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Staying at our eco-lodge in the Macal River Rainforest
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Discovering the pyramids of Tikal
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Travelling by boat up the New River
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Spotting fresh cocoa in the trees
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Seeing the birds at Crooked Tree

Belize & Tikal

Mar 04-15, 2021

12 days | Belize | Quest Nature Tours

Tour Leader Sherry Kirkvold hosted a webinar about this tour! Click here to watch it (16 min.)

Belize is one of the very best tropical nature spots in Central America. Among our many activities in this tiny country, we’ll spend four nights in our lodge nestled in the dense rainforest above the Macal River in the Maya Mountains. Here we’ll find a wide diversity of flora and fauna including over 200 species of birds. This is one of the few places in Central America where you can observe three species of toucan in one morning. We have many opportunities to explore; travelling by boat up the New River to extensive wetlands with their staggering numbers of water birds, troops of Black Howler Monkeys, and large Morelet’s Crocodiles and walking along cool pine forest trails. We’ll visit ancient Mayan cities, including the fabled Tikal in nearby Guatemala. Here the dense rainforest not only provides excellent habitat for monkeys, parrots, motmots, toucans, woodpeckers and the flamboyant Ocellated Turkey, but also conceals more than 50 impressive Mayan structures. During our tour, we’ll also visit the Crooked Tree Bird Sanctuary, a known breeding site of the Jabiru stork. On this tour we are joined by our highly experienced Belizean naturalist with roots in the Mayan culture who adds an extra dimension to our understanding and appreciation of this region.
 
*Note: Hotels and local ground services in Belize need to adhere to a new Gold Standard certification, which upholds standards for sanitation of all lodges, restaurants and transportation under the Belize Tourism Board's charge. All of our lodges and our local ground services are Gold Standard certified.

Read about Jean Iron's Three Toucan Day here.
 
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Tour Cost (per person):
US$5095 (Incl. US$300 taxes and gratuities)
Group Size:
10 - 14 participants

What’s included: Accommodation, all meals, all gratuities, all activities and entrance fees, all ground transportation, expert local guides, arrival and departure transfers at destination, accompanied by Quest Nature Tours naturalist-leader. Taxes and gratuities of US$300 are included.

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Belize & Tikal - Motmots and the Maya

By: Sherry Kirkvold
"A great trip. Well planned with excellent local guides. Thank you" - 2019 Traveller"Impressive!" - Quest Traveller
"Impressive!" - Quest Traveller

Itinerary at a Glance

DayActivity
1Arrive in Belize City
2Boat along the New River to the Lamanai Maya Site where we will explore the 50 impressive structures
3Drive to the Crooked Tree Nature Reserve, home to large numbers of birds as well as mammals and crocodilians
4Enjoy the nature trails and activities available at the Black Rock Lodge and search for the over 200 species of birds
5Head to Mountain Pine Ridge, stop for a picnic lunch and continue to the Belize Butterfly Ranch where we will see flocks of blue and orange Belizean butterflies
6Visit Xunantunich Maya Site, known as the Maiden of the Rock and on to the Belize Botanical Garden and enjoy over 100 species of rare orchids
7Drive to Guatemala and begin to explore Tikal
8Explore the 8 massive pyramids of Tikal that tower above rainforest
9Explore the area surrounding our nature lodge at the foothills of the Mayan Mountains
10Enjoy the forest trails, river walks, and open landscape of Pook’s Hill
11 Visit the unique area of Blue Hole National Park and observe the magnificent sinkhole with a surrounding cave system
12Belize City and departure
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Your Tour Leader

Sherry Kirkvold brings a deep love of nature along with her more than 30 years of experience as a naturalist, geographer and expedition leader. She has worked in the national, provincial and regional park systems as well as museums in British Columbia.

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Tour Cost (per person):
US$5095 (Incl. US$300 taxes and gratuities)
Group Size:
10 - 14 participants

What’s included: Accommodation, all meals, all gratuities, all activities and entrance fees, all ground transportation, expert local guides, arrival and departure transfers at destination, accompanied by Quest Nature Tours naturalist-leader. Taxes and gratuities of US$300 are included.

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Belize & Tikal - Motmots and the Maya

By: Sherry Kirkvold
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