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Great Blue Hole
Great Blue Hole Belize’s most popular emblem is the holy grail of diving. Recognized as one of the world’s top dive sites and a World Heritage Site along with the Belize Barrier Reef, the stunning, deep blue circular sinkhole is located on Lighthouse Reef atoll, one of three atolls in the Caribbea
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Government House
Government House Government House, also known as the House of Culture, is often called the most beautiful colonial building in Belize City. The stately mansion was built in 1812 for the purpose of housing the colonial government of British Honduras, but was later turned into a residence for the Qu
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El Pilar Mayan Ruins
El Pilar Mayan Ruins El Pilar is an ancient Maya city located at Belize’s border with Guatemala. It’s a Middle Pre-Classic and Late-Classic Mayan site, which is currently under excavation by the University of California. As the site is not very well excavated yet, tours to El Pilar tend to fo
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Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary Established in 1984, Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary is widely recognized to be one of the finest havens for bird-watching in all of Central America. Built on a network of lagoons, swamps, and estuaries, the sanctuary is home to thousands of both native and migrator
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Coral Gardens
Coral Gardens Coral Gardens is part of the Hol Chan Marine reserve and is set as a separate zone for its unusual and colorful coral formations, easily explored at relatively shallow depths of up to 13 feet. Schools of fish can be seen here, adding to the overall beauty and uniqueness of the coral.
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Community Baboon Sanctuary
Community Baboon Sanctuary Through the combined efforts of eight different villages, the Community Baboon Sanctuary is dedicated to protecting and preserving Belizes population of the Black Howler Monkey. The 18mi (29km) squared reserve in the dense Belize jungle contains hundreds of different tre
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Caye Caulker Marine Reserve
Caye Caulker Marine Reserve Located a half mile east from shore, the Caye Caulker Marine Reserve has been protected since 1998. There is an abundance of marine life here, just as much as Hol Chan Marine Reserve though in a smaller space.Dozens of stingrays and nurse sharks rush to and circle arriv
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Cahal Pech Maya Site & Museum (Cahal Pech)
Cahal Pech Maya Site & Museum (Cahal Pech) Located just a mile from the town center, Cahal Pech is a small but significant archeological reserve that can be visited in a couple of hours. The site, settled around 1,000 BC and abandoned in 800 AD, includes plazas, ball courts, an altar and even a ro
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Blue Hole National Park
Blue Hole National Park Belize’s Blue Hole National Park (officially St Herman’s Blue Hole National Park) sits near the capital city of Belmopan and is home to two cave systems (Crystal and St. Herman’s), along with nature trails and the jungle pool that gives rise to the park’s official name.The
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Big Rock Falls (Rio on Pools)
Big Rock Falls (Rio on Pools) Big Rock Falls is a large waterfall located in the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve that attracts a number of visitors who enjoy swimming and cliff jumping.Part of the Vaca Plateau, the falls can be reached via a short, but somewhat difficult, 15-minute hike. The tr
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Belmopan
Belmopan After Hurricane Hattie clobbered Belize City in 1961, the decision was made to move the capital and government offices inland. The town now called Belmopan, part of the Cayo District, was built and became the landlocked capital of Belize. Just an hour from Belize City, and equally close t
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Belize Botanic Gardens
Belize Botanic Gardens Located in the Cayo district of Belize, the Belize Botanic Gardens encompass 45 acres of native and exotic plants. The area was once cattle pasture prior to its purchase by an amateur botanist and his wife. Due to rising costs related to exporting Belize’s noted bananas and
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Barton Creek Cave
Barton Creek Cave A unique site among all the Mayan caves in Belize is Barton Creek, a tall river cave that was once used for sacrificial purposes and can be explored only by canoe. The striking features of this site and the adrenaline of touring it are the low stalactite, so low you will have to
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Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve
Bacalar Chico National Park and Marine Reserve Located on the northernmost tip of Ambergris Caye, Bacalar Chico is said to be one of the most pristine reserves in Belize. In addition to being a protected marine reserve since 1996, Bacalar Chico is a declared World Heritage Site, along with the Bel
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Macal River
Macal River Running through the beautiful Chiquibul Rainforest, the Macal River is one of the most diverse ecological areas in Belize. Being home to more than a dozen endangered species included the jaguar, the tapir, the scarlet macaw, and the black howler monkey, the Macal River Valley is heaven
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Turneffe Atoll
Turneffe Atoll The largest of three atolls in Belize and the Caribbean as a whole, Turneffe is known for offering some of the best diving in the country, thanks to deep walls filled with marine life. The most famous dive site is The Elbow, a steep drop off inhabited by beautiful eagle rays, snappe
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Rio Frio Cave
Rio Frio Cave There’s something ominous and strangely scintillating about approaching the mouth of a cave, where you don’t know exactly what lies within—but for some reason are tempted to explore. At the Rio Frio cave in Belize, the massive, 65 ft. entranceway is as alluring and enticing a cave en
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Green Hills Butterfly Ranch
Green Hills Butterfly Ranch It’s hard to imagine biodiversity that’s greater than Green Hills Butterfly Ranch. Though the focus here are the 30 species of butterflies that are researched and reared in the flight area, the ranch also featured over 120 plants species and hundreds of species of birds
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Caves Branch Outpost
Caves Branch Outpost About an hour outside of Belize City, Caves Branch Outpost has become the adventure capital of Belize. Perched on the Caves Branch River, the outpost offers a range of outdoor adventure activities, including cave tubing, kayaking, horseback riding, zip lining, rock climbing an
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Shark Ray Alley
Shark Ray Alley Part of the Hol Chan Marine Reserve, Shark Ray Alley is a zone where an impressive multitude of magnificent stingrays with four-foot wingspans and six-foot nurse sharks congregate every day. As fishermen came to this area of the reef to clean out their catch over the years, nurse s
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