Orchid Eco-Village

Tropical Eco-Sustainability Experience

Tropical Eco-Learning at your Door-Step

Relaxation with Eco-Learning
07-05-2010

Eco-Village

Why Belize

      Proximity: About 2 hours flight from Houston, or Miami, you are not far from home
        Easy Communication and comprehension: English is the official language. No need to spend some of your time getting up to speed in the language.
 
  Tropical Environment Squarely located in the tropics, Belize offers a tropical environment that is distinctly different from anything existing in North America. You will experience unfamiliar flora, fauna, agriculture, foods and a number of distinctly different ethnic cultures in North America
      
 Peaceful & politically Stable: You will find that almost everyone is helpful, friendly, and glad that you are here. 

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Program Features

Affordability:  Pay less and still get great value 

Accessibility: Minimize your transportation time, we're 20 minutes from the airport
Comfort: Relax in our clean and spacious rooms tranquil and security Home Base, you just need to pack lightly to travel to any destination all over the country.
Security: Enjoy the advantages of staying in a tranquil private village
Sustainable Program: We offer a wide variety of sustainable program

Setting: Experience the lush beauty of the tropics right outside your door
Cuisine: Meticulously prepared and exquisitely presented meals that are delicious
Service: Our well trained staff are friendly and helpful


Sample Itinerary

D1

Arrival

Airport Transfer

Welcome Dinner

D2 Zip Line & Cave Tubing
D3

New River Cruise & Lamanai May Ruin

D4

Jungle Horseback Riding

D5

Crooked Tree Sanctuary Birding

D6 Free Activities ( Belize Zoo, & Old Belize Museum)
D7

Snorkel

Hol Chan Marine Reserve & Shark Ray

D8

Airport Transfer

Most Popular Tourist Destinations

Place to Stay

Most Popular Tourist Attractions

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ATM Crystal Maiden

Actun Tunichil Muknal

One of the highlights for the more active is our tour to Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM for short).  You will bounce over some rough road to get to the start, then trek through some steamy jungle for up to an hour, fording the river 3 times (the water may be up to your knees, or even higher) to get to the mouth of the cave.  Then you swim in (there is no other way) and make your way past stalactites and stalagmites to crystallized human remains from Mayan rituals more than a thousand years ago.  This is an awesome trip which is arguably not for the faint-hearted; which is why we run a more sedate option on the same day!  You may choose to spend time exploring Mayan, Mennonite and Mestizo population centers with their different cultural overtones instead.

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I have done this tour three times now, and The underground exploration of the Tomb of the Crystal Maiden at Actun Tunichil Muknal is arguably not for the faint-hearted; but those who have done it often say it was the best thing about their trip to Belize.
To get to the mouth of the cave you walk through the jungle for about 40 minutes, fording a shallow river three times.  You then swim a short distance into the cave, and follow an underground passage through twists and turns for about half a mile, sharing the space with fruit bats, during which time you will be in water sometimes up to your knees and occasionally up to your neck.
You then reach a miniature cliff which you climb up to reach a plateau which was used by the Mayans for ritual sacrifice to the Rain God Chac more than a thousand years ago.  Here you will see ancient Mayan pottery, and the calcite encrusted remains of 14 human beings, including the complete skeleton of a 14 year old girl (the crystal maiden).
 It is an awesome experience that those of us at the Orchid Garden have seen seven year olds and seventy year olds relish: but you need to be fairly confident in water, not to mind tight squeezes in small places, and to have fairly good knees for the climbing bits.  You will know from the above description whether it is for you or not.

Robin Chambers

  AM PM Optional Alternative

D1

 

Arrival

 

D2

Canopy Zip Line

Cave System Tubing

Butterfly Farm & Rainforest Trail

D3

New River Cruise

Lamanai Maya Ruin

N/A

D4

Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM)

·         Mayan, Mennonite and Mestizo population centers

D5

Belize Zoo

Old Belize Museum

Option for free exploration

D6

Jungle Horseback

Botanical Garden

Guanacaste National Park

D7

Marine Reserve

Shark/Ray Alley Snorkel

Caye Caulker & San Pedro Town

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Free

Departure

 

Meals

Diversities of Culture & Food

  Meticulously prepared and exquisitely presented meals that are delicious

  Diverse Ethnicities

  Creole and Garifuna  Food

  Mayan and Mestizo food

  Chinese &  Taiwanese Food

   Museum of Nature Artistry
   Belize History in Bottles
   Oil Painting of Belize

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Tubing

San Pedro &

Caye Caulker

Snorkel

Snorkeling at possibly the most famous Marine Reserve-Hol Chan Marine reserve is a beautiful marine park, it offers some of the best recreational diving and snorkeling in Belize.

