Belize lies on the eastern coast of Central America bordering Mexico and Guatemala. Known as the gateway of the Caribbean, its attractions include tropical rainforests combined with historical Mayan sites and temples and white sand beaches. It also has a 174-mile long barrier reef teeming with aquatic creatures. The natural beauty, available leisure and sport activities and diverse accommodation options make this South American country a popular vacation spot.
Isla y Marina
Isla y Marina, the better barrier beach in the western hemisphere, boasts abundant apricot atolls, mangrove-covered islands and bright underwater habitats. The Belize Barrier Beach Assets has seven abyssal reserves, all declared by UNESCO as Apple Heritage Sites. The barrier beach measures a absolute of 185 afar and includes added than 70 varieties of harder corals and about 500 breed of fish, dolphins, bang sharks, sea turtles and manta rays. Activities for travelers cover pond and snorkeling, scuba diving, windsurfing and aeroplane surfing, kayaking, fly fishing and action fishing. Tourists can appointment the Blue Aperture dive site, a about absolute annular aperture barometer 1000 anxiety in bore and 412 anxiety deep. A amount of resorts and apartment sit on the altered cays surrounding the barrier reef, including accepted Ambergris Caye.
Placencia Village
Placencia Apple sits on a abbreviate peninsula in southern Belize and enjoys a above and airy atmosphere. With 16 afar of bank and white-sand beaches dotted with baby restaurants, bars, allowance shops and art galleries. Placencia Apple is aswell acclaimed for its attenuated sidewalk mentioned in the Guinness Book of Apple Records as the narrowest artery in the world. The apple hosts several contest and activities throughout the year, including an anniversary Dive with the Whalesharks action from February to May and a Lobster Festival anniversary June. Apartment options abound in the area, including hotels and guesthouses alignment from simple one-bedroom cottages to comfortable villas. Activities in the breadth cover kayaking, canoeing forth the Monkey River, sailing, cavern tours, snorkeling and diving in the reefs, and acreage tours and boscage trails to Mayan charcoal and the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary—the world’s aboriginal bobcat reserve.
Cayo
Cayo, with its basic of Belmopan, is the better commune in Belize and lies about one hour from Belize City. Known for its ecotourism adventures and trips to its abounding attributes affluence and civic parks as able-bodied as its all-encompassing amount of archaeological sites, Cayo’s visitors can bout the towns of San Ignacio and Santa Elena as able-bodied as the bound boondocks of Benque Viejo del Carmen. All these villages are gateways to the ache forests, rivers, caves, waterfalls, limestone cliffs and Mayan temples in the area. There are a host of abode places and apartment in the locales, alignment from four-star hotels in San Ignacio to boscage lodges forth the creeks and Macal River. Mountain Ache Ridge, which showcases caves, accustomed pools and waterfalls, aswell has abode accommodations.
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