Welcome to Chimino’s Island Lodge! Prepare for the Ultimate Eco-Archaeological Adventure and enjoy the most pristine jungle, as natural as it gets! Let your senses flow as you enjoy the overwhelming nature and walk through this Mayan city, “The Last Mayan Outpost”, a fortified artificial island built by the Mayans to defend themselves, during the terminal phase of their civilization.


Chimino’s Island Lodge is located in Punta de Chimino, on the beautiful
Petexbatún Lagoon in the southeastern Peten, in Guatemala’s jungle region. Chimino’s Island Lodge offers 5 neat mahogany bungalows, each perfectly blended in the Jungle and several hundred feet away from each other, so you can enjoy your own private jungle and the overwhelming views of the lagoon. Each bungalow has its own private bathroom, hot water and rooms completely protected from insects and other animals. You will be surprised by the luxury and cleanness, unusual in these types of jungle lodges.
  The property is crossed by pathways, where you will experience intimate contact with the jungle, its impressive wildlife and the remains of the fortified Mayan citadel, for the most part still unearthed. You will experience firsthand, the efforts of it last inhabitants to protect themselves through impressive defensive walls, pits and trenches. They still managed however to build its own ball court and palaces.
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