Tanager RainForest Lodge

We stayed at the Tanager Rainforest Lodge in January 2025 to celebrate our 10th year wedding anniversary and had a fantastic time! We enjoyed being close to nature, rafting on the river that winds around the lodge, and visiting surrounding attractions like Mayan historical sites, cacao and spice farms, Mayan cooking and crafting experience, bird watching, and swimming by a nearby waterfall. Everyone at the lodge was very friendly and the food was great with local ingredients.

Wow! Where to start? This Lodge was such a Gem to have discovered. Beautiful grounds, amazing staff who take the time to aid in any way you didn’t even know you wished for. So sharing of knowledge of their lovely grounds or surrounding areas when asked. My lodging was Devine as well!

We loved everything about Tanager Rainforest Lodge, the accommodations, the staff, the food, the grounds, and the wildlife. We flew on Tropic Air from BZE to Punta Gorda and were picked up at the airport in town and driven a short distance to the lodge. We were greeted by several members of the staff and given a delicious welcome drink while we discussed our plans for our stay. We ate most of our meals at the lodge, and everything we had was excellent. Dinners were a choice between a couple of entrees, while breakfast and lunch had a variety of menu choices. The waitstaff was very attentive and we enjoyed having our breakfast outside on the porch. We were in Aracari cabin, along the river. Everything was beautiful in our little cabin. We enjoyed sitting on our porch watching the river. If you are not a fan of unexpected visitors in your cabin, I would not recommend the thatch roof cabins. We weren’t bothered by it, and the mosquito net around the bed kept everything out. We also enjoyed a swim in the pool every day and had lunch there one afternoon. We didn’t have a chance to do the river tubing on the grounds, but it looked fun. We’ll have to make time for it on our next visit. All the tours we did were excellent. We did a full day of birding with Steve Choco, one of the top birding guides in Belize. We saw a good variety of birds on the lodge grounds, at Blue Creek, and at nearby rice fields. Steve was able to find us several elusive life-birds to add to our list. We would also recommend a night drive if you like owls. Steve was able to find us two different species of owl and got us good photographs. We also did a morning tour of a Maya site at Nim Li Punit with Nate, a community local. The site isn’t large, but the numerous stelle are fascinating. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Tanager Lodge and can’t wait to return in the future.

A room with a view It was a beautiful experience. You can book lots of excursions, like chocolate making, spice farm, and a day at the falls also Maya ruins. It offers a bird watching paradise, I saw so many beautiful colourful birds. It boasts 250 different bird species, when the total country has 600 different species so that was a pleasant surprise.

No air conditioning in the rooms with an outside temperature at 39 Celsius during the day and 29 at night. This was not well reflected when booking. I have to cancel one nigh, however the hotel took two nights from my card, saying that ******* is the one to refund me. This looks like a scam and unfair. That was the first I was booking with *******, but I am disappointed.

Lovely setting and equally lovely people. Birds galore and Steve, the resident bird expert, is a kind and knowledgeable guide to the wonders of the jungle, as well to the local Mayan culture.