can provide serious birders with expert Birding Guides who can help you find the species you need for your life list. See the Birds
of the Cayo District Check
List to help you know what you might see.
Those with a more casual interest
in birds will be delighted at the colorful avian displays
seen during their travels in Belize.
Sample Country-Wide Birding Package Includes
- Ground and Air Transportation within Belize
- Accommodations
- Expert Bird Guide
- Entrance Fees
- Meals beginning with Dinner on your arrival day and ending with breakfast on departure day.
- Accommodation and Sales Taxes
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SAMPLE COUNTRY-WIDE BIRDING PACKAGE
– BELIZE CITY/
ORANGE WALK
After clearing immigration and customs at the airport you will be met by your Belizean Birding guide and then will travel along the
Northern Highway to Orange
Walk Town.
O/N Hotel de la Fuente. (L)/ D
– ORANGE WALK /
LAMANAI ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE /CROOKED TREE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
Morning /
Following breakfast, board your boat for the ride to the Mayan ruins of Lamanai.
After arriving you will have the chance to explore the ruins and have the opportunity
to look for the Red-Lored Parrot, Blue-Crowned
Mot-mot, Collared Aracari Toucan, Lineated & Pale-billed
Woodpeckers and Black-Headed & Violaceous Trogons. In addition,
Yucatan Black Howler Monkeys are usually seen or heard here.
Afternoon /
After a picnic lunch drive to the Crooked
Tree Wildlife Sanctuary where you will spend the next 2 nights.
O/N Bird’s Eye Lodge. B/L/D
– CROOKED TREE
WILDLIFE SANCTUARY
Morning /
Early morning birding by boat on the lagoons at Crooked Tree in search of birds.
Water birds will be the main target with special emphasis on finding the Jabiru, Sungrebe and Agami
Herons. Late breakfast.
Afternoon /
More local area Birding
O/N Bird’s Eye Lodge. B/L/D
- TRANSFER TO CAYO DISTRICT/ BELIZE ZOO / MACAL RIVER
CANOEING
Stop at the Belize Zoo and then for lunch at one of the nearby restaurant establishments; Continue on to Cayo District and your accommodation at duPlooy's Jungle Lodge.
Canoe on your own along the banks of the Macal
River, along the river look for Gray-necked
Wood rails, Kingfishers, Black phoebes, Neo tropic Cormorants, Mangrove Swallows, and other wildlife that frequent the riverbanks, such as iguanas sunning themselves on the rocks and trees, wander the trails of Belize Botanic Gardens or just relax on the deck or in your hammock. After dinner meet your guide for a night walk to look for Potoos, Owls, Goat Suckers and other night creatures.
O/N duPlooy's Jungle Lodge in a Bungalow
B/L/D
- MOUNTAIN PINE RIDGE
While at duPlooy's you have the option of a pre-breakfast bird walk on the property. After breakfast depart for the Mountain
Pine Ridge, a 300 square mile reserve for scenery, waterfalls & birding. Stops will be made along the way
as birding opportunities present themselves and at specific known birding
sites such as 1,000 ft falls where you are likely to see the rare Orange-Breasted Falcon and King Vultures.
Here we have the opportunity to see Yellow-faced
Grassquits, Rufus-capped Warblers, Acorn
Woodpeckers, Yellow-backed Orioles and
Golden-hooded Tanagers. These falcons live on the outcropping. Black-headed
Siskins can often be seen flying in flocks.
O/N duPlooy's Jungle Lodge in a Bungalow or
B/L/D
- EL PILAR
Half-day tour to El Pilar Archeological site. The site is excellent for birding, hiking, and provides an insight to Belize's
sub-tropical forests. We will make stops along the way to view such birds as Collared
Manikins, Honeycreeper's and an array of flycatchers etc.
While staying at duPlooy's Jungle Lodge you can venture on your own and enjoy Birding in a variety of habitats while wandering around several miles of trails on duPlooy's property and adjacent Belize Botanic Gardens. Copies of the Cayo checklist of birds, as well as some of our recommended wider-range publications, are available from duPlooy's Gift Shop.
O/N duPlooy's Jungle Lodge in a Bungalow
B/L/D
– TIKAL
No Birding Package is complete without a tour of Tikal, the only place in the world which has been declared by UNESCO as both a Natural & World Cultural Heritage site.
O/N duPlooy's Jungle Lodge in a Bungalow
B/L/D
- OPTIONS
Option 1 - Breakfast - Return to Belize International Airport Belize International Airport for your return
flight home or onward destination.
Option 2 - Breakfast - Transfer overland to Placencia with a stop at the Inland Blue Hole
National Park for a few hours of Birding. The Blue Hole has a number of
trails to hike within the park. Some of the more unusual birds known to this
area includes the White Hawk, Spotted-Wood Quail, Crested
Guans, Lovely Cotinga, Keel-Billed Toucans, Red-Legged
Honey Creepers, and Slaty-tailed Trogons.
Arrive Placencia - Explore the beach,
lagoon and village of Placencia.
O/N Green
Parrot Beach Houses B/L/D.
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Three nights in Placencia. Snorkeling trip
to Laughing Bird Caye; Tours to Monkey
River & Cockscomb
Basin Wildlife Preserve "Jaguar
Reserve" are just some of the activities that can be arranged, at additional cost.
– PLACENCIA
/ BELIZE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Morning transfer to Placencia airstrip for flight
back to Belize International Airport for your return
flight home or onward destination.
TOTAL Costs per person (DBL) Special Rates available for groups.
OPTION 1 - duPLooy's Jungle Lodge
8 Days & 7 Nights - US $1,845
OPTION 2 - duPLooy's Jungle Lodge & Placencia
11 Days & 10 Nights - US $2,500
Price includes: Private Transportation & Tours; Accommodations and meals as indicated and ALL applicable taxes. departure tax. OPTION 2 also includes airfare from Placencia to Belize International Airport. No meals or tours are included for your stay in Placencia.
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Just as its coral reefs harbor tremendous bio diversity, Belize is a mecca for birds of all shapes, sizes, and colors. In all of North America, ornithologists have documented just over 800 species of birds; Belize, a country approximately the size of Massachusetts, is home to over 570 of them; of this number, 80 percent are classified as residents. 
