Western Belize

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• Tiny Town – Belmopan, Belize

  Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 10 August 2011

  With a population of around 20,000, Belmopan is one of the smallest national capital cities in the world. Its name is a mash up of “Belize” and Mopan (the name of the area’s main river) and it’s home to Guanacaste National Park, the nation’s first and smallest national park at just 250,000 square yards.  A trail winding through the park’s patch of jungle can be walked in less than 20 minutes.

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• Bucolic Basecamps – Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, Belize

  Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 4 August 2011

  The Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve in the Cayo District of Central Belize, not far from San Ignacio, includes more than 100,000 acres of protected land in the Maya Mountains. It’s home to cougars, tapirs, toucans, jaguars, fantastic rivers and waterfalls and two notable nature resorts to use as bucolic basecamps while you explore. Food, forest and Francis Ford Coppola Like to eat authentic Italian food? Fancy the idea of hanging out where director (and resort owner) Francis Ford Coppola comes to relax and get creative?

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• Borderland Basecamps – San Ignacio, Cayo District, Belize

  Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 1 August 2011

  Trust us when we tell you that most towns located within 30 minutes of a border crossing are best seen in your rear view mirror. Not so with San Ignacio. Sure it’s a border town. It’s less than 30 minutes from the Benque crossing into Belize from grimy Melchor on the Guatemala side. Despite its proximity to the  border, San Ignacio is one of the more appealing towns in Belize with more Caribbean charm (festive colors, wooden bungalow architecture, creole accents, a languid pace) and less of the squalor of most towns in Belize.

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