11 Caribbean Vacations You’ve Never Thought of Taking, From a Rainforest Rum Distillery to a 300-Year-Old Dockyard

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Copal Tree.

Stay at a Rum Distillery in the Belize Rainforest

Rum usually comes at the end of the day.

At Copal Tree Lodge, it’s part of the destination.

Hidden in the rainforest outside Punta Gorda, the luxury lodge sits on an organic farm that also produces Copalli Rum, distilled from estate-grown sugar cane.

Guests can tour the distillery, walk through cacao and spice plantations, paddle nearby rivers, visit Maya villages and return each evening to a lodge surrounded by jungle.

Meals feature ingredients harvested on the property, making the entire stay feel deeply connected to southern Belize.

It’s one of the Caribbean’s most distinctive luxury experiences—and one almost nobody thinks about.

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