Caye Caulker & San Pedro

Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM)

One of the highlights for the more active is our tour to Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM for short).  You will bounce over some rough road to get to the start, then trek through some steamy jungle for up to an hour, fording the river 3 times (the water may be up to your knees, or even higher) to get to the mouth of the cave.  Then you swim in (there is no other way) and make your way past stalactites and stalagmites to crystallized human remains from Mayan rituals more than a thousand years ago.  This is an awesome trip which is arguably not for the faint-hearted; which is why we run a more sedate option on the same day!  You may choose to spend time exploring Mayan, Mennonite and Mestizo population centers with their different cultural overtones instead

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Orchid Garden Your Eco-Village Experience is hosted by Robin and Amy, a retired British couple who are on hand to ensure that everything runs smoothly, and that as far as possible every guest need is met and every question answered

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Orchid Garden Eco-Village Hotel

TripAdvisor Traveler Reviews

 

#1of 15 B&Bs / Inns in Belize City

43 reviews

Belize Airport Hotel  Belize City Hotel

Hotel Room

First Night Belize Airport Hotel Package US$70 pp ( Double Occupancy)

Price Includes;

 1 Night¡¦s accommodation

 1 Dinner

 1 Breakfast

  One Eco-Village Tour

  • Green Building & Nature Swimming Pool

  • Savannah Nature Trail

  • Nature Artistry Museum

  • Unrestricted access to: A Hughes Net high speed internet connection & 75+ channels of Direct TV

  • A small but serviceable library

  • A games room with table tennis and pool tables

Room

$US

Single Room

100 /pp

Double Room

70  /pp

Triple Room

60  /pp

Quad Room

55  /pp

Belize Inland 3 Night Experience US $199

Price Includes;

 3 Night¡¦s accommodation

 3 Dinner

 3 Breakfast

  One Eco-Village Tour

  • Green Building & Nature Swimming Pool

  • Savannah Nature Trail

  • Nature Artistry Museum

  • Unrestricted access to: A Hughes Net high speed internet connection & 75+ channels of Direct TV

  • A small but serviceable library

  • A games room with table tennis and pool tables

following attractions are easily accessible

  • Zip lining and Cave tubing at Jaguar Paw 40 minutes drive

  • New River, the starting point for our Wildlife river cruise and the ancient Mayan city of Lamanai  50 minutes

  • The terminal for the water taxi to Caye Caulker or Ambergris Caye and the snorkeling in Shark/Ray Alley and at the Hol Chan Marine Reserve on the Barrier Reef 25 minutes 

  • The highway junction in the village of Teakettle (starting point for the awesome ATM Tour (Underground Expedition to the Cave of the Crystal Maiden) 45 minutes

  • The Belize Zoo or the Baboon Sanctuary 20 minutes

  • The International Airport 20 minutes

Guests Comment

Date: June 7th , 2008

Excellent Facility; the food + service was top notch.

Naisha & Bill Johns USA

Tours and meals were above expectations. Good luck with further development of your Eco-Village

Kim & Kathy Mahu USA

 

Everything was great loved people/workers. Tours great, food fabulous

Suggestion: Continue working hard on your Eco-Vision

Philip & Karen Boucher USA

   : Fabulous food/ people were wonderful. Tours were interesting. Loved the music with our meals

Eileen & Bruce Gebhard USA

June 12 2008

Delicious food. Generous and kind hosts, very informative tours of Eco-Village. Good location, close to Mayan Ruins, Cave tubing & Zip-Lines. Very helpful in informing about great tours in the area.

 

June 26 2008

Orchid Garden is a beautiful, peaceful oasis. Excellent food great service

and hospitality. Christine would do anything and everything for us! Thanks

Suggestions: I don’t think you could do anything better. Thanks again. We will be back  Kevin & Ropin Barber Minnesota USA

 

Thank you for all the ways you blessed us during our stay!

Suggestions: It is beautiful here everyone is so nice! I love it here. Thank you!

Patti Eckhoff Minnesota USA

 

Laura, Katie, Carrie and Riza Tantay Minnesota USA

The servise was amazing!

uggestions: Wonderful food! Thanks for taking care of us!

Laura, Katie, Carrie and Riza Tantay Minnesota USA

 

Tours

Cave Tubing

On the way to cave tubing, a  nature hiking through the rainforest jungle. Along the walk you will be shown the flora and fauna as well as herbs used for medicinal purposes by the ancient Mayas.
After the rainforest hike you will then reach the cave branch river and enter in an inner tube and enter a tunnel where you will be floating in a system of Caves. It is one of the most sensational tour of Belize.

Beach & Swimming

Cucumber Beach; This little bay has various activities to choose from. On the beach you can dip into the Caribbean Sea, lounge under one of its palapas or a coconut tree with your favorite drink, or bask in the sun for a bit.

Old Belize Museum

Old Belize offers an unforgettable experience that will surely provide an excellent orientation and appreciation for the country and people of Belize.

From breathtaking riverside jungle scenery to beautiful exotic tropical birds, you'll experience a world unlike anywhere you've ever been before. Ride through old Mayan landscapes and be immersed in the sights and the sounds of the jungle on horseback.

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