Belize travel — Belmopán, Caye Caulker, San Pedro, the Great Blue Hole, Mayan ruins.
Belize sits between Mexico and Guatemala, packs a barrier reef, jungle Mayan ruins, Garifuna drumming villages and pine-ridge highlands into a country the size of Wales, and is the only English-speaking, Caribbean-and-jungle country in Central America. This is the long-time traveller version: where to go, when, how long, what it costs, how the Belize dollar peg works, and why being outside the CA-4 actually matters.
Belize’s planned capital, built from scratch in 1970 after Hurricane Hattie wrecked Belize City. Most travellers skip it; if you’re already in Cayo, half a day covers everything: Guanacaste National Park, the Mayan-temple-style National Assembly, the market, and the much better day trips just outside the Ring Road, from St Herman’s Blue Hole to the Belize Zoo and Banana Bank.
