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( 4326-6253;
www.hhpedro.com
; dm/s/d Q96/ 152/208; )
About 150m from the north shore junc-
tion, this two-level wooden structure has a relaxed environment, with plenty of hammocks
in the patio and along the verandas. Recycled elements are cleverly incorporated into the
decor of the spacious rooms, which feature big fans and lacy curtains. Guests can use the
kitchen.
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Along the North Shore Road
Casa de Ernesto $
( 4915-8309; hotelcasadernesto@gmail.com; Jo- bompiche Rd; s/d Q100/150, without bathroom Q40/80; )
Ernesto and his clan offer cool and comfortable adobe huts in the woods plus four two-
room blocks. Canoe rentals, horseback riding to Laguna Sacpetén and expeditions for the
great white fish are among the activities offered.
BUNGALOW
HOSTEL
Casa de Doña Tonita $
( 5767-4065; dm/s/d Q30/60/80)
This friendly family-run place has four basic, adequately
ventilated rooms, each with two single beds, in a two-story clapboard
rancho (small
house-like building),
plus a dorm over the restaurant, which serves tasty, reasonably
priced meals. There's just one shower. Across the road is a fine perch for sunset gazing.
Posada del Cerro $$
BUNGALOW
( 5376-8722;
www.posadadelcerro.com
; s/d Q220/ 330; )
This ecologically sound op-
tion blends brilliantly into its jungle setting, close enough to the Cerro Cahui nature re-
serve to hear the monkeys howl the evening in. Ten thoughfully furnished rooms occupy
stone-and-hardwood houses and solitary huts scattered over the hillside; one is open to the
woods with its own lake-view deck.
Herbs from the forest are stirred into local recipes in the neat, thatched-roof restaurant.
La Casa de Don David $$
( 5306-2190;
www.lacasadedondavid.com
; Jobompiche Rd; s/d incl breakfast from Q235/360; restaurant
6:30am-9pm; )
Just west of the junction, this full-service outfit has spotless, modern
rooms with Maya textiles for decor. All rooms feature verandas and hammocks facing the
broad garden that's been cultivated into an incredible aviary. Drinks are conveyed to the
new lakefront deck via the Toucan Express, invented by owner David Kuhn (the original
Gringo Perdido).
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