WHIPPARI CAYE LODGE
The Lodge
The lodge is owned and operated by Julian and Beverly Cabral. Julian has been a guide here since his teens and knows the water like no one else, His family has long been a factor in the sport fishing business in Placencia. In fact he and his 13 brothers and sisters grew up on this island. To learn more about Julian and his approach to fishing jump to the fishing page. There are also some guest comments at the very bottom of this page.
The 4 guest cabanas are in two separate buildings made from hardwoods from the mainland. 
Each has a private bath with hot water. Electricity is from a generator during certain hours and then by battery after hours. Rain water is collected and saved for drinking water and showers.
The cabanas are quite comfortable with two double beds in each cabana. Mosquito nets are provided for the little buggers that come out certain nights when the temperature is just right. During the day it is too warm for them. A trade wind coming off the ocean is usually enough to keep you comfortable at night. There is no a/c, phone television etc in the rooms.
The main dining are is the Sea Urchin Restaurant and bar. This is where your meals are served and a convenient place to trade stories of permit inspecting but not eating your fly, or that school of 100 bonefish, or the tarpon you jumped early in the morning.
As you can imagine, lots of fresh seafood is served as well a a variety of other meals. This is not fish camp food it is Belizean cuisine grilled and cooked to perfection.
I have fished the Belizean waters once or twice a year every year since 1986. Thirteen times Julian has guided my wife and I. He is an excellent fly fisherman, boat handler and no one works harder. There are hundreds of flats and cayes but only so many are habitat for permit, bone fish and tarpon. Julian knows them all and considering the tides, wind velocity and direction can locate the right area to fish. Skillfully poling the boat or wading through the coral or sand flats Julian is able 9 out of 10 times to spot the elusive fish before his client. My thrill is wading close to the fish, and without spooking it with the fly line, present a fly that the fish takes and powerfully funs with.
Fishing with Julian is enhanced by staying at his caye 8 miles off the coast of Placencia. The location allows early dawn fishing and fishing local flats and cayes in weather that keeps other guides from leaving Placencia.
It is a marvelous experience staying at Whipray Caye, cared for by Julian and his lovely, friendly wife Beverly, enjoying very good food, trade winds and snorkeling and fishing around their caye.
BELIZE!
WHIPPARI CAYE LODGE
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