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Overview

Southern Belize is the country's most absorbing cultural melting pot, with a strong Garifuna influence around Dangriga and Hopkins, and Belize's largest Maya population down in Toledo. Nature is rich here too, where open savanna and citrus-filled farmland give way to forested hills dotted with Maya villages, ruins and national parks primed for adventurous jungle trekking.

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Must-see attractions

  • Living Maya Experience

    Living Maya Experience

    Southern Belize

    Two Kekch铆 families in Big Falls village have opened up their homes as a cultural experience for visitors and both are excellent. The Cal family鈥�

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    Mayflower Bocawina National Park

    Southern Belize

    This beautiful 11-sq-mile park of jungle, mountains, waterfalls, walking trails, swimming holes and small Maya sites lies about 16 miles southwest of鈥�

  • UNSPECIFIED - FEBRUARY 07: Old ruins of a Mayan Temple, Lubaantun, Stann Creek District, Belize (Photo by DEA / M.BORCHI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

    Lubaantun

    Southern Belize

    The Maya ruins at Lubaantun, 1.3 miles northwest of San Pedro Columbia, are built on a natural hilltop and display a construction method unusual in the鈥�

  • Nim Li Punit

    Nim Li Punit

    Southern Belize

    The Maya ruins of Nim Li Punit stand atop a natural hill half a mile north of the Southern Hwy, near the village of Indian Creek. The site is notable for鈥�

  • Temash-Sarstoon National Park

    Temash-Sarstoon National Park

    Southern Belize

    The tiny Garifuna fishing community of Barranco (population 160), about an hour's drive from Punta Gorda, is the access point for Temash-Sarstoon National鈥�

  • Uxbenka

    Uxbenka

    Southern Belize

    The Maya ruins of Uxbenka are close to the village of Santa Cruz on the road from San Antonio. The site is mostly undeveloped and the visible part is鈥�

  • R铆o Blanco National Park

    R铆o Blanco National Park

    Southern Belize

    The 105-acre R铆o Blanco National Park, just west of Santa Elena village, is a compact protected wildlife area that's home to a variety of flora and fauna鈥�

  • Chaos Oasis

    Chaos Oasis

    Southern Belize

    One of the stranger things you're likely to see in Belize is this 'Earth Ship' structure, made even more incongruous because it's so close to the entrance鈥�

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