City overview
Belize is the only English-speaking country in Central America, and it packs an improbable amount into an area smaller than Massachusetts: the second-largest barrier reef in the world running the length of its coast, hundreds of cayes and three offshore atolls, and a jungle interior full of Maya cities and river caves that were used as ceremonial spaces more than a thousand years ago. Most visitors split their time between an island and the mainland, flying or taking a water taxi between them. The Jewish presence is small and recent. Chabad of Belize opened in San Pedro on Ambergris Caye in 2016 and remains the country's only Jewish institution, serving a handful of local families and a steady stream of travellers. It runs the country's only kosher restaurant, holds Shabbat and holiday services and meals, and is the practical starting point for any observant visitor planning a trip here.
Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary
Belize · Belizean nationals BZ$2.50 per day; non-nationals BZ$10 per day. Guide, transport and accommodation priced separately.
The world's first jaguar preserve, 150 square miles of rainforest in the Maya Mountains laced with waterfall trails and tubing runs.
Time needed
Half to full day
Hours
Open daily 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
Tips
Managed by the Belize Audubon Society. Sign in at Maya Centre village on the Southern Highway, where the access road begins — it is about six miles of rough track in to the sanctuary headquarters. Jaguars are present but almost never seen; what you will see is birdlife, waterfalls and the Ben's Bluff and Tiger Fern trails.
Phone
223-4988Website
https://belizeaudubon.org/Neighborhood
Maya Centre, Stann Creek District
Activity providers
Kosher map of Belize
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