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Belize City
Offers a host of attractions including several sanctuaries, the world class Belize Zoo, a new museum, historic churches and the incredible Maya site at Altun Ha. The city is a great place to spend a day or two learning about Belize's history and its multi-cultural heritage.
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Hol Chan Marine Reserve
Off the southern tip of Ambergris Caye is Belize's oldest marine reserve, the Hol Chan Marine Reserve. Hol Chan is Mayan for 'little channel." The entire reserve focuses on a cut through the reef (called a quebrada) about 4 miles southeast of San Pedro. Over 160 species of fish have been identified in the reserve, 3 marine mammals and 3 species of sea turtle.
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Altun Ha Mayan Ruins
Found on the outskirts of the Maya area, Altun Ha, which means "rockstone pond" in Yucatec Maya, is known for the fabulous jade that has turned up there. Dating to A.D. 550-600, the Temple of the Green Tomb earned its name after archeologists discovered nearly 300 jade objects sequestered within it. The temple also contained a smashed codex or Maya book, whose paper had disintegrated but whose painted stucco surface remained in fragments.
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Cave Tubing
Disappear into the underworld as you float on inner tubes with only your headlamp to lead the way. Glide past entrances from above filtering mists of jungle light as you float through underground river caves sparkling with mica-studded stalactites and stalagmites and filled with 1,000-year-old pottery shards, statues of fertility gods and Mayan footprints.
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Blue Hole Dive Site
One of the most spectacular dive sites to be found anywhere on earth, right in the center of Lighthouse Reef is a large, almost perfectly circular hole approximately one quarter of a mile across. Inside this hole the water is 480 feet deep which gives off a deep blue color.
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You can also parasail, horseback ride, deep-sea fish, explore the jungles and cities of Belize, bird-watch, kite-surf, cayak, zipline, and so much more. |
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