Belize
Table Rock
February 2023. 3 nights - perfect
Lovely oasis in the jungle yet only 5 miles from San Ignacio. Road is in good shape to get to lodge. Only a $8 taxi ride from downtown San Ignacio. Staff is super welcoming, friendly and supportive. Make you feel like family. Rooms are beautiful as is the rest of the property. Although the resort was at capacity (10 cabins, 30+ people) we did not have any issues using the water toys when we wanted to. NOTE: Because there are only 10 cabins book early to get the room you want when you want it.
Room (garden view)
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Fairly large room with a beautiful poster bed
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Rock shower with decent pressure and hot water
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No AC but fan kept us cool
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Complimentary coffee at the dining room starting at 6am during the breakfast hour.
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Drinking water in the room.
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Wifi was not an issue in rooms or common areas
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Porch not fit two chairs and overlooked the walking path
Activities
On site complimentary
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Canoeing. Upstream. 20 - 30 minutes upstream is Cha Creek River Resort. Lovely to dock there and have lunch. Food was good and good portions. We were told if you go 90 minutes upstream you will hit the botanical gardens. We did not make it that far.
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Inter tubing - 30 minutes downstream. A staff member meets you at the end and takes your innertubes back to the lodge while you walk the short river trail back. When we went river was barely moving.
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Jungle Hike - across the street. Took us about 45 minutes. 1.5 miles. Pretty easy
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Farm animals - Feed the donkeys, pet the bunnies, look at chickens and turkeys
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Large wooden play set for kids with 3 swings and a slide
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Beautiful (cold) Infinity pool with - 8 comfortable lounge trails
We choose one offsite tour: Cooking class with Frank Tzib U Janal Masewal 👍Recommended by our hotel. Contact: Frank Tzib whatsapp: +501 654-0430
Unfortunately, Frank wasn’t there so we did not get the Maya calligraphy training but with his parents had a wonderful couple of hours cooking our lunch. Warm and welcoming. Food was simple and delicious. Explained everything. Menu fried root vegetables, homemade tortillas, chicken, onions pepper, tamale with black beans, fresh lemonade. Hands on for us - preparing banana leaves, rolling tamales in leaves, preparing tortillas . Cooked some eggs for us as well as we mentioned we hadn’t had any eggs since in country. Answered all our questions regardless of question $25 pp
After the cooking class the mom took us to cousin’s butterfly house. Very interesting seeing the eggs - 5 day old caterpillars- caterpillars in cocoon - butterflies. 7 different species. $5 pp. she took us back to the bus stop
Dining
Beautiful half outdoor/indoor dining area. Very friendly servers. Need to let them know the night before if you are joining for breakfast and if so, what you will be eating. Lunch and dinner have an ala-cart menu as well as a special. Food was very good. Portions appropriate. At dinner they set a lovely table with flowers and candles.
Tips
Do not book the shared garden view cabin. Walls paper thin. We were lucky as we only had neighbors 1 of the 3 nights.
They assign you a table for dinner. For your entire stay. When you arrive talk to Oscar or anyone else who seems to be in charge of the dining room if you want a certain table. They will do there best to accommodate.