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Blancaneaux Lodge

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Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve , Central Farm
San Ignacio , Belize
(800) 746-3743

COST: $$

<p><strong>The Setting:</strong> Spot rare howler monkeys and iguanas from the safety of this idyllic, horseshoe-shaped tub designed by Oscar-winning production designer Dean Tavoularis at Francis Ford Coppola's Blancaneaux Lodge in Belize. Made from thousands of pieces of local granite and built by local stone craftsmen, it sits in a hillside amid the same kind of lush jungle paradise Coppola fell in love with while filming <em>Apocalypse Now</em>.</p> <p><strong>Bonus:</strong> The resort's ultra-green hydroelectric plant heats the 11,000-gallon hot tub with the excess electricity it generates.</p>

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From Travel + Leisure , OCT 2003

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Last updated March 2009

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