animals. We saw a holler monkey way up in the tree. Hike is challenging. About 700 feet, 2 miles. More switch backs then the summit hike. Summit view spectacular. We stopped a lot on way up so took 3-3.5 hours. $50 pp
Other paid activities that we did not do:
Night hike - people seemed to really enjoy it
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Bird walks early in the morning
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Dining
Lunch has options. Dinner, you need to choose from the fixed price menu - 3 options (protein, vegetarian, pasta) and dessert. Food is good but portions are small. Sometimes we needed to add chips and salsa or bread to fill us up.
Breakfast and lunch you can sit anywhere. Dinner you are assigned a table.
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We enjoyed sitting on the railing and watching birds and admiring the view
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Dining room is spacious
Tips
Bring binoculars even if you aren't a birder, you will become one
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Bring snacks for in-between meals and if dinner isn't filling enough for you
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Bring ear plugs. Howler monkeys are very loud at night and with the canyon their voices carry​​