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A Week from the Cayes to the Maya South
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Your Belize Itinerary at a Glance

  1. Day 1 Day 1: Caye Caulker
  2. Day 2 Day 2: To the mainland and Cayo
  3. Day 3 Day 3: Mountain Pine Ridge
  4. Day 4 Day 4: Big Rock and the reserve
  5. Day 5 Day 5: South to Placencia
  6. Day 6 Day 6: Cockscomb
  7. Day 7 Day 7: Toledo

What to Do in Belize

The Split

The channel Hurricane Hattie cut through the island in 1961.

Rio On Pools

Granite pools and rock slides.

Rio Frio Cave

A cathedral sized river cave, walked into on the level.

Big Rock Falls

150 feet into a deep pool.

The Placencia Sidewalk

4,071 feet of pedestrian only path the length of a working Creole fishing village.

Che'il Mayan Chocolate

Maya owned, village based, at the turn off for the sanctuary.

Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary

Trails, waterfalls and river swimming across 128,000 acres.

Ixcacao Maya Belizean Chocolate

Farm walk, ceremonial drink, chocolate making and lunch cooked by the family.

Toledo Ecotourism Association village guesthouses

A community owned network of village guesthouses across 13 villages, built so control and revenue stay in the village.

Where to Eat in Belize

Namaste Cafe

Wholefood breakfast attached to a sea view yoga studio, and the most reliable vegan cooking on the island.

Guava Limb Restaurant and Cafe

Produce from the organic Maya Farm.

Where to Shop in Belize

San Ignacio Market

Farmers and artisans from across Cayo.

Punta Gorda Market

Maya farmers from the inland villages bringing produce to the coast.

Your Day by Day Belize Itinerary

Day 1

Day 1: Caye Caulker

Caye Caulker runs on golf carts and bicycles and has a speed limit written on a sign as Go Slow. Belize protects 20.4 per cent of its territorial waters and its barrier reef came off the UNESCO danger list in 2018 after the country banned offshore oil across its entire maritime zone, which is a country reversing course rather than drifting.

Do Afternoon

The Split

The channel Hurricane Hattie cut through the island in 1961. Free shore snorkelling with no boat, no tour and no bait.

Eat Morning

Namaste Cafe

Wholefood breakfast attached to a sea view yoga studio, and the most reliable vegan cooking on the island.

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Day 2

Day 2: To the mainland and Cayo

Cayo is the agricultural heart of Belize, and Belize is the one country in this region that genuinely feeds itself. An FAO study handed to the government in 2022 put domestic production at 60 per cent of consumption, against islands nearby importing over 90 per cent.

See the full day-by-day itinerary.

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Day 3

Day 3: Mountain Pine Ridge

Mountain Pine Ridge is 300,000 acres of granite and pine, geologically unlike the limestone that makes up most of the country, and it costs nothing to enter. Roads can close in heavy rain, so take the paved route to Big Rock if the weather has turned.

Day 4

Day 4: Big Rock and the reserve

Stay a second day in the pines rather than rushing south. The reserve is big enough that most visitors see one waterfall and leave, which is why the second day is the quiet one.

Day 5

Day 5: South to Placencia

Placencia is a Creole fishing village on a sand spit, and its sidewalk is a genuinely car free public path the length of the settlement. Bicycles and golf carts are banned on it and the ban is enforced.

Day 6

Day 6: Cockscomb

Maya Centre sits at the turn off for the world's first jaguar preserve, declared in 1986 after Alan Rabinowitz found the highest density of jaguars ever recorded in the basin. Entrance fees are collected in the village, so the money lands before you even reach the gate.

Day 7

Day 7: Toledo

Toledo is the Maya south, and in April 2015 the Caribbean Court of Justice issued a consent order in which the government accepted that Maya customary land tenure exists across the entire district and gives rise to constitutional property rights. Delivery of that ruling is still disputed. Spending in the villages is the most direct thing a visitor can do.

Filmed and written by Celina for My Ideal World.