Where to Go for Christmas 2019  

The North Pole is too cold. Europe is too expensive. Spending Christmas in Belize is just right! If everything about sustainability thrills you, you’ll applaud Hong Kong’s AaaM Architecture firm for re-purposing 16,000 recycled bottles into a festive Christmas tree “forest” to raise environmental awareness and make a major statement about recycling. Primary school kids helped name the collection:...

Birding Adventures in Belize

Birds are one of the most iconic wild creatures that can be found in Belize. Ranging from tiny, iridescent hummingbirds to the elegant majesty of giant Jabiru storks, more than 600 species of birds have been recorded in Belize. Birds thrive in Belize's warm, subtropical climate, and the pristine nature of the different habitats in the country, including grasslands, savannas, rainforests, coastal...

Into the Blue Hole of Belize

Millions of people around the world got a chance to see Belize last Sunday when the Discovery Channel broadcast a historic live two-hour show from the bottom of the Blue Hole of Belize. The world's largest sinkhole, the Blue Hole of Belize is one of the country's most recognizable landmarks, a vast flooded cave located approximately 45 miles offshore. ...

Belize, the ideal haven for birders

With an extremely varied landscape that includes river deltas, mountain ranges, wetlands, rainforests, coastline, and jungles, Belize has a thriving ecosystem that abounds with birds. More than 580 species of migratory and local birds have been recorded in Belize, including the Spot-breasted Oriole, Collared Forest Falcon, Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Canada Goose, and Crested Caracara.