Posts Tagged ‘Belize’
From National Geographic: Diver “Vanishes” in Portal to Maya Underworld
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 Flight sale from AA extended – great time to come to Belize!
Saturday, December 26th, 2009In case you missed it! Fares can be found as low as $149.00!
- Travelers can lock-in the unbelievable rates for travel from January 1 – March 31, 2010.
- In order to take advantage of the low fares, tickets must be purchased on AA.com by January 05, 2010.
- Fares are each way, and based on a round-trip economy class purchase.
Belize is named as one of the most ethical destinations in the world
Monday, December 7th, 2009“Ethical Traveler’s new report, “The World’s Best Ethical Destinations,” identifies the 10 countries in the developing world that are best protecting their natural environments, promoting responsible travel, and building a tourism industry which provides real benefits to local communities. “There’s no doubt that worldwide interest in mindful, responsible travel is growing – not only among travelers, but within the countries that host us,” says Jeff Greenwald, executive director of Ethical Traveler and co-author of the report. “Now is the perfect time for savvy travelers and well-intentioned governments to evolve together, each encouraging the other. This is especially true in the developing world, where travel and tourism can be developed as lucrative, low-impact alternatives to forestry, mining, and the destruction of ocean habitats.” In alphabetical order, the best ethical travel destinations for 2010 are:
- Argentina
- Belize
- Chile
- Ghana
- Lithuania
- Namibia
- Poland
- Seychelles
- South Africa
- Suriname
“In drafting our report, we use scores of information sources — including publicly available data — to rate each country’s genuine commitment to environmental protection, social welfare and human rights,” says Christy Hoover, co-author of the report. “Data sources include the United Nations Development Program, Human Rights Watch, Columbia University, Reporters Without Borders, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and many others. Private interviews with NGO leaders are part of the process, as well.” The full report can be viewed at http://www.ethicaltraveler.org/destinations Ethical Traveler is an international alliance of travelers who believe that travel is a powerful tool for international goodwill and cultural understanding. The group seeks to harness the political and economic clout of tourism to support human rights and the environment. Ethical Traveler is a project of the Earth Island Institute. For more information, please visit http://www.ethicaltraveler.org . Note to Editors: Stunning high-resolution photos and follow-up interviews available upon request. Media Hotline: Michael McColl +1 510 451 0267 This release was issued through eReleases(TM). For more information, visit http://www.ereleases.com. SOURCE Ethical Traveler © 2009 PR Newswire. All Rights Reserved”
Stop polluting Belize’s tropical rivers and stop the smokescreen, Probe International tells Fortis Inc.
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009“International aid and trade watchdog, Probe International, is asking Stanley Marshall, President and CEO of the Newfoundland-based power company Fortis Inc., to start accounting to the people of Belize and its shareholders about contamination of the Macal and Belize Rivers in Belize by the company’s Chalillo dam.
Aerial photographs released in early August show that the dam is discharging sediment-laced water and contaminating the downstream river with turbidity levels hundreds, if not thousands, of times higher than the standards set by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The contamination has now reached the Caribbean Sea.
Turbidity contaminants are especially worrying, says Patricia Adams, the author of the letter and Executive Director of Probe International, because (more…)
Flights to Belize from Cancun, Guatemala City, and San Pedro Sula
Thursday, June 18th, 2009From next month (July 2009) you can fly to Belize City directly from our three neighbouring countries! There will be two daily flights to/from Cancun, and one each to/from Guatemala City and San Pedro Sula. This is such welcome news as it makes Belize so much more accessible. It also promises cheaper flights to get here, and hopefully makes it easier for Europeans and other non-Americans, who will no longer need to travel through the USA. There are so many cheap flights available to Cancun from Europe. Now you can take advantage of them and instead come to beautiful Belize! Let’s just hope the airline can weather the current economy, and make this the success it deserves to be!
Here’s the schedule:
Cancun (Mexico) to Belize City (45 Mins) US$199 -Remember Mexico is an hour ahead of Belize
9am – 8.45am
5.50pm – 5.35pm
Belize City to Cancun (Mexico) (45 Mins) $US199 -Remember Mexico is an hour ahead of Belize
9.30am – 11.15am
6.50pm – 8.35pm
Hugely unfortunate that European travellers still can’t reach the islands in one day, you’ll have to stay in Cancun / Playa del Carmen, or Belize City, but you can fly straight through on the way home, and you no longer have to go through US Immigration to reach us by air!
