This is a delayed post, but I just started on TA. My wife and I stayed here for part of our honeymoon last October. Everything couldn't have been more perfect. For anyone who shys away from places like this in the "rainy season", try and reconsider. It definitely rains every day. But it is only for 30 minutes to an hour in the afternoon and then it is great again. We had the place to ourselves for most of the stay. Except for the Howlers that were right outside of our room most of the stay. That is one of the craziest sounds in the world the first time you hear it.

We stayed in one of the air conditioned cabinas and were very comfortable the whole stay. Nice water pressure in the shower, no smelly water, cool AC and very clean. The only bugs we had in the room, we let in when returning at night. I would recommend bringing flashlights as the grounds are not very well lit at night. At night the staff fed a Kinkajou, named Kinky. They said it was abandoned by it's mom and they had been feeding it ever since. Sleeps in the trees next to the dining area during the day. He was actually very tame and we played with him almost every night.

The food was pretty good and always fresh. The staff was incredibly friendly and very informative on the tours. We picked the package that included 2 free tours per day. Hilberto was our guide and he was very knowledgeable and took the extra time to point out the little things. The nature walk, night walk, crocodile encounter and the howler monkey trek were all a blast. It may be a little expensive, but any other place would have been a dissapointment.

Highly recommended!!!!!!!

We stayed here for 3 nights as beginning of our honeymoon.
After a road+river trip that takes about 2 hours we arrived at the friendly greetings of the hospitality staff and a choice of fruit punch with or without local rum.
The thatched roof cabanas were fantastic, and there was great food made to order. Everyone was very helpful and friendly. Their knowledge of the area and the tours were superb.
Things to do: Mayan ruins, medicine walk, sunset cruise, bird watching, river boat rides,howler monkeys.
I must repeat that the food was great and the thatched roof outdoor dining area overlooking the lagoon off the side of a hill is just so romantic and classy.
There are 17 cabanas, and 2 of them have AC's but we did not feel too hot in the rooms esp. with the trees surrounding all over.
The howler monkeys were all over those trees and came as near as the porch area, which had a hammock strung right on it.
All in all, we enjoyed our honeymoon stay there, saw the ruins, alot of neat birds, and had delicious food.
Definately recommend.
P.S. Mosquitos were only bad in the areas near the ruins in the deep forest area.

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Lamanai. The lodge is small, with excellent home cooking and great staff. The team worked hard to ensure we had plenty of activities and looked after us exceptionally well. We would highly recommend a stay here. It's not meant to be 5 star luxury, it's an eco lodge with great service, lovely people and a really memorable time. Highly recommended.

Six of us(3 generations including 9 and 13 year olds) spent 4 of our recent 12 nights in Belize at Lamanai. My husband and I had visited several years ago with a birding group and I wanted my family to enjoy this unique place too. Contrary to recent reviews, the food and service were fine and the staff was eager to please. We are all interested in nature and ruins so the activities provided lots of fun opportunities. The guides are personable and knowledgable. Some other guests shared my greatest disappointment: very noisy and disruptive airboats used on some of the tours. They seem totally unnecessary and incompatible with the area and what the resort is all about. All in all, it was well worth a second visit.