About this hotel
General information
Ka'ana Resort is an intimate boutique hotel on the edge of the rainforest just outside San Ignacio, in Belize's western Cayo District. Its name means 'heavenly place' in the Maya language. Rooms, suites and villas are scattered through lush gardens on an estate of about 17 acres, with interiors that pair clean lines and modern comfort with Belizean textures, colours and artisan textiles.
The hotel revolves around its own organic garden, which sends herbs, fruit and seasonal produce to the kitchen of La Ceiba and into the cocktails at The Wallace, while eggs for breakfast come from the chicken coop on the grounds. There is an infinity pool, Ool Spa, yoga, a concierge and a 24-hour front desk, and the hotel's team plans days out to ancient Maya cities, caves, rivers and waterfalls across the district.
Location
The hotel lies just outside San Ignacio in the Cayo District. The archaeological site of Cahal Pech is about 4 km away (around 7 minutes by car), and Xunantunich above the Mopan River about 6 km (around 18 minutes). The San Ignacio airstrip is 2 km away and Belize's international airport (near Belize City) 114 km; the drive from Belize City takes about 1 hour 43 minutes. The hotel arranges private transfers from the airport, where a guide meets guests, as well as helicopter flights over rainforest, rivers and waterfalls.
Spa
Ool Spa is a small spa set among tropical gardens. Treatments take place in quiet indoor rooms or outdoors beneath the trees: aromatherapy massages, herbal steam baths, organic facials, and scrubs and wraps made with cacao, coffee, sugar and local herbs. After active days there are cooling aloe and chamomile treatments for sun-exposed skin and massages for tired muscles after hiking. Treatments can also be booked in the villas.
Sports & leisure
The hotel has an infinity pool and a fitness room. Complimentary yoga takes place among the trees on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and private yoga or Pilates sessions can be booked in advance. Each evening guests gather around the fire in the garden, and on clear nights the grounds lend themselves to stargazing. The hotel's team arranges guided days out:
- cave tubing through river caves and a zip-line over the forest canopy
- Barton Creek Cave, explored by canoe
- the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve: pine forest, granite outcrops, swimming at Big Rock Falls and the Rio Frio Cave
- a day on the river by pontoon: swimming in natural pools, river tubing, waterfalls and a barbecue lunch on board
- Xunantunich, with temples and plazas on a limestone ridge overlooking the valleys, reached by a hand-cranked ferry across the Mopan River
- Caracol, a large ancient Maya city deep in the rainforest of the Cayo District
- guided birdwatching
Restaurants & bars
Cooking at Ka'ana draws on its own garden, and dinner need not stay in the restaurant.
- La Ceiba — the main restaurant, set in a farmhouse-style room: American-Belizean cooking and a chef's menu built on seasonal produce, much of it from the organic garden, with a considered wine list; 24 seats inside and 24 outside, hand-pressed corn tortillas in the morning and a candlelit five-course dinner in the evening
- The Wallace — a fireside courtyard bar with signature cocktails made with garden herbs, fresh takes on the classics, wines from the hotel's cellar, local beers and small plates
- Garden Fire Feast — an open-air dinner in the garden, with seasonal ingredients cooked over open flames
- Garden Gathering Breakfast — breakfast in the garden, where guests can collect eggs from the chicken coop and have them cooked for the table
- private dining — beneath the stars, in the garden, by the pool, in the wine cellar or on the terrace of a suite or villa
Room service is also available.
Swimming
The outdoor infinity pool is framed by palms and tropical garden, with drinks served to the loungers. The Master Suite and all villas have pools of their own, and the Villa Signature Suites share a pool with a sun deck.
Rooms
Nine categories: five Balam rooms in a hacienda-style house, the Casita Suites and Master Suites, private pool villas, and Signature villas with one, two or three bedrooms. Guests in the private pool villas have a personal butler; in the Signature villas a butler and a chef are available on request.
Every room has air conditioning, high-thread-count linen, coffee and tea, free Wi-Fi and a safe; the rooms, suites and private pool villas also have a minibar, a flat-screen TV, robes and a hairdryer, with housekeeping twice a day.
Balam Room
One of five rooms in a hacienda-style house, with a private entrance, a queen-size bed and an outdoor sitting area overlooking the pool or the tropical garden. For one or two guests.
Casita Suite
A suite with two queen-size beds, a sitting area, a terrace and a balcony; its private garden holds an outdoor shower, an outdoor bathtub and loungers. Sleeps up to four.
Master Suite
A suite with a California king bed, locally inspired decor and decks front and back; the garden has a private plunge pool and an outdoor shower. For one or two guests.
One Bedroom Private Pool Villa
A villa off a secluded garden path, with a separate bedroom with a California king bed, a terrace, private gardens, a plunge pool and an outdoor shower. Looked after by a personal butler; for two guests.
Two Bedroom Private Pool Villa
A two-bedroom villa: a king-size bed in the main bedroom and two twin beds or a king-size bed in the second; a living area, outdoor living and dining spaces, a plunge pool, an outdoor shower and a private garden. Personal butler; sleeps up to four.
One Bedroom Signature Villa
A secluded villa with a king-size bedroom, an open-air bathroom with a rain shower, a private pool and sun deck in the garden, and a lounging pergola. Breakfast and spa treatments can be served in the villa, with a butler on request; for two guests.
Villa Signature Suite - Shared Pool & Garden
A self-contained one-bedroom suite within the Three Bedroom Signature Villa, with a king-size bed, a bathroom with indoor and outdoor rain showers and a garden terrace; the pool, sun deck and lounge area are shared with the neighbouring suites. For one or two guests.
Two Bedroom Signature Villa
Two king-size bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms opening onto the garden, an open living and dining area with a kitchenette, indoor gardens, a wide terrace and a private pool. Butler and chef on request; sleeps up to six.
Three Bedroom Signature Villa
A villa with three king-size bedrooms, each with its own bathroom and garden, a central living pavilion, a 42 m² deck and an open-air dining pergola, a private pool and sun terraces. Chef and spa treatments on request; sleeps up to nine.
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