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The Lodge

All-inclusive lodging.

A luxury villa with a pool, a personal chef, and open-air common areas. Your group's basecamp, minutes from the boats on Guatemala's Pacific coast.

The villa

All-inclusive lodging, built around your group.

The villa is calm and unhurried. It feels less like a hotel and more like a house you came home to. For larger groups, we add lodging nearby so the trip scales without losing the feel.

It sits minutes from the dock, so mornings are easy: coffee from the chef, a short transfer, and you're on the water before the bite turns on.

Entry hallway with the Big Buoys logo inlaid in the floor at the Big Buoys villa, Puerto San José, Guatemala

What's included

Everything handled, all under one roof.

The villa is all-inclusive. These come standard for every group that books the lodge.

Villa lodging

Room for the whole group in comfort.

Pool

Cool off poolside between sessions on the water.

Chef-prepared meals

A personal chef cooks breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Air conditioning

Air-conditioned throughout for deep, easy sleep.

Open-air common areas

Lounge, dining, and bar that open to the pool deck.

Airport transfers included

Round-trip transfers between the airport and the lodge.

Open-plan living room, lounge, and dining area inside the Big Buoys villa, Puerto San José, Guatemala

Common areas

Open-plan living that opens to the pool.

The lounge, dining table, and bar flow out to the deck, where the group lands between sessions to swap fish stories, rig leaders, or sit back with a cold one.

Rooms & baths

Air-conditioned rooms for the whole group.

Comfortable, cooled rooms with walk-in showers, so everyone sleeps well and wakes up ready to fish.

An air-conditioned guest room in the Big Buoys villa, Puerto San José, Guatemala
Modern bathroom with a walk-in shower in the Big Buoys villa, Puerto San José, Guatemala
A guest room at the Big Buoys villa, Puerto San José, Guatemala

Dining & the chef

A personal chef, three meals a day.

A personal chef cooks breakfast, lunch, and dinner: fresh local seafood, hearty post-fishing spreads, and whatever your group is craving.

Guests sharing a chef-prepared meal at the long dining table in the Big Buoys villa, Guatemala
Full kitchen where the personal chef prepares meals at the Big Buoys lodge, Puerto San José, Guatemala
The Big Buoys villa with its pool and thatched palapa in Puerto San José, Guatemala

A pool, a palapa, and the Pacific minutes away.

The grounds wrap around a pool and shaded palapa, the spot for sundowners after a day on the water.

The included round-trip airport transfer van for Big Buoys lodge guests, Guatemala
Transportation included

Getting there

We handle the transfers, both ways.

Fly into Guatemala City. Round-trip airport transportation to the lodge is included, so once you land everything is handled.

The place

Puerto San José, on Guatemala's Pacific coast.

A short hop from Guatemala City to the most consistent billfishery in the world. We handle the transfer both ways.

  1. 1

    Fly into GUA

    Most guests route through Guatemala City (La Aurora Intl).

  2. 2

    We meet you

    Airport transfer to the lodge in Puerto San José. Included.

  3. 3

    You're on the coast

    About a 1.5 to 2 hour drive to the Pacific coast.

Colonia San Marino, Puerto San José, Guatemala
Illustrated map of Guatemala showing The Big Buoys lodge in Puerto San José on the Pacific coast, with the airport-transfer route from Guatemala City (La Aurora / GUA).

Book the villa for your group.

Tell us your dates and party size and we'll handle the rest.