| Visit Mennonite settlement of Spanish Lookout, a picturesque and immaculate farming community that offers the widest range of modern shopping opportunities in the region for building and mechanical supplies. En route, your guide will tell you the history of the Mennonites, their self-government, and their huge contribution to Belize.
Stop at Farmers Trading Post and see where many area residents shop for groceries and other household goods. See the flames of operating oil wells dancing in the farmland where oil was recently discovered for the first time in Belize.
Continue on to Guanacaste National Park, where you will hike to the shore of the Belize River in search of howler monkeys, iguanas, gibnuts, and other “tourist friendly” residents. Learn about the “Royal Rat.”
After a picnic lunch, your guide will take you on a narrated tour of Belmopan, the capital of Belize, where you’ll see the Belize government buildings, and the new U.S. Embassy, the largest building in Belize. Learn why the capital was moved from Belize City. Drive through Mopan Maya, where you can observe the lifestyle in a traditional Mayan village.
Then, on to a narrated tour of the twin cities of Santa Elena and San Ignacio. San Ignacio, built on 7 hills, was once a collecting point for mahogany and chicle, and is now the second largest city in Belize (with a population of approximately 13,000.) Your guide will give you a comprehensive overview of the places and institutions that create and reflect the local culture of this major segment of the Cay0 community. You will learn about the government, protective labor laws and the unusual role of the churches in the Belizean public school system. You will have discretionary time to stroll along and around Burns Avenue, the main street of San Ignacio, with its small hotels, banks, sidewalk food stands, grocery stores and shops.
Your tour ends with the option dinner at a local restaurant before returning to the Lodge.
Price per person: US $90 (based on 4 person minimum)
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