Nearby Attractions to Camino del Rio (within 30 miles)
Parks and Reserves:
Guanacaste National Park
This 50-acre tropical forest managed by the Belize Audubon Society and offers a swimming deck, shelte red picnic areas, bird watching deck and over two miles of maintained trails. It is also home to the guanacaste or tubroos tree is a fast growing species and one of the largest trees found in Central America.
Website: http://www.belizeaudubon.org/parks/guanacaste.htm
Belize Zoo
The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center was started in 1983, as an effort to provide a home for a collection of wild animals which had been used in making documentary films about tropical forests. Nestled on 29 acres of tropical savanna, the zoo exhibits over 125 animals all native to Belize. The zoo keeps animals which were either orphaned, born at the zoo, rehabilitated animals, or sent to The Belize Zoo as gifts from other zoological institutions. Belize Zoo Website: http://www.belizezoo.org/
Monkey Bay National Park and Private Reserve
1070 acres of forest, wetlands and lagoons running along the Western Highway, just west of the Belize Zoo. Camping is allowed and it is considered a great spot to bird watch. Website: http://www.monkeybaybelize.org/
Five Blues Lakes
Known as Five Blues Lake because of the varying water depths around the lake and the different limestone rock formations under water. The water and rock reflects a different kind of blue or blue-green, or sometimes a dark green, at different times of the day, the blues change.Website: http://www.ambergriscaye.com/pages/town/parkfiveblueslake.html
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Adventure Activities:
Canopy Tours at Jaguar Paw
Here a new world unfolds as you gently slide along on a steel cable to the next tree platform. All tours are escorted through the forest canopy by a lead guide and a follow guide to ensure your safety. The tour will take you over eight platforms. Along the way you will enjoy the birds eye view of a beautiful pristine ecosystem.
http://www.jaguarpaw.com/canopy-tour.shtml
Cave Tubing on the Caves Branch River
River floats are in our backyard along the beautiful Caves Branch River, weaving through light class I rapids and various caves along the way.
Cave Hiking in the jungles along the Caves Branch River
Tropical rainforests are gifts to the world that include fruits, vegetables and spices and over half of the worlds insects and animals. The Rainforest trails in Belize provides an exploration of wet and dry caves that are cathedral like, adorned with great stalactites, stalagmites and beautiful crystalline formations.
Cedar Cabins Butterfly Farm
Cedar Cabins Butterfly Farm consists of a 2,000 Square feet enclosed 'flying area' or Butterfly House, in addition to a caterpillar feeding area, a plant nursery, and a caterpillar food plant grow-out area
Website: http://www.cedarcabinsbelize.com/.
Mayan Ruins:
Cahal Pech
Overlooking San Ignacio, Cahal Pech is a mid-sized complex settled around 1000 BC and abandoned by 800 AD. The site consists of seven plazas and over 30 structures including temples, residential buildings, ballcourts, an altar and a sweathouse, all situated on a compact 2 acres.Website: http://www.belizex.com/cahalpech.htm
Xunantunich
The Mayan ruins site of Xunatunich, (or Maiden of the Rock), is located in northwestern Belize, in the Cayo District near the border with Guatemala, across the river from the village of San Jose Succotz. This major ceremonial center was built upon a natural limestone ridge, providing a panoramic view of the Cayo District. The largest pyramid, El Castillo, rises to a height of 130 feet above the main plaza and a total of 250 feet above the river valley below. The main temple is visible from all parts of the valley.Website: http://www.belizereport.com/sites/xunan.html |
