Best of Belize Eco Tours
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If it's gorgeous waters, top-notch diving, wild jungles, or captivating ruins you desire, Belize is calling. Here, you'll discover numerous opportunities for adventure and exploration- too many to fit it all in unless, like some, you decide to make your stay a permanent one. The following is a list of travelers' favorite eco-tours, including some mighty close-to-perfect packages to consider.
Cave Tubing
Try Ecological Tours for this experience- their maximum ratio of eight persons to one guide certainly beats the competition's massive groups you'll hike past. A comfortable van will escort you to the Caves Branch River for your trip through the Maya Mountains and ancient caves. Next, you'll take a 35 minute hike down a jungle trail for an educational tour of various plants, roots and herbs once used by the ancient Maya for medicinal purposes. Then you'll arrive at the entrance of the underground cave system for an exhilirating 15 foot cliff dive. Provided are miner's lamps and inflated inner tubes to take you on a two hour adventure along the gentle currents through the cave system where you'll view crystalline formations, stalagmites and stalactites. A delicious lunch of local foods is included.
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Shark Ray Alley Snorkeling
Once again, you may want to consider a small group experience such as Ecological Tours for this one.
Anchors away as you head out on a half-hour boat trip bound for Caye Caulker Marine Reserve and the famous Shark Ray Alley. Take in the crystal clear waters and stunning array of colors of Belize's Barrier Reef. Have an unforgettable, yet safe, personal encounter with inquisitive brown nurse sharks, soaring stingrays, and lots of other friendly reef fish. After snorkeling, head to the beach of nearby Caye Caulker for a leisurely lunch and refreshments, with plenty of time for soaking up the sun or perusing the sandy streets of one of Belize's most popular tourist destinations.
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Belize Zip Line and Aerial Canopy Tour
Begin this tour in the limestone foothills of Belize and enjoy a hike into the rainforest before setting out on zip line from 80 feet above the forest floor. Let your inhibitions go as you feel the security of the body harness and protective helmet and gloves. Steel cable will take you along zip lines strung between eight separate tree platforms. This unique birds-eye view of the beautiful jungles of Belize is guaranteed to both exhilirate and inspire.
Belize Adventure Week, Slickrock Adventures, Inc.
This eight-night all-inclusive package is Belize's number one adventure vacation. Spend the first half of the week in the jungle of the Maya Mountains- kayaking a whitewater river, descending an underground river by raft and kayak, exploring a sacred Mayan ceremonial cave and climbing Mayan ruins. Mid-week finds you out at sea on the private island of Long Caye, at the underwater national park of Glover’s Reef. Surrounded by coral reefs and the aqua-blue Caribbean Sea is Slickrock's exclusive Water Sport Center where you have open access to sea kayaks, surf kayaks, surf boards, stand-up paddle boards, and complete windsurfing rigs. Enjoy great Caribbean snorkeling and fishing, or head just down the beach for Belize diving. The eco-resort is powered by both sun and wind, and the cabanas are perched right on the shore just above the turquoise waters.
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Rainforest, Reef and Ruins of Belize, Terra Incognita Ecotours, Inc.
Travel by motor launch through the New River's riverine forest to explore the ancient Maya ruins of Lamanai. Paddle canoes on the Macal River during your three-night stay in the elegantly-appointed thatched cabanas of the award-winning Chaa Creek Resort. Ride horses through rain forest and track big cats in the only Jaguar Preserve on the planet. At the end of this nine-day adventure, head for the waters of the largest Barrier Reef in the Northern Hemisphere for some fantastic snorkeling and scuba diving. Your small group- restricted to only 16 persons- will be guided by Lascelle Tillet, a Board Member of the Belize Audubon Society, the organization responsible for managing most of Belize’s National Parks for the Government of Belize.
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Cave Tubing
Try Ecological Tours for this experience- their maximum ratio of eight persons to one guide certainly beats the competition's massive groups you'll hike past. A comfortable van will escort you to the Caves Branch River for your trip through the Maya Mountains and ancient caves. Next, you'll take a 35 minute hike down a jungle trail for an educational tour of various plants, roots and herbs once used by the ancient Maya for medicinal purposes. Then you'll arrive at the entrance of the underground cave system for an exhilirating 15 foot cliff dive. Provided are miner's lamps and inflated inner tubes to take you on a two hour adventure along the gentle currents through the cave system where you'll view crystalline formations, stalagmites and stalactites. A delicious lunch of local foods is included.
ecotoursbelize.com
Shark Ray Alley Snorkeling
Once again, you may want to consider a small group experience such as Ecological Tours for this one.
Anchors away as you head out on a half-hour boat trip bound for Caye Caulker Marine Reserve and the famous Shark Ray Alley. Take in the crystal clear waters and stunning array of colors of Belize's Barrier Reef. Have an unforgettable, yet safe, personal encounter with inquisitive brown nurse sharks, soaring stingrays, and lots of other friendly reef fish. After snorkeling, head to the beach of nearby Caye Caulker for a leisurely lunch and refreshments, with plenty of time for soaking up the sun or perusing the sandy streets of one of Belize's most popular tourist destinations.
ecotoursbelize.com
Belize Zip Line and Aerial Canopy Tour
Begin this tour in the limestone foothills of Belize and enjoy a hike into the rainforest before setting out on zip line from 80 feet above the forest floor. Let your inhibitions go as you feel the security of the body harness and protective helmet and gloves. Steel cable will take you along zip lines strung between eight separate tree platforms. This unique birds-eye view of the beautiful jungles of Belize is guaranteed to both exhilirate and inspire.
Belize Adventure Week, Slickrock Adventures, Inc.
This eight-night all-inclusive package is Belize's number one adventure vacation. Spend the first half of the week in the jungle of the Maya Mountains- kayaking a whitewater river, descending an underground river by raft and kayak, exploring a sacred Mayan ceremonial cave and climbing Mayan ruins. Mid-week finds you out at sea on the private island of Long Caye, at the underwater national park of Glover’s Reef. Surrounded by coral reefs and the aqua-blue Caribbean Sea is Slickrock's exclusive Water Sport Center where you have open access to sea kayaks, surf kayaks, surf boards, stand-up paddle boards, and complete windsurfing rigs. Enjoy great Caribbean snorkeling and fishing, or head just down the beach for Belize diving. The eco-resort is powered by both sun and wind, and the cabanas are perched right on the shore just above the turquoise waters.
slickrock.com
Rainforest, Reef and Ruins of Belize, Terra Incognita Ecotours, Inc.
Travel by motor launch through the New River's riverine forest to explore the ancient Maya ruins of Lamanai. Paddle canoes on the Macal River during your three-night stay in the elegantly-appointed thatched cabanas of the award-winning Chaa Creek Resort. Ride horses through rain forest and track big cats in the only Jaguar Preserve on the planet. At the end of this nine-day adventure, head for the waters of the largest Barrier Reef in the Northern Hemisphere for some fantastic snorkeling and scuba diving. Your small group- restricted to only 16 persons- will be guided by Lascelle Tillet, a Board Member of the Belize Audubon Society, the organization responsible for managing most of Belize’s National Parks for the Government of Belize.
ecotours.com
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