You know Belize is large with a great deal of sights to take in. And when planning this 12 day trip we needed to prioritize our preferences. Our family of four would be flying out of San Francisco, California and heading to Belize, just once. So if you know you're going to an exotic wonderful cultural country with treasures to behold everywhere-just how do you decide what to see, where to stay, who to book tours with? (Thank goodness for TripAdvisor, Rough Guides, and Lonely Planet) So what did we want to do? How much to explore: The Mayan ruins, Jungle life, Animal/Plant Nature Preserves, Caving, Canoeing, Snorkeling, or go island hoping, resort comfort, even take a side trip to the Guatemalan ruins? It was a little nerve wracking, pouring over all the information, trying to filter the truth from fiction. But, we finally decided. We would have an outdoor adventurous, slightly risky family vacation (which is pretty usual for us.) This would mean more of a Jungle experience, (caving, tubing, zip-lining, Mayan ruins, rappelling,) and then end on the Caribbean coast.
Because we would be traveling over the Easter week prices were a bit higher, but more importantly we deliberately chose to stay away from the tourists spots, and seek out the less traveled areas when possible.
12 days in Belize in short form with detailed posts following.
Thursday April 14-Sunday April 17 Reservations at Parrot Nest Lodge
Day 1: arrive in Belize, visit Belize Zoo, Branch Mouth Park, Iguana Preserve
Day 2: Cachel Pech Ruin , Xunantunich Ruin, Mopan river tubing
Day 3: Carocal Ruins, Rio Frio Caves, Rio On Pools, San Ignacio
Day 4& 5: Mayawalk Tour of Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave, Jungle Over Night
Monday April 18-Thursday April 21 Chaa Creek/Macal River Campground
Day 6: Actun Chapat Cave Day Tour with Ken Dart, Howler Monkey Night
Day 7: Bird watching, Zipline @ Caracol Jacks, Butterfly farm, Swimming
Day 8: Canoe the Macal River, Drive to Cockscomb Jaguar Preserve
Thursday April 21 Night at Tutzil Nah Cottages in the Maya Center Village
Day 9: Trail walking at Jaguar Nature Preserve, Drive to Coastal Town of Hopkins, Garfunda Drumming
Friday April 22-Monday April 25 Reservations at All Seasons Guesthouse, Beach front cottage
Day 10: Snorkel Trip with Alternate Adventures, Garafunda meal at local women's co-op
Day 11: Easter: Recovery, Garfunda Drumming Center, Crocodile River Night in Florescent Algae Lagoon
Day 12: Depart Belize, and drive the 3 1/2 hours to the airport
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