Belen River Tarpon Lodge is the first full-service Panama sports fishing lodge on the Caribbean coastline. The Belen River Tarpon Lodge is located in a small fishing village called, Belen, near the mouth of the infamous Rio Belen – home to enormous schools of Tarpon and other sports fishing favorites.
Belen is the location where Christopher Columbus landed on his fourth exploration of the Americas in 1503. This quaint village is home to about 100 people of mixed American Indian ancestry comprising approximately 30 households. Belen is approximately 70 miles (112 km) west of the city of Colon and approximately 100 miles (160 km) east of city of Bocas Del Toro and is part of the province of Colon – situated just east of the border shared by Colon and Veraguas provinces in Central-West Panama.
Belen River Tarpon Lodge is located on the pristine Caribbean coastline just a few minutes walk from the center of Belen at the mouth of the Belen River – which today is just as it was the day Columbus landed there over 500 years ago.
Route from the Airport to the Lodge: The map above outlines the 223kms/138 mile route from Tocumen International Airport to Panama City (18kms/11 miles), Panama City to the Shelter Bay Marina (87kms/ 54 miles), Shelter Bay Marina to the Belen River Tarpon Lodge (118kms/73 miles). To enlarge the picture for a clearer view, click anywhere on the picture. To return to this page, click the “back” tab at the top left of your browser.
