Jungle Water Belize - Tours, Adventures, Excursions, Maya Ruins, Scuba Diving, Fishing in Belize
The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center was started in 1983, as a last ditch effort to provide a home for a collection of wild animals which had been used in making documentary films about tropical forests. Shortly after the backyard "zoo" began, it was quickly realized that its Belizean Visitors were unfamiliar with the different species of wild life that shared their country. This very aspect fermented the commitment to develop the little zoo into a dynamic wildlife education center.Today, The Belize Zoo is settled upon 29 acres of tropical savanna and exhibits over 125 animals all native to Belize. The Zoo keeps animals that were orphaned, born at the zoo, rehabilitated animals, or s Feel at once with nature on the exciting Belize Zip Line Canopy Tour Adventure. Belize is World Famous for the lush Tropical Rainforest, Nature Diversity, Majestic Trees, Outstanding Wildlife and Bio-diversity, this tour is by far one of the best methods to view it all at a canopy level.The drive will take you to the Western Highway for approximately 50 minutes where you will reach the limestone hills of Belize. Once at the Zip Line location the guides will help you with your gear, your harness, helmet and hand gear in preparation for your aerial adventure. A short 5 minute walk in this amazing natural rainforest will bring you to the start of the excursion where you will once again be instr Caves tell the history of Belize. They were an intricate part of the Maya religion and culture. Caves were used as the Maya ceremonial sites, and one can still find evidence of ceremonial activities for substantial distances inside the caves. Relics, (mostly shards of pottery are extremely common).The best way to go through these sacred Maya caves is to float. Less than a half hour drive south to Belmopan, the nation's capital, is a jungle covered mountain range riddled with limestone caves, circular sinkholes and underground rivers. And you can take a guided float trip on a inner-tube through one of the many flooded caves known for their crystalline stalactites and thousand year old artifac The Xunantunich Maya Ruins are by far the ruins with the most archeological importance in the country of Belize. Situated in the tropical rainforest, the temples of Xunantunich are west of Belize City closest to the Guatemalan border in the beautiful Cayo District. Xunantunich contains one of the tallest Maya structures found in Belize, built on grandiose hilltops overlooking the Mopan River. Additionally, the sculptures found here at Xunantunich are the most detailed and intricate of those found in Belize.You will be heading by van to the beautiful Cayo District; a Belize District we like to refer to as "A Tropical Switzerland", with rolling green lawns, palm trees, plantations and mountain
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The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center was started in 1983, as a last ditch effort to provide a home for a collection of wild animals which had been used in making documentary films about tropical forests. Shortly after the backyard "zoo" began, it was quickly realized that its Belizean Visitors were unfamiliar with the different species of wild life that shared their country. This very aspect fermented the commitment to develop the little zoo into a dynamic wildlife education center.Today, The Belize Zoo is settled upon 29 acres of tropical savanna and exhibits over 125 animals all native to Belize. The Zoo keeps animals that were orphaned, born at the zoo, rehabilitated animals, or s Feel at once with nature on the exciting Belize Zip Line Canopy Tour Adventure. Belize is World Famous for the lush Tropical Rainforest, Nature Diversity, Majestic Trees, Outstanding Wildlife and Bio-diversity, this tour is by far one of the best methods to view it all at a canopy level.The drive will take you to the Western Highway for approximately 50 minutes where you will reach the limestone hills of Belize. Once at the Zip Line location the guides will help you with your gear, your harness, helmet and hand gear in preparation for your aerial adventure. A short 5 minute walk in this amazing natural rainforest will bring you to the start of the excursion where you will once again be instr Caves tell the history of Belize. They were an intricate part of the Maya religion and culture. Caves were used as the Maya ceremonial sites, and one can still find evidence of ceremonial activities for substantial distances inside the caves. Relics, (mostly shards of pottery are extremely common).The best way to go through these sacred Maya caves is to float. Less than a half hour drive south to Belmopan, the nation's capital, is a jungle covered mountain range riddled with limestone caves, circular sinkholes and underground rivers. And you can take a guided float trip on a inner-tube through one of the many flooded caves known for their crystalline stalactites and thousand year old artifac The Xunantunich Maya Ruins are by far the ruins with the most archeological importance in the country of Belize. Situated in the tropical rainforest, the temples of Xunantunich are west of Belize City closest to the Guatemalan border in the beautiful Cayo District. Xunantunich contains one of the tallest Maya structures found in Belize, built on grandiose hilltops overlooking the Mopan River. Additionally, the sculptures found here at Xunantunich are the most detailed and intricate of those found in Belize.You will be heading by van to the beautiful Cayo District; a Belize District we like to refer to as "A Tropical Switzerland", with rolling green lawns, palm trees, plantations and mountain
