Biodiversity in Belize

Travel to the Belmopan region, where you’ll get a Belizean welcome and a history and culture presentation to give you an idea of what to expect in the upcoming week

Enjoy dinner in the Belmopan region

Participate in full-day biodiversity programming, during which you will:

• Attend a lecture on conservation and biodiversity
• Take a guided trail hike
• Enjoy lunch
• Canoe the Sibun river

Enjoy dinner in the Belmopan region

Participate in early-morning bird-watching with a local guide (optional) and keep an eye out for the nearly 500 species of native Belizean birds

See flora and fauna during a day hike and learn about Belize’s complex ecosystems while observing and exploring this beautiful rainforest

Enjoy lunch

Travel to Punta Gorda, a fishing town on the Caribbean coast and your new headquarters for sustainable adventure

Enjoy dinner in Punta Gorda

Be a Belizean Ranger for a day and play a role in the protection of the the Belizean forest corridor

Enjoy lunch in Punta Gorda

Participate in Garifuna drumming lessons under the thatched roof of the Garifuna Drum School, where you'll learn to play traditional drum styles and even how to create a drum 

Enjoy dinner in Punta Gorda

Travel to the white beaches and mangrove fields of Placencia, a peninsula in the Stann Creek District 

Visit the Maya archaeological site of Nim Li Punit, often called “Big Hat” by the indigenous locals because of the enormous headdress found on the stone stela sculpture overlooking it

Enjoy lunch in Placencia 

Spend a half day exploring Placencia on your own

Participate in an introduction to the Reef Eco System, one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world of which researchers have still uncovered only 10% of the species living there 

Enjoy snorkeling in the Cayes

Enjoy lunch in Placencia 

Spend a half day exploring Placencia on your own

Travel via a local Maya village and Blue Hole National Park to Belize City 

Visit a Maya village and meet members of its community, where you’ll learn about authentic Maya culture from indigenous experts, try dance moves that are as old as their civilization, and taste coffee that has been harvested and ground right in front of you

Understand the Maya chocolate-making process with a visit to a chocolate bean farm that uses age-old techniques, and be sure to either take a bar for the road or some powder to cook with at home

Enjoy a traditional Maya lunch

Take a self-guided cave exploration

Visit St. Herman's Blue Hole National Park and jump in its crystal clear waters