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Go straight to the Pool Homes at Banana Bank Heights.
Blue Hole National Park
 Blue Hole National Park is a 575-acre
protected area located along the Southern Highway near Belize's
capital city of Belmopan. The park boasts many outstanding features,
including Blue Hole, a magnificent sink hole and its surrounding
cave system. The Blue Hole is actually a short but deep stretch of
underground rivers whose course is revealed by collapse of a
limestone cavern. It flows on the surface for about 55 yards before
disappearing beneath another rock face. This is a wonderful place
for bird watching and swimming. There are a number of trails to hike within the park. Some of the
unusual birds known to this area include White Hawk, Spotted-Wood
Quail, Crested Guans, Lovely Cotinga, Keel-Billed Toucans,
Red-Legged Honey Creepers, and Slaty-Tailed Trogons.
We can easily spend half to a full day here
end the trip with a refreshing dip in the pools. A number of stairs
descend to this small spring. Its cool, turquoise waters, surrounded
by dense forest, overhung with mosses, vines and ferns are the
perfect spot for a cool and relaxing dip.
St. Herman's Cave is part of Blue Hole National Park. It is a
short hike from the parking area/visitor center to the cave
entrance. Upon entering, visitors go down steps that were originally
cut by the Maya. Once inside, people can clamber over rocks and
splash through the water, while admiring stunning cave formations
created over a millennium ago. After exploring the cave, there is
the option to hike a 2 1/2 mile interpretive trail with observations
that leads over the cave.
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