Modern Hilltop Villa With Pool and onsite staff on a 50 acre private reserve

Kukulkan Villa is back on the rental pool starting March 17 after two years of private use. It took two years to build Kukulkan which we completed in 2006. A fantastic modern home home in a magnificent jungle setting we e even had to build the road through the jungle for 1.5 miles to reach our hilltop home site. I hope you read my description below but most importantly please read our customer reviews to get a good feel for this wonderful home and our great staff. Kukulkan Villa is a private 50 acre estate yet only minutes from San Ignacio town. We built Kukulkan with a modern open design to blend with the environment and really melt into the scenery. Kukulkan is off the grid and an environmentally friendly green home with 8 KW of solar power and deep cycle batteries providing power with a back up butane generator for our rainy days. Our spacious bedrooms have A/C but you will barely need it as nights are pleasantly cool and the breeze flows freely with great ventilation and quiet modern fans. Yet we have high speed wifi and cable as well as apple tv and Roku. Our Belizean hardwood floors cross the 140 foot expanse of the this one story villa with its 3 large bedrooms. Each bedroom has its own private marble bathroom and walk in shower. In addition we have a 1/2 bath near the 1200 Square foot living room. This room which we call the 'Great Room' includes a dining and living areas all looking out over the dramatic Macal River Valley. We also have over 2,000 Square Feet of 3 separate hardwood decks overlooking hills across the river and our swimming pool which is just beside the deck. The pool sits high up off the ground as does the deck level and is quite unique with a fan shape and blue glass tiles and an infinity edge overlooking the valley. The staff house has two units and houses two Mayan families who look after the property and the guests. We have a barbed wire fence around the 5 acre house compound as well as extensive trails going through the 50 acres of jungle and a lovely orchard area close to the river. Its all amazingly green and beautiful. Leonardo and Manuel will help you explore the property if you want to take hikes or take a kayak on the river. And Adelita can make you fresh hand made flour tortillas or give you a lesson on home made tortilla making. Leonardo our manager is also a licensed tour guide and can pick you up at the airport and take you in our big truck or his pathfinder on a variety of tours around the area including visiting mayan ruins, or zip lining or swimming in a remote mountain stream and visiting the 1,000' waterfalls of the Pine Ridge or just go to Francis Ford Coppola's hotel in the mountains to have some pizza. If your group is too large to fit in our vehicles we can easily arrange to hire a larger van for your transportation including airport pick up and side trips. Of course you can rent a vehicle and drive yourself but you will need a 4 wheel drive in Belize and for little more expense we generally recommend allowing a good Belizean tour guide to do your driving whether on a long trip or even to go into San Ignacio for dinner. Do take time to just relax at the house. You can just unwind in the pool or on the deck and cook out on our outdoor grill. Leonardo has wood ready and will get the fire going or do the whole barbq for you. or you can cook on our Viking stove and oven in our large kitchen or have a Mayan treat made for you by Adelita who makes the world's best flour tortillas and other local foods that are quite delicious. Adelita will also provide daily housekeeping for you and be there whenever you need her. She is a wonderful lady and her 16 year old and 12 year old daughters are very happy as they just got a baby brother in 2016. Don't be surprised if Adelita carries her little baby over while she cleans the house. If you prefer to go to town for dinner we are located only 10 minutes from San Ignacio which is a town of 15,000 with many local restaurant choices. Nearby resorts also provide some fine dining options. We love Guava Limb in San Ignacio or by appointment an evening at Chaa Creek restaurant which is only 15 minutes away. Driving you to town and taking you back home is no problem and we charge only $25 to cover costs for the vehicle use. Again I really suggest you just let Leonardo do the driving as driving in Belize especially outside of the towns at night can be a challenge with unlit roadways. Your rental includes daily maid service and if you don't come in your own car (remember to always get 4 wheel drive for Belize) you can have use of our 6-7 seat truck with our driver and villa manager Leonardo who knows the country and will drive you. If you have a rental car you can still have Leonardo drive or accompany you if you wish at no additional cost. In fact our staff of three will always be there for whatever you need day or night. Although we are just a few miles from town this hidden location will let you see more toucans flying at eye level and parrots squawking above you than you can imagine and the amazing star studded night sky and sounds and soft breeze of the jungle will gently lull you to sleep. Although off the beaten track we have more modern conveniences than most hotels in Belize with Wifi throughout the house complimentary and a 60 inch TV with satellite connection and with Netflix as well as a USA phone for calls to or from the states and we will leave you a local cell phone for your convenience should you need it and to communicate with our staff who are always onsite and nearby and available for anything you need. And please remember Leonardo is a licensed tour guide and quite involved in the association and is there 100% for you during your stay. He can take you or accompany you to many local activities or call in the right tour company or specialist to get you where you want to go whether for kayak or canoe trips, for bird watching or for trips to local ruins or Guatemala ruins like Tikal. He can also pick you up and drop you off at the airport and find you the right restaurant or cook ribs on the open fire for you in the evening or take you to my property in the mountains or Francis Coppola's hotel near my swimming hole for a good pizza. Just let Leonardo know what you want in advance of your arrival and he will have everything arranged. You will be given his direct email as well as cell phone number after you are booked. Kukulkan is located just 10 minutes away from the town of San ignacio yet will feel a hundred miles away although occasionally the sounds from a nearby village across the river come drifting over. The Moh family who will be taking care of you are pure Mayan and from the south of Belize. They also live on the property in their own house a hundred yards away. The property is fenced in and there are two friendly but protective large dogs who stay outside. We can have them put in a fenced area if you like but they are really quite friendly to guests. Leonardo and Adelita have two lovely daughters, Lulu nows 12 and Sherrie who is 16 and now their baby brother born in September 2016. Manuel who takes care of the grounds and helps Leonardo also has his wife and 8 year old daughter on the property and a new baby boy too! Your stay at Kukulkan will be staying in a very special home built on a unique and amazing site and is a property very sensitive to the environment. In addition to solar power almost all the lighting is LED and our water source is rain from the sky with 25,000 gallons of storage. We really want our guests to get a feel for this special environment including the sounds of the evenings and the roar of life all around you as the sun sets and rises. It is just an amazing experience. In the evenings between 7-11pm when you look out from our decks over the river valley below you will often see clouds forming and curving above the gentle angles of the twisting and turning Macal River below . It's an amazing site as these clouds form and slowly rise so that on a typical night by midnight or 1am you are quite literally sleeping in the clouds. That is why although the sun rises facing the bedroom windows each morning we have no curtains as the clouds that form in the night protect you from the morning sun and become a natural curtain diffusing light until they burn off later in the morning. (don't worry it's very private. No one but the birds can see inside) Come to Kukulkan and I promise you will remember it all your life. If you have an eye for deep green forests and natural beauty and the sounds of birds and nature and would enjoy some oxygen therapy by living amidst the freshest air in the tropics this is most definitely the place for you. But of course you will also get to relax and be pampered. Kukulkan is also perfectly located for any trips you wish to take in the region whether to nearby Tikal in "Guatemala or Zip lining in the Pine Ridge. And should you wish a spa treatment we will take you right over to the nearby Chaa Creek Spa or have a masseuse come over to the house to take care of you right on the deck. I invite you to enjoy this very special home in a most wonderful location. -----Alvin