Belize National Parks, Reserves, and National Monuments:
Belize Parks Home Bacalar Chico
Bird Sanctuaries
Burdon Canal Nature Reserve
Blue Hole National Park, St. Herman's Cave
Great Blue Hole, Lighthouse Reef
Chiquibul National Park and Caracol
Cockscomb Wildlife Sanctuary, Jaguar Reserve
Columbia River Forest Reserve
Community Baboon Sanctuary
Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary
Five Blues Lake National Park Glover's Reef Marine Reserve
Half Moon Caye Natural Monument
Hol Chan Marine Reserve
Laughing Bird Caye
Marco Gonzales
Mexico Rocks
Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve
Payne's Creek National Park
Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area
Shark Ray Alley
Shipstern Nature Reserve and Butterfly Farm
Turneffe Atoll
Click here for a rotating panorama of the view from the top of the largest temple at Lamanai. Click here for a view from the "Center Court" of the Grand Plaza at Tikal. Click here for pictures of an overnight trip to the Blue Hole and Belize Atolls Click here for pictures of diving Hol Chan and Shark Ray AlleyClick here for a look at the trip up the New River to the large Maya settlement of Lamanai. Click here for maps of Belize and Ambergris Caye Click here for a large (139k) map of Belize, with many parks and roads marked. Click here for a look at the trip up the New River to the large Maya settlement of Lamanai. Click here for an excellent overview of the Belize National Parks, Reserves, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Natural Monuments, and Conservation sites. Detailed information on each of 22 locations.
SUGGESTED ITINERARY FOR A WEEK ON THE ISLAND Day One: Relax. Decompress. Forget about the real world. Take a lazy walk through town. Day Two: Relax some more. Take a snorkel trip to Hol Chan and Shark-Sting Ray Alley (or go diving). Day Three: Bike or cart to the North End. Walk the beach and have lunch at one of the North End beach hotels or have a seaside picnic. Day Four: Take a day trip to Lamanai or Altun Ha ruins or to the Belize Zoo. Day Five: Take a catamaran or other boat trip to Caye Caulker, or take a day trip to the Belize Zoo and Western Belize. Day Six: Bike or cart to the south end of the island. Take a snorkel trip to Mexico Rocks (or go diving.) Day Seven: Relax and start worrying again about going back the real world.
