All the rooms face the ocean with doors and windows that open to allow the Mayan sea breeze to flow into your room and into your hearts ( Sounds like a Yoga commercial) Anyway back to the lodge. There is a central restaurant and bar that will be the center of your activities over the next few days. ( evening Margaritas anyone?)

After a good nights sleep the fisherman will meet right after breakfast at the dining room and head out for a day of bone fishing or permit fishing – even a grand slam is possible every day of the year. You are actually just a few miles from Belize! There are flats just a few minutes from the lodge and some of the most spectacular flats of Chetumal Bay are just 20 minutes away by boat. The Bay is larger than Ascension Bay with extremely diverse terrain. Some flat are hard white sand other can be grassy or some can be mucky. The shoreline is mostly mangroves with the occasional deserted beach. Wading allows both anglers in the boat to fish and gets us closer to the fish. The flies we use tend to be lighter versions of the typical bonefish flies. These fish hang out in very thin water so sometimes no weight at all is best. Brown or pink seen to be the hot colors with tan and white a close second!

The boats are locally made Pangas specially adapted for fly fishing with a large casting platform up front.

The restaurant and bar is at your service each evening and the menu offers plenty of the freshest fish and lobster ( in season) each evening as well as choices of chicken and other dishes each evening. Breakfast is served as early as you need based on the fishing schedule you and your guide will work out. It is a simple continental breakfast. Lunch consisting of sandwiches, snacks, fruit , water and beer are provided on board the boat ( or at the restaurant if you are not fishing that day)

We have 5 staff guides that have been hand picked and trained by the owners of Costa de Cocos. Having staff guides gives us reliable , oredictable fishing with English speaking guides. They can help you cast better, they will spot fish that are unspottable, they will enjoy being out on the water as much as you. They are proud to be guiding as it is a prestigious job in this area. The boats we use are the local pangas carefully adapted for fly fishing. All are equipped with large forward casting decks, safety gear, all have radio contact with lodge in case of an emergency. With unlimited access to gas they are not afraid to travel to distant areas if that is where the fishing is good.

Here is a list of the basics you will need for your trip.  Many of our destinations are pretty remote with no chance to buy things on site.

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Tie a few patterns with just the weight of the eyes as a variable 1 with lead eyes, 1 with chain, 1 with small chain, and 1 with no weight or mono eyes just to make sure you have flies for very skinny water all the way to waist deep water. Presentation seems to be much more important than fly selection.
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Why book it through us when you could book direct?

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Our Pledge

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Kayaking: Rent a kayak for day paddles along the reef OR to a nearby Yucatan lagoon and explore the mangrove jungle from the inside. We have both tandem and single (Wilderness Systems Sealution) kayaks available.

Rentals: $3.00 per hour or $15.00 full day.
The reef is easily accessed by Kayak. Located along Mexico´s Caribbean coastline, the Great Maya Reef is the second largest reef in the world. Enjoy sea kayaking in a pristine environment.

Please contact us for groups of 6-12 people for a customized kayak river trip.

Snorkel: You can snorkel on your own as the reef is just a little ways off the shore or you can go on organized snorkeling tours that leave right form the dock.Diving: Costa de Cocos maintains its own dive shop as well. Starting in Isla Mujeres and running the entire way down to Costa Rica stretches the second longest reef in the world. One portion of this Costa Maya Barrier Reef lies a short distance away from our front steps. Here, you will find, the local diving along this reef is more than exceptional. Within a 5 to 20 minute boat ride off our dock, we have many dive sites available. With the guidance of our dive masters, you can experience walls, canyons, chimneys or “blue holes” offering incredible views of corals, fans, sponges, turtles and a variety of tropical fish. There is something to see at any depth, whether you are a novice or an expert: all levels are welcome. We can take your diving experience to another level: from your first scuba experience all the way to instructor’s level including specialty courses, right here on site. Here, at secluded Costa de Cocos, you will find yourself diving in an almost private domain.If snorkeling is more your style, a short swim off our dock finds you amidst incredible coral heads in the protected water on the inside of a barrier reef.

Here you will view tropical fish, rays, turtles, live corals and numerous types of crustaceans. Our boat excursions to other areas of the reef offer opportunities to view different coral formations.

If creating your own adventure is more to your taste, sea kayaks are available.

Whether you are diving, snorkeling or paddling, our full dive shop is equipped with rental gear for all your needs

A two-hour trip or 30 kms. offshore is Chinchorro Bank, Mexico’s largest coral atoll. 240 square miles of jagged reefs create a ring of coral with depths that range between 2 and 25 meters. Beyond the reef the depth of the water plunges dramatically to a 1000 meter deep channel that separates Chinchorro from the mainland.
Spectacular coral formations and abundant marine life aside, Chinchorro offers divers excitement few others reefs can match. It’s a veritable graveyard of ships! The sea floor is littered with the wrecks of vessels that have foundered on the reefs over the centuries. Divers can explore Spanish galleons as well as the rusting hulks of modern cargo ships like the 120m. long, 12m. high Glenview, which ran aground in 1960.

In order to protect Chinchorro’s reefs, marine life, shipwrecks and wildlife, the Mexican government intends to declare the area a reserve.

“Chinchorro” refers to a ‘fishing net like bag’ and is the namesake of three small islands; Cayo Norte, Cayo Lobos and Cayo Centro (which is the biggest of the three). A community of fisherman live in wooden stilt houses over the water. Their only communication with the mainland is by radio.

Around these three small islands there are numerous shipwrecks in various stages of decay, some completely engulfed by the coral reef. A galvanized metal lighthouse that operates on solar cells warns mariners of the hazard. Numerous marine birds like pelicans, ducks, gulls, etc., frequent Chinchorro and coconut palms thrive on the islands.

Take a day trip to San Pedro on Ambergris Caye, Belize by boat and spend most of the day in town.

Birding: Tours to Bird Island with English speaking guides. Several bird rookeries are found in Chetumal Bay.

Jungle Tours: Experience a variety of natural settings as you are led by experienced guides, on foot and in canoes, through savannah, lake, bush and jungle. Tours leave out of Pedro A. Santos on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Other Attractions Include: Laguna Bacalaar, The Blue Cenote, Chetumal and the Mayan ruins. Each area has spectacular sites, shops, museums, colorful markets and fabulous restaurants.
The Mayan Ruins of Dzibanche and Kohunlich
Historical information about these sites was taken from INAH’s plaques at each location.

Dzibanche means “writing on wood” and is one of southern Quintana Roo’s premiere ruins sites. Its inhabitants settled on some 40 square kilometers of hilly land surround by plains. They built stone temples for worshipping their gods, as well as homes and public buildings that comprised the backbone of their society and the structure for their day to day lives. Dzibanche has been dated back to the Classic period, 300-900 AD.
Kohunlich was a Mayan city that was built in the early 6th century AD and abandoned during the 7th or 8th centuries. Its original name is now lost; and it is now known as “Kohunlich”, from the English “Cohoon Ridge”, a reference to a particular type of palm tree which is plentiful at the site. Its architecture resembles the Rio Bec style to the south in Campeche, and the Peten style of northern Guatemala and Belize. These two styles tie Kohunlich to other important areas inhabited by the ancient Maya.

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