Blue Hole National Park

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For this week's post I am sharing one of the tours at the Blue Hole National Park in Belize..This park is located just off the Hummingbird Highway in the Cayo District of Belize not far from Belmopan.  The park is over 500 acres and contains two cave systems called St Hermans and Crystal Caves. The park has various nature trails and the cool natural blue hole or pool.  Not to be confused..Belize is also known for the diving site called the Blue Hole.

Hubby and I arranged to have a guided tour with Neko of the  Belize Inland Tours of the St Hermans Cave and a guided birding tour on the trail of the Blue Hole National Park. Above is one of my lifers from the day's outing the Smoky-brown Woodpecker, the St. Hermans Cave, lizard and a Clay-colored Robin

 Since we have done the cave-tubing in Belize we opted for a guided walking tour into the St Hermans Cave with Neko.

Sorry for the fuzzy photo, but I was excited to see this lifer the Violaceous Trogon.. Special thanks to Neko for helping me to see my lifers at the Blue Hole National Park.

These are some of the scenes from our guided birding tour with Neko at the Blue Hole National Park. Above you can see the natural pool (part of the Cave Branch Creek) called the Blue Hole, another lifer a Royal Flycatcher and its nest. The lifer  Rufous-tailed Jacamar and some more scenery around the Blue Hole.

The Blue Hole was formed from the collapse (sinkhole) of an underground river channel. The exposed section of the Cave Branch creek tributary can be view for about 150 feet before it disappears beneath the ground and into the cave system.

If you are ever in Belize I was highly recommend arranging a tour with Neko and the Belize Inland Tours.  I hope you enjoyed this photo tour of Belize's Blue Hole National Park.


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A tower view

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We are happy to be home now with our Goldie Girl. Hubby and I had a great vacation in Belize. These are some scenes from the Gazebo Tower and some scenes from around our Sleeping Giant Rainforest resort.   On a hot humid day, the hike up to the Gazebo tower was rough..At times there was a rope along the side to hold onto as we hiked up the mountain.. Once we arrived at the top the views were beautiful and then we got stuck there until a passing storm went by..It was an adventure.

A view from the tower, you can see the cows way down there. The road is called the Hummingbird Highway, I love that name..

I was glad I decided to zoom in for a look at these cows, I captured a fence for Tex's Good Fences.

Here is a view looking up at the Gabezo tower from when we did some birding along the orchard road. The tower is at the tippy top almost in the middle of the photo above the white cliff rocks.

After we climbed to the top of the tower we noticed the rainstorm approaching.. It makes sense, we saw rain during our vacation. After all we were in a rainforest..So, my vacations are not totally rain free anymore..

We could see the rain coming towards us...a cool looking Skywatch shot..

Here I am waiting for the rain to stop so we can hike back to the resort and our room.. Looks like another fence for my Good Fence post.

I took some shots of the foilage around the tower while we waited for the rain to stop..I like these heart shaped leaves..they were huge.

Not sure what kind of berries these are but I spooked some bird away taking a photo.

Neko was our birding tour guide one morning at the resort. His company is  Belize Inland tours  in case you are interested in visiting Belize check out their website for various tours. They are located at the Blue Hole National Park on the Hummingbird Hwy. Hubby and I also did a tour at the Blue Hole Nat'l Park more on that tour on another post.

Above is one of my Belize lifers..it is called the Black-headed Saltator. A resident from Central Mexico south to Panama .  It has a large black bill and head, a pale supercilium, pale gray underparts. They eat both fruit and insects. This Black-headed Saltator can be seen foraging with a flock of mixed species..

A view from the opposite side of the tower. There is an orange orchard and you can see the river. On the bottom of the photo you can see the dirt road we walked along to do our birding. I hope you enjoyed my post..


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