Guatemala City to Belize City (50 Mins) $US199
5.15pm – 6.05pm
Belize City to Guatemala City (50 Mins) $US199
9.30am – 10.20am
San Pedro Sula (Honduras) to Belize City (40 mins) US$199
8.05am – 8.45am
Belize City to San Pedro Sula (Honduras) (40 mins) US$199
6.20pm – 7pm
Belize/Honduras earthquake – was there really a tsunami threat? (Part Three)
Saturday, May 30th, 2009(Nadine Pedoe)
There were no tsunami waves caused by this earthquake at all, despite some panic that there may be. The warning was taken off after about half an hour, but many people didn’t know it had been, so the panic continued. There is very little (but still some) risk of a tsunami from this fault. Other active faults are further from Belize.
The word ‘tsunami’ is Japanese. The English word for them used to be “tidal waves” but this is inaccurate as they have nothing to do with tides. There are very few languages with their own word for them because they are rare in most of the world. They are caused by undersea volcanoes, earthquakes and landslides and are still quite poorly understood by scientists. This is partly because they don’t happen often and also because there is no warning that they are about to happen, except for an earthquake which also can’t be predicted with any accuracy. Around 80% of them occur in the Pacific Ocean, triggered by the earthquakes and volcanoes around the ‘Pacific Ring of Fire’ – see last post. Japan is the most advanced country in their research as tsunamis hit their coastline every year.
Due to the devastating tsunami in Asia on 26th December 2004, the word ‘tsunami’ now strikes terror in the minds of most of us. Before this time, most people had little knowledge of what a tsunami was. However the conditions of a tsunami’s formation need to be (more…)
Discount for Facebook fans
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009To say thank you to anyone that signs up a fan on our Facebook page, we’ll give you a discount on your snorkel tour. The amount of the discount depends on the tour. Pass on the news to your friends. And yes we’ll be checking for genuine fans!
Red Mangrove Eco Adventures, Caye Caulker, Belize’s Facebook Page
How to get to Caye Caulker from anywhere (with most of the links you could possibly need)
Sunday, May 17th, 2009(Nadine Pedoe)
Here’s all you need to know to reach Caye Caulker from your country.
Firstly you need to get to the country of Belize:
From the USA, you have a choice of airlines, flying from their respective hubs to Belize City (BZE), and connections to your home city.
Continental fly to Belize from Houston (IAH) two or three times a day. They also have some flights from Newark (EWR)
American Airlines fly from Dallas (DFW) and Miami (MIA)
Delta fly from their hub in Atlanta (ATL)
US Airways fly from their hub in Charlotte, North Carolina (CLT)
You can also bus or drive down from the USA through Mexico. It’ll take you about three days. Bus services in Mexico are (more…)
There has been NO swine flu in Belize…prices slashed..great time to come here!
Sunday, May 17th, 2009Not one single case. Over 40 people were tested, and they all came back negative. Most people are now aware that the western media caused a pandemic of fear, but now reports are coming out of Mexico that even the cases there were extremely exaggerated. It’s well known that their economy is suffering from the lack of tourists. Same thing in Belize and we never had a single case. Whether it was false information spread by panic merchants in the first place or the swift reaction of the Belize emergency team, who immediately educated the public on how to avoid infection, closed down some public meetings, and monitored the border with Mexico and the flights from the US, the fact is there have been no cases.
Because of the panic, there has been a drastic drop in tourist numbers, which is obviously affecting people’s livelihoods. Most people’s income comes from tourism.
But this is good news for individual tourists. There has probably never been a better time to come to Belize. The flight fares are very low – we’ve found $298 plus taxes, there may even be better. The hotels have slashed their prices too. The weather is hot and sunny as it usually is at this time of year. While you won’t quite have the place to yourself, you certainly will find it quieter than usual.
Tourists are starting to come back so these low prices may not last for long!
An excellent time to visit Belize
Saturday, May 16th, 2009Flights from New York are as low as $298 (plus taxes etc) , hotels have dropped their prices by as much as 50% in some cases, the weather is hot and sunny. All these things make it a perfect time to visit us here in Caye Caulker. We never did have any swine flu in Belize, but the tourist industry was hit almost as hard as that in Mexico. Sad for us, but great for the tourists as visitors can take advantage of the lowest prices in years. However please don’t ask us to drop the prices on the tours as these are run at the lowest prices possible already.
All our tours include reserve park fees, purified water, tropical fruits, rental of equipment, and some tours include lunch cooked on the beach. All are guided by licensed and registered guides, mostly by our head guide and owner Carlos Miller, who is well known for his eco-friendly, fun, educational tours, and is highly recommended by both Rough Guide and Lonely Planet.
The sun is shining, the fish are swimming and as colorful as ever, the water is heated and sparkling, the palm trees and hammocks are swaying in a gentle breeze, need we go on?
What are you waiting for?
