Tips & Tricks
Placencia (Beach) (Stann Creek District, Belize) — One place on the mainland that boasts excellent beaches in Belize is Placencia, a peninsula about two-thirds of the way south along the Belizian coastline. The barrier reef is much farther offshore at Placencia, but this doesn’t affect the nature of the beach here… long, white, gently […]
Orchid Bay (Beach) (Corozal District, northern Belize) — Orchid Bay isn’t technically ocean beach. It’s on the huge, calm, sheltered Bay of Chetumal that Belize shares with Mexico, where their borders meet. Orchid Bay is an ambitious multi-use development across the bay from the town of Corozal, and the developers have widened and improved the […]
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary (Stann Creek District, Placencia, south-central Belize) — this is Belize’s most famous, and one of its biggest, protected areas – the huge swath of tropical forest became the world’s first jaguar sanctuary in 1984. Today it’s home to an estimated 40 to 50 jaguars and a vast array of wildlife. Visits […]
Princess Hotel & Casino (Newtown Barracks, Belize City) — The casino at the Princess Hotel is an informal and fun place to try to boost your budget, with roulette, poker and blackjack tables, plus hundreds of slot machines and a floor show with dancing girls kicking up their heels at 10pm. You need to show […]
Buceo: para los visitantes interesados en el buceo (así como en otras actividades náuticas), los cayos del país (pronunciados como “llaves”), ubicados frente a la larga costa caribeña de Belice, no pueden ser superados. Es probable que tanto como el 70% de los extranjeros que visitan Belice visiten al menos un cayo durante su estadía […]
Placencia (Playa) (Distrito de Stann Creek, Belice) – Un lugar en el continente que cuenta con excelentes playas en Belice es Placencia, una península que se encuentra a dos tercios del camino hacia el sur a lo largo de la costa de Belice. La barrera de arrecifes está mucho más lejos de la costa en […]