La Milpa featured in The Times
Deep in the forests of the northwest, this simple lodge is three miles from La Milpa archaeological site, one of 60 lying along the Rio Bravo. It was here that a royal Maya tomb was found, along with a male skeleton in a jewelled necklace. Guests at the lodge can choose between private cabanas with baths and roofs thatched with botan palm leaves, or beds in six dorms, with fans and mosquito nets. The company also operates the Bank Hill Field Station on the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area, home to crocodiles and yellow-headed parrots. It was built by British buccaneers and enslaved people from Africa, and was a centre for mahogany harvesting for 300 years. Now it does the opposite, running projects to conserve and protect the rainforest.
