Questions & Answers

Our clubhouse (including gym, sauna, and steam room) and outdoor fire pit are open year round.  Our outdoor salt water pool and spa are seasonal and open from the May long weekend to October of each year.  Exact and opening and closing day are established based on weather.  Kayak, paddle board and paddle boat rentals are available from June to September.  

All buoys are assigned based on your lodge number and you are guaranteed the use of your lodge’s buoy for the duration of your reservation.  We are unable to assign more than one buoy per lodge.  

Due to parking restraints, there are no trailers permitted on site at any time.  Trailer and vehicle overflow storage is available across from our resort thanks to our good neighbors.  Alternatively, you may contact Finz Bar & Grill, Bayside Marina, or Shuswap Marina to arrange trailer storage. 

Please note that all storage areas including overflow parking are subject to a storage/parking fee that is not included in your rental.

Our resort is semi-pet friendly.  Pets weighing over 25lbs are not permitted on any common property.  Any pets weighing under 25lbs must remain leashed at all times and follow our strict pet rules.  In addition, pets are not permitted in the pool or clubhouse area. 

We have three lodges within the resort that will consider pets.  We must be provided with the pet’s age, breed, and size at the time of the reservation.  Please note that any approved pets are subject to a pet fee of $25.00/night/pet. 

The Shuswap is full of opportunity for all ages.  Our area is known for warm lakes, golf, farmers’ markets, wineries, hiking trails, and of course water activities.   We have an amazing tourism program that will connect you with your perfect journey!  Visit Shuswap Tourism for more information.

Shuswap Lake Estates is located approximately 1.5 kms from the resort.  If you are up for a short drive into Salmon Arm, you will find the Canoe Creek Golf Course or the Salmon Arm Golf Club.  Another beautiful course which is located on Little Shuswap Lake is the Talking Rock Golf.

We do not offer seadoo or boat rentals directly on site; however, we do offer rentals for water toys such as kayaks, paddle boards and paddle boats.  There are many other rental options within 1-5 kms of the resort.

Finz Resort, Bar & Grill is located approximately 1 kms from the resort and offers boat, jet ski, and paddle board rentals.

Bayside Rentals is located approximately 3 kms from the resort and offers seadoo and boat rentals.  In addition, they offer many water toys including single, double & triple tubes, wakeboards, waterskis, and wakesurf boards.

Shuswap Marina is located approximately 5 kms from the resort and offers a large selection of seadoo and boat rentals.  In addition, they offer many water toys including kayak and paddle boards, banana boats, skis, wakeskate, kneeboards, wakeboards, and single, double & triple tubes.

We are conveniently located within 125 kms from the Kelowna International Airport or 95 kms from the Kamloops Airport.

You can access the Carmel Beach Private Lodges from Eagle Bay Road or from the Shuswap Lake.

Carmel Beach Private Lodges offers wedding accommodations only.  We suggest for you to use a wedding planner to customize your event.  We are a limited service resort and do not have a restaurant on site.  Your wedding planner can assist you with all of your catering, wedding planning, accommodation organization, and set up and take down for the event.  We will be with you every step of the way and will help you any way possible.