Southwestern Airlines coming to Belize

At a meeting of the Belize Hotel Association yesterday, Chairman of the Aviation Development Committee Anthony Hunt, alongside Belize Tourism Board Director Karen Bevans, announced that Southwest Airlines will begin flights to Belize City in October 2015.

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Do not miss the End of the World Marathon in Placencia

The End of the World Marathon is a 26.2 mile marathon that was first held in December of 2012, days before the end of the Maya Calendar on December 21, 2012 in Placencia Belize. Because the world didn’t end in 2012, the organizers of the race retained the name “End of the World Marathon” in honor of the distinguished writer Aldous Huxley who wrote in…

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Celebrating Garifuna Settlement Day

On behalf of the Management and Staff of Laru Beya, we want to wish all Belizeans at home and abroad, a Happy Garifuna Settlement Day. Please read the article below to learn more about the Garifuna people: The Garifuna people are one of the few remaining African ethnic groups in the entire Caribbean and Latin America who still maintain their culture. Some historians believe that…

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Another reason to travel to Belize: You can see the Great Blue Hole

Belize Barrier Reef Belize’s Barrier Reef is the second largest in the world and home to hundreds of different species of aquatic life. It is also home to the Great Blue Hole which has been recognized as one of the top 10 diving areas in the world by Jacques Cousteau. The Reef region is a scuba diver’s underwater paradise and we like to think it’s…

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Find paradise at Belize’s top beaches

Belize is unlike many other Caribbean destinations, where it’s easy to isolate the best beaches of a particular island. The mainland coast of Belize is a tangle of mangroves, which is about as far as a person can get from ideal beach conditions. Not to worry, Belize has literally hundreds of cayes (pronounced keys, as in Key West). These offshore cayes, or islands, are where…

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Explore Barton Creek Cave in Western Belize

Barton Creek Cave is about 45 minutes from San Ignacio Town and is one of the most exciting tours to do in western Belize. The cave was used by the ancient Maya for ritualistic activities such as human sacrifices, bloodletting rituals and fertility rites, and today, it  can be explored with the help of licensed guides on a canoe. It might take up about half…

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Oceana in Belize Exposes Belizean Youth to the Wonder of the Sea

Oceana in Belize has been busy instilling a sense of wonder and stewardship for the oceans in Belizean youth.Earlier this month, they took a group of underprovided boys, all under the age of 14, to Belize’s beautiful coral isles. For many of them, it was their first time to the ocean— meaning it was the first time that they were able to see this famous,…