Belize Diving
and Fishing Lodges

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.

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.

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.

Variety of room rates, upper price tier for Belize.  Contact us for more information.

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.)

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.

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 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.) 

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.

Medium-upper price tier.   Contact us for more information.