The largest of the 200 plus islands of Belize, Ambergris Caye (Am-BURR-jis Key) is a twenty five mile long island made up of three main areas. Mangrove swamps, lagoons, and sand. European contact with Ambergris Caye settlers is documented from 1508. Read More

The Maya past, present and future are an important part of the Belize experience. This history of the Maya continues today in over half the population of Ambergris Caye. To the people here on the island, this is more than a series of memories carved Read More

The largest of the 200 plus islands of Belize, Ambergris Caye (Am-BURR-jis Key) is a twenty five mile long island made up of three main areas. Mangrove swamps, lagoons, and sand. European contact with Ambergris Caye settlers is documented from 1508. Read More

There is a more recent article on grocery shopping in San Pedro at theSanPedroScoop blog. Click here for that article.... Visitors often wonder if there are supermarkets, vegetable produce vendors or convenience stores in San Pedro. The answer is Read More

From a traveller... We just got back from Belize and here is what happened at the international airport in Belize City: 1. I had four bottles of wine in my suitcase and just passed through customs with no problem. They did not open the suitcases and Read More

I am trying to find out when would be the best time to come to Belize to see and photograph butterflies in the wild? I plan to spend a month in Belize sometime while travelling around Central America with my camera photographing butterflies, between Read More

We are getting married on the island and I was wanting some names of a good videographer. We only need 2-3 hours but most of our family and friends are not coming so we want to share our memories with them. Any local contact information(so we don't h Read More

CLICK HERE for a PDF by the Belize Tourist Board, a quick guide to Belize. It is 2.5mb and eight pages, featuring sections on: Belize Fast Facts Traveling To Belize Adventure For All Belize By Region Belize Cuisine Belizean Culture Read More

Below is a diagram which shows the evolution of the name "Belize" from the original "Wallace." Here is a 1895 account of how Belize got its name by Father Eugene H Brady April 22, 1895 "Balise" is the French name of a stake driven into the ground Read More

Aerial view of the runway at John Grief II airport in San Pedro, Belize (Click image for a larger version) TheJohn Grief II in San Pedro is pretty much downtown, with Maya Island Air andTropic Air having terminals there. Both terminals have b Read More