What you’ll do
Day 1: Fly to Belize
Board your international flight to Belize City
Meet your Tour Director at the destination airport
Travel to the Cayo region
Day 2: Cayo region
Experience the thrill of a ziplining adventure through the Belizean canopy (Participants must weigh less than 275 lbs)
Visit the rainforest, where you may:
Participate in an ethnobotanical walk and a watershed quality assessment
Learn about the local bat population
Day 3: Cayo region • Punta Gorda
Visit a local NGO, where you will:
Learn about the organization's work in conservation and community development
Participate in a protected areas research and compliance trek
Take a guided tour of the Nim Li Punit archaeological site
Travel to Punta Gorda
Day 4: Punta Gorda
Visit a sustainable farm, where you will:
Discover how agricultural practices are linked to reef health
Participate in activities like planting seeds, pruning cacao trees, or harvesting fruit
Learn about Maya culture at a local village, where you will:
Make tortillas from scratch and then sample your creations
See firsthand how chocolate goes from bean to bar
Participate in a traditional basket-weaving activity
Try your hand at traditional Mayan dances
Day 5: Punta Gorda
Explore the Port Honduras Marine Reserve, where you will:
Visit the Abalone Caye Ranger Station
Go snorkeling and participate in an underwater transect survey
Help local scientists monitor the manatee population (manatee sightings not guaranteed)
Enjoy a Garifuna drumming lesson
Day 6: Punta Gorda • Southern coast
Support biodiversity during a reforestation project, which helps to stabilize riverbanks, decrease erosion, and improve water quality
Travel to the Southern coast
Day 7: Southern coast • Tobacco Caye • Belize City
Enjoy a full day at Tobacco Caye, where you will:
Snorkel along the longest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere
Dissect a lionfish to learn about its anatomy and invasive impact on marine ecosystems
Learn about the impact of plastic pollution from an expert
Travel to Belize City
Day 8: Depart for home
Board your flight home from Belize City




