Blancaneaux Lodge

[Valwood1]

Does anyone have any opinions on this resort on Ambergris Caye?

 

[gdenny]

Greetings. Blancaneaux lodge is on the mainland. About 1.5 hours inland from Belize City. It is not on Ambergris Caye. I stayed at a nice place on Ambergris in 2003 called Portofino. It's nice and quiet, about 6 miles by water taxi from San Pedro (town on Ambergris Caye). Feel free to PM me with Q's.

 

[pigletfish]

The Coppola family also operates the Turtle Inn, which is on the mainland as well, but on the beach (near Placencia) and offers scuba. I haven't stayed at either, so can offer no opinion about the resorts. I have visited both Ambergris Caye and Placencia, however, and - if you'd like to combine your diving with a lot of topside adventures - then staying at a mainland southern beach resort might be a good option. (We thought the diving from Placencia was very good, and also enjoyed our visits to Mayan ruins, the Monkey River tour, hiking and jungle walks, etc). Cheers!

 

[hil71]

Turtle inn is beautiful - but they do have a weird way of confirming diving - also found it to be incredibly expensive compared to rest of Placencia and way more expensive than San Pedro.