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Belize Vacations First Class Experience on a budget

Belize

Belize, a magical tropical vacation destination  More  

   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

    Peaceful & politically Stable: You will find that almost everyone is helpful, friendly, and glad that you are here. 

   Making a Difference : by holidaying in Belize you will be helping to preserve the wonderful eco-systems which make Belize unique; and at the same time you will be helping us to promote our Tropical Eco-sustainability Experience.

Lodging

Orchid Garden Eco-Village, rated the number 1 B&B in and around Belize City on Tripadvisors Popular Index.is centrally located in Belize.  From this tranquil, secure and beautiful