Belize Photos

Located at on the southeast corner of Lighthouse Reef Atoll, the easternmost of Belize’s three atolls, Half Moon Caye National Monument was the first nature reserve to be established under the National Parks System Act of 1981.Managed by the Belize Audubon Society, this 44 acre island reserve is a and a great campsite or picnic location between dives off the nearby atolls. The waters surrounding Half Moon Caye have abundant marine life with the Blue Hole just minutes away.

The Mountain Pine Ridge is home to the Hidden Valley Falls (1,600 Foot-Falls), the Rio On River, the Rio On Pools, and the Rio Frio Cave and nature Trail, as well as numerous small streams and waterfalls.  Besides offering magnificent vistas, the cooler temperatures along with a refreshing swim can provide a welcome respite from the tropical sunshine within the Mountain Pine Ridge’s 300 square miles of forest reserve in the Cayo District. Established in 1944 to protect and manage the native pine forest, it is estimated to cover an area of 106,352.5 acres.
 

Cerros is a Maya archaeological site in northern Belize that reached its apogee during the Mesoamerican Late Preclassic. At its nader, it held a population of approximately 1,089 people[1].

* At the Blue Hole near Lighthouse reef divers descend vertically along the walls of a submerged cave to weave between stalactites and stalagmites at 120-140 ft.
* The atolls located beyond the barrier reef and heavier visitor traffic, offer combinations of patch reefs and the sheer walls of drop offs teeming with huge schools of fish.
* Just outside the reef and before the “drop off”, look for Spur and Grove formations - narrow canyons of corals which are great for spotting grouper and the occasional emerald moray eel.
* Drift dive along a ridge in lazy pursuit of a spotted drum fish, half over coral gardens and immense barrel sponges and then with a flick of the fin find yourself suspended in the bottomless blue of the drop off.
* Inside the reef, patch reefs are covered with hundreds of brightly colored fish and coral species.