Moon Travel Planner: Belize

21-Day Best of Belize	21-Day Best of Belize If you have the means for a three-week trip to Belize, you will not be let down. In fact, you’ll be surprised that the deeper you go in this relatively small country, the deeper there is to go. Following is an extremely active and mobile tour of Belize; you can easily double or triple the time allotted to each of the destinations listed below and still stay busy. (read more)
	Belize Water-Sport Adventures Belize is one of the undisputed adventure travel capitals of the world, and although you are free to hole up in any of Belize’s resorts and lose yourself in a stack of novels, you’ll no doubt begin to feel left out as you watch your fellow guests return each day from all kinds of exciting excursions. (read more)	Divers enjoying the blue Caribbean waters off the coast of Belize
	The Surf-n-Turf Vacation This is the classic Belizean combo, often pre-booked in a pair of upland–lowland sister resorts and offering all kinds of “best-of-both-worlds” activity packages for both short and lengthy stays. Those who don’t enjoy the whirlwind-tour style of travel, staying in a new hotel every day, will appreciate only having to make one move: between the hills and the ocean breeze. (read more)
	10-Day Bird-Watching Tour Bird-watching is spectacular throughout Belize, drawing novice and experienced bird-watchers from all over the world. Many Belizean guides possess a truly amazing wealth of knowledge to supplement the bird-spotting skills they learned growing up in these hills. Most lodges offer casual bird-watching in their backyards, and some areas really cater to the pro bird-watcher. (read more)	10-Day Bird-Watching Tour
Offbeat Belize	Offbeat Belize Even with Belize’s increased name recognition around the world, it still doesn’t take much to drop off the beaten path, and for those whose preferred “scene” is no scene at all, here are some ideas. The two-week adventure suggested below is an entirely mainland one. To add some Caribbean time to your trip, consider inserting several days on Caye Caulker, followed by Raggamuffin Tours’ three-day sailing trip to Placencia. (read more)
	Touring the Mundo Maya There’s a giddy, childlike feeling one gets while climbing 1,000-year-old stone structures in the middle of the God-blessed jungle—a fairytale, Tolkienesque mood of mystery as you scramble over winding, crooked staircases and tunnels while strange creatures hoot and holler from the surrounding forest canopy. (read more)	Touring the Mundo Maya
8-Day Family Adventure	The 8-Day Family Adventure Pack the kid-friendly sunscreen and load up the brood. Family-friendly tours, accommodations, and activities abound throughout Belize and at all budget levels—long-haired parents still truck their flower children down from California in VW buses, camping through Belize, while executive baby boomers conduct their own tours, spending a bit more but often visiting the same sites. (read more)