Toledo, Belize

Garbutt's Fishing Lodge

SaltwaterPunta Gorda — Joe Taylor Creek; Port of Honduras Marine Reserve and Sapodilla Cayes

Permit are the main draw at this lodge on Joe Taylor Creek in Punta Gorda, in southern Belize, which the Garbutt family runs. Its guides pole 23-foot pangas over the flats of the Port of Honduras Marine Reserve, most of them under half an hour from the dock, and also run out to the Sapodilla Cayes for bonefish and up the rivers for snook and tarpon. Anglers using spinning or conventional gear pay the same rate, though they don't fish the reserve's permit flats.

Published price
US$3,850 per person · 7 nights · 2027
Season
Year-round
Main fish
Permit
and 5 more
Guiding
1 guide to 2 anglers
10 guests at a time

Season

Year-round

There are permit to fish for in every month of the year. The strongest months are March to June, with November to February next, while snook and river tarpon come and go with the seasons.

The fishing

Water
Saltwater
Species

First is the fish the lodge leads with.

How it is fished
Flats skiff
Catch and release
Not published
Tackle
Fly and spin
Gear
Bring your own tackle

Price and what it covers

US$3,850 per person · 7 nights · 2027

Per person for 7 nights and 6 days of fishing, two to a room and two to a guide.

Included

  • Transfers from the Punta Gorda airstrip
  • Lodging
  • Guided fishing, two anglers to a boat
  • Three meals a day, some of the dinners in town
  • Local beer and spirits, and soft drinks
  • Hotel and sales tax
  • Marine park fees

Not included

  • International flights
  • Flights between Belize City and Punta Gorda
  • Belize fishing licence, US$25, sold at the lodge
  • Tips
  • Rods, reels, flies and other tackle

Prices are shown in the currency the lodge publishes them in. Confirm the rate with the lodge.

The lodge

Guests at a time
10
Guiding
1 guide to 2 anglers
Package
7 nights, 6 fishing days
For non-anglers
Yes
Wi-Fi
Yes
Established
2008

Getting there

Gateway airport
PND
From there
Fly into Belize City (BZE) and connect to Punta Gorda (PND) on Tropic Air or Maya Island Air; there are flights every day, so a trip can begin on any day of the week. Allow 90 minutes or more between your international arrival and the flight south. The lodge picks you up at the Punta Gorda airstrip for the short ride to Joe Taylor Creek.
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The pin marks the lodge itself. Location from the lodge's own website.

Sources

Every fact on this page comes from one of these pages. The lodge’s own website is checked first; a booking agency is used where the lodge is silent.

Lodge website: garbuttsfishing.com

Lodge website

Booking agency

Maps and references

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