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Rum Lodge

Placement number: 0076
Location:  Belize
Preferred Languages: English
Date: May to August
Minimum Period : 2 weeks

You will be cosseted in a spacious exotic setting nestled in your own oasis, a sculpted dome Cabana within feet of the tranquil Caribbean or one of our air-conditioned Garden Suites. The social hub of the resort is the Main Lodge, a colonial style building dating from the 1950's. Here you will find the Library and the magnificent, hammock hung Verandah! Here also is our seaside tropical Dining Room where imaginative meals are created daily.

We share with you 10 beachfront Cabañas and 12 air-conditioned Suites with a special flair that will enhance your stay with us at Rum Point Inn. Each spacious room, with either a king or two queen beds and many with a convertible sofa, enjoys a private bath, ceiling fan, personal safe, coffee maker and refrigerator. These rooms are furnished with locally designed and made Belizean hardwood furniture, local art, and Guatemalan fabrics created especially for our lodge..

Amenities for guests include the garden pool with its soothing waterfall, our relaxing room for therapeutic massage and organic facial and body treatments, bicycles, snorkel gear, many beach chairs and shady palapas. Snorkel and dive instruction can be arranged right on the premises through our PADI dive shop, Rum Point Divers. Other services include a Gift Shop with many local crafts, a full service Bar and laundry service. USA direct telephone service, high speed Email and Internet Access. Our extensive Library, reputedly the largest private library in Belize, includes both books and magazines and covers Maya studies, Natural History, Belizean authors and history as well as a large assortment of reference materials, current fiction, Latin American authors, a book selection for children and some board games. These can be enjoyed in the Library, or, better yet, on the hammock-hung Verandah overlooking the beach and the Caribbean Sea. 

Role of Volunteer

We would volunteers to help with hosting the guests, construction work and teaching the local staff English.  The volunteers will also be expected to help with medial tasks around the lodge as well.

Especially looking for help with our computers and website design/managment .

Cost

Ask EcoTeer.com - contact@ecoteer.com .

Travel

You can catch a bus or fly from Belize City to Placencia Village where we can arrange a pick up for you.

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