Belize Placencia Lobster Festival

The Belize Placencia Lobster, a traditional Belize food fete celebrating the very scrumptious delicacy – lobster.

If you are a seafood lover and you are looking for unique ways to eat your way around Belize? You got to try one of Belize culinary festivals, the Placencia Lobster Festival.

As you may know, Placencia as is common knowledge, is a traditional fishing village. The very same local fishermen found a way to celebrate their fresh catch of the season by dubbing a Lobster Festival.
Things to Eat | Belize Placencia Lobster Festival
You wouldn’t expect any shortage of Lobster in every way shape and form. […]

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Southwest Flies to Belize

Who wouldn’t want to come to Belize?

Southwest has announced non-stop flight to the jewel, Belize starting October 15, 2015. The opening of this new international flight to Belize is sure to boost the already up and coming visits to Belize. CEO Gary Kelly, announced it will be adding flights to Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Belize from Houston’s largest airport, George Bush Continental. The addition of these flights will surely bring about competition with other airlines, mainly United Airlines.

Brad Hawkins, Senior Advisor for Communication for Southwest visited Belize’s number one tourism destination, San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, in February of this month […]

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Belize & Splash Dive Center Welcomes Southwest

Southwest Airlines has expanded services to Belize. On October 15. 2015 Southwest first nonstop flight landed at the Phillip S.W. Goldson International Airport from Houston Hobby International Terminal. This was certainly a historic flight as it was Southwest first time landing in Belize. This flight is sure to cause competition with the other major airlines currently flying to Belize. Southwest is known for having the lowest rates compared to its competitors.

Southwest Airlines definitely gives you the most bang for your buck with:

Free checked bags up to 50 lbs.
No Change fees
Friendly flight attendants
Restrictions are limited

The first flight to Belize was certainly a […]

By |October 19th, 2015|Belize, belize hotels, belize travel, Belize vacation, Blog, dive in belize, Placencia, Travel Belize, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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COPA’s New Flight to Belize

COPA’S New Flight to Belize
Compañía Panameña de Aviación, S.A., better known as COPA has recently announced flights to Belize from Hub de Las Americas Panama City, Panama. Starting December 8th, 2015 two weekly flights will be offered to Belize from Panama City. On July 29, 2015 a press conference was held at the Best Western Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel where it was announced that Flight CM 281 will leave Belize City Tuesdays and Fridays at 2:17 p.m to arrive at Hub de las Americas at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama City at 5:34 p.m. The return flight, CM 280, […]

By |July 29th, 2015|Belize, belize travel, Belize vacation, Blog, Placencia, Travel Belize, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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Conservation of the Belize Barrier Reef: A UNESCO World Heritage Site

 
Let’s face it! Our world is awesome! Belize is proud to be the home of the largest Barrier Reef in the Western Hemisphere, a haven for awesome and diverse marine life. The Belize Barrier Reef UNESCO World Heritage Marine Site, and if you have ever had the good fortune to dive or snorkel in this area, you will understand why Charles Darwin declared it to be “the most remarkable reef in the West Indies”. Charles Darwin, the originator of the theory of evolution studied “life and its origins” and found it in Belize’s Barrier Reef.
 

 
The Belize Barrier Reef is […]

By |September 20th, 2013|Belize, belize conservation efforts, belize dive, belize travel, Blog, consevation, green, rainforest alliance, world heritage sites|0 Comments
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Belize Winter Vacations: Summer in December

Belize Winter Vacations- Summer In December

Usually December means winter: one of the coldest seasons of the year. Fortunately this is not true for Belize. Belize is a tropical country all year-round! The average high in Belize during this time is is 80 F. (26 C.) and the average low is 71 F (21 C.).  Belize is the perfect escape from winter as it is a mere 2 hours flight from the United States of America.

Why not take a family winter vacation in the small tropical English-speaking land of Belize?

Who says that you cannot take a family dream winter vacation […]

By |August 1st, 2013|belize adventure, belize travel, Blog, dive, dive in belize, Summer Travel, travel|0 Comments
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More than just the Deep Blue – Belize Ruins

Archeological tours – Belize Ruins!

My family and I decided to go the extra mile and explore Belize a bit more and we were all happy we made the decision to experience the Mayas in Belize. We were in for an early start leaving Splash Dive Center in Placencia, by road at 6:00 am. I had no doubt that we were on an adventurous and rewarding journey as we headed back to 600 AD visiting Belize ruins!  Archeologists believe that the temples in Xunantunich (pronounced shoo-nan-too-neech), located in the Cayo district dates back to the early Classical Period. It is unimaginable […]

By |April 18th, 2013|Archeology, Belize, belize travel, Central America, maya, Splash Dive Center|0 Comments
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Your Next Dream Vacation – Belize

Belize Vacation

At the start of every New Year we begin to envision and plan towards our dreams and future goals. In the hustle and bustle of an ordinary life it should be an obligation to take a few weeks off to enjoy a vacation, one that will allow you to experience the natural wonders of the world. There is but one place that allows you to experience the natural wonders of several “worlds”, and that place is called Belize.

Belize has been referred to for many years as Nature’s Best Kept Secret, the secret country in Central America that is marvelous […]

By |February 14th, 2013|Belize, belize travel, Belize vacation, Placencia, Travel to Belize|0 Comments
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My First Dives in the Indigo Blue Waters for Caribbean Scuba Diving!

Amazing Caribbean Scuba Diving in Placencia, Belize!

My boyfriend Tony, at the time, has always been a diving enthusiast and had tried to convince me to take a few dive courses so I can join him in his underwater adventures when he visits the Caribbean scuba diving.  Till now just the thought of going in the ocean filled with sharks and other unknown scary marine creatures, while carrying on your back heavy tanks, was not particularly exciting to me at first. Now, our yearly vacation trip to a new destination was coming up and we were doing a […]

By |October 4th, 2012|Beaches and Belize, Belize diving experience, belize hotels, belize travel, Central America, dive in belize, Girls get-away, Placencia, Scuba Girls, Silk Cayes, Travel Belize|0 Comments
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Pack Your Shorts, Sun Shades and a Camera for a Belize Winter Vacation!

Warm coats and heaters are never an option with a Belize winter vacation. In fact, all you need in this sub-tropical paradise is a pair of shorts, t-shirts, a pair of sandals, sun shades, sun block and a cold beer.  Belize is the place where coconut palms and white sand beaches were born: where mother nature smiles happily after seeing her glorious creation of exquisite oceans, barrier reefs, atolls and rich rainforest. Belize is the place where the great Maya Civilization built their magnificent pyramids and where the Clovis Culture roamed more than 12,000 years ago according […]

By |September 1st, 2012|belize hotels, belize travel, Belize vacation, dive in belize, Diving in Belize, Family Travel, travel, Winter in Belize|0 Comments
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