Belize Travel Pictures

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With its coral reefs (Belize is home to the second longest barrier reef in the world) and large tracts of rainforest, Belize is a leading ecotourist destination in Central America. The Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Reserve, a protected section of subtropical rain forest surrounded by the Maya Mountains, is one of the country's best known parks.

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Sections Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave, Animals, Arthropods, Barrier Reef In Belize, Birds, Blackbird Caye, Blue Hole National Park, Caves, Caves Branch River, Cayo District, Coral Reefs, Deforestation, Flora, Half Moon Caye, Herps, Howler Monkey, Insects, Invertebrates, Lighthouse Reef, Rainforest, Rainforest Destruction, Rainforest Wildlife, Reptiles, Scenery, Turneffe Atoll, Wildlife, Xunantunich and More topics. Highlights Entrance to St. Herman's Cave Clear creek pool Jungle pool near ATM cave; habitat for cichlids Corn planted on former rainforest land Slash-and-burn agriculture Slash-and-burn agriculture Pink flower Red ginger Light orange heliconia Gumbo limbo "Tourist trees" used for treating rashes and sunburn Liana wrapped around a rainforest canopy tree Half Moon Caye Turquoise waters seen through palm trees on Lighthouse Caye Sunset on Blackbird Caye Jaguar Paw Cave Sunrise seen from the beach of Blackbird Caye Harpy eagle Red-footed Booby, Sula sula Male Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) Emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus) Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) eating a caterpillar Great egret (Casmendius albus) (Local name in Belize: Gallin garza] Flounder camouflaged in the sand Frog with a green patch under its eye American crocodile Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis) Green iguana in the rainforest canopy Unknown forest anole Boa constrictor (known as wowla in Belizean / local name) Black butterfly with green spots and an orange mark Jaguar (Panthera onca) Margay (Leopardus wiedii) Cougar (Puma concolor) [Local name: red tiger] Gray fox (Urocyon cinerea argentieus) [local name: Zorro] Jaguar White tail deer (Odocoileus virginianus) [local name: Venado] Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) Black Howler Monkey (Alouatta pigra) Male Black-handed Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) Spider monkey hanging in a tree Male spider monkey standing Mother Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) with babies Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)