Campeche, Mexico

Tarpon Town

SaltwaterCampeche — walled historic centre

Tarpon Town is locally owned and has guided out of Campeche since 2004; in 2023 it opened a three-room lodge for six guests in a colonial house inside the walled old city. Baby and juvenile tarpon are fished all year from skiffs along the mangrove coast, in the creeks and on offshore grass banks, and there is no wading. Guests eat dinner at restaurants in town.

Published price
US$5,650 per person · 7 nights · 2027
Season
Year-round
Main fish
Tarpon
and 4 more
Guiding
1 guide to 2 anglers
6 guests at a time

Season

Year-round

Baby tarpon stay on the mangrove shore all year, and bigger juveniles school on the offshore grass banks in winter and spring. January to April is the peak for larger fish but can bring cold fronts, while May to October is the rainy season, with little wind.

The fishing

Water
Saltwater
Species
  • Tarpon
  • Snook
  • Snapper
  • Barracuda
  • Jack crevalle

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$5,650 per person · 7 nights · 2027

Per person for 7 nights and 6 fishing days in 2027, two to a room and a boat; single occupancy is US$6,950. Shorter stays start at US$3,450 for 4 nights and 3 days, the same week cost US$5,100 in 2026, and card payments carry a 3% fee.

Included

  • Transfers between the airport, marina and lodge
  • Lodging in the colonial guesthouse
  • Open bar and drinks at the house
  • Wi-Fi
  • Guided fishing
  • Breakfast at 5 am and a boat lunch
  • Fishing licences
  • Taxes
  • Marine liability insurance

Not included

  • Airfare
  • Tips
  • Fishing gear and tackle
  • Dinners
  • Laundry and personal items
  • Trip, medical and evacuation insurance

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

The lodge

Guests at a time
6
Guiding
1 guide to 2 anglers
Package
7 nights, 6 fishing days
For non-anglers
Yes
Wi-Fi
Yes
Established
2004

Getting there

Gateway airport
Mérida (MID), Manuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport
From there
Fly to Mérida, nonstop from Houston on United or through Miami or Dallas on American, or to Campeche by way of Mexico City. From Mérida the included private transfer takes about 1 hour 50 minutes on a four-lane highway, and the marina is a 7-minute drive from the lodge.
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The pin marks the nearest village or settlement, not the lodge building. Location from OpenStreetMap.

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: tarpontown.com

Lodge website

Booking agency

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