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 Turneffe Island Lodge
is a beautiful resort located on a private 14-acre Belize island
30 miles off the coast of
Belize. All accommodations include air conditioning, ceiling fans,
en suite baths -- and spectacular ocean views.
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Turneffe Island Lodge specializes in fishing
(fly fishing and light tackle), scuba diving and snorkeling
vacations. Amenities at the Lodge include a freshwater pool,
kayaks, paddleboats, Hobie Cat sailboat, volleyball court,
on-premises restaurant, bar and gift shop, and trained guides that
specialize in fishing, diving and snorkeling.
 Dive packages include 3
dives per day, including one night dive and trips to the Blue Hole,
Half Moon Caye and Lighthouse Reef. Resort, refresher, discover
diving, referral, advanced open water certification and specialty
certifications/training are also available, including enriched air (nitrox),
peak performance buoyancy, deep diver, drift diver, boat diver and
underwater naturalist.
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 Fishing packages include 8 hours of fishing the flats with 2
anglers per boat. (Private boat and guide also
available.) Species include bonefish (year-round,
average 2-4 pounds), permit (year-round, average 8-30 pounds),
tarpon (March - October, 60-90 pounds). Reef fishing is
also available to flats anglers at no additional cost.
Reef species include Cubera Snapper, Barracuda, Crevalle Jack,
King Mackerel and Grouper.
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.jpg) Beachcomber packages
include two snorkeling trips per day at snorkel sites just a 5 to 10
minute boat ride from the Lodge, in water ranging from 5 to 20 feet.
Snorkelers are also welcome to join divers on trips to the Blue Hole,
Lighthouse Reef, Half Moon Caye and Long Caye. Other available
activities include kayaking, sailing, trips to the Belize Zoo, a
Manatee tour from Belize City and the Mayan ruins at Altun Ha. |
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Variety of room rates,
upper price tier for Belize.
Contact us for more information. |
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 Belize
River Lodge.
Belize River
Lodge is Belize's oldest fishing lodge, in continuous operation
since 1961. (Belize River Lodge was formerly known as
Barothy's Caribbean Lodge Ltd. and Caribbean Sports Ltd.)
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Belize River Lodge has been operated since
1987 by one of the world's most capable couples - Marguerite
 Miles
and Mike Heusner. (Mike is shown in the Lodge's dining room in the picture on
the right.)
Marguerite makes sure anglers wake up to
fresh coffee, are well-fed and housed, and just generally made
welcome and comfortable.
Mike? Well,
Mike loves to fish, talk about fishing, trade stories about
fishing, tell tall tales about fishing. Have a question
about fishing in Belize, Mike most likely knows the answer, and if
he doesn't, he's likely to have come up with the answer before the
end of your stay. (Mike is also a board member of the BETA,
the Belize Eco Tourism Association.) |
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 Anglers and guests are lodged in the very comfortable Mahogany
Lodge on the banks of the Belize Old River, surrounded by tropical
greenery and flowers, a few crocodiles in the River, and even a
few of Belize's remaining mahogany trees.
Fishing is from 23' skiffs outfitted with guest leaning/cast post,
chairs, guide platform and modern outboard engines. Fishing
is usually two anglers to a skiff, with an experienced
professional English speaking guide. |
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 Fishing grounds include the flats, cayes, and reef of the
Caribbean Sea, as well as mangrove channels of the Belize, Sibun
and Manatee Rivers, plus Black Creek and several other creeks and
lagoons in the area.
Game fish species generally found within the
Lodge's fishing grounds include permit (avg. 6-25 lbs), bonefish
(avg. 3-5 lbs), tarpon (6-150 lbs depending on season),
snook (8-15 lbs), Cubera Snapper (avg. 25-50 lbs), Jack Crevalle
(avg. 15-40 lbs), Barracuda (avg. 12-40 pounds), and Cubera
Snapper (avg. 20-50 lbs.)
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 And,
if fishing from a lodge doesn't appeal to you, Marguerite and and
Mike also offer the ultimate Belize fishing expedition on the
Christina, a 58' Hatteras and the Blue Yonder, a 52' Chris Craft.
Fishing is from
comfortable skiffs in areas not otherwise easily accessible to
anglers. (No long runs in the skiff.)
Four persons
maximum and vacation cruises are offered as well as mothership
fishing cruises. |
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Medium-upper price tier.
Contact us for more information.
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(Please
contact us for more information on the hotels and resorts
described on our Website. Also, we'd like to help you with booking
your lodging -- not only can we help you assess which lodging is the
best for you, we can take care of all your Belize transfers and other
details to keep your Belize vacation worry free.) |
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