Riverfront Jungle Ecolodge at Happy Iguana Marina

A two-bedroom cabin for up to eight on the banks of the Río Dulce, the river that runs from Lake Izabal through a rainforest gorge to the Caribbean at Lívingston. It belongs to a small marina, so you can arrive by car or by boat, tie up at a slip, and take the lancha into Río Dulce town. The cabin is the comfortable option on a river where most stays are rustic: air conditioning, Starlink Wi-Fi, two bathrooms, six beds and a swimming pool that the host rightly calls one of the few in the area. Monkeys, iguanas and herons work the grounds, and the listing puts the regional bird count above 770 species. Five years of hosting and a 4.88 across nearly 180 reviews. From here the gorge boat trip, the Castillo de San Felipe and the hot-spring waterfall at Finca El Paraíso are all easy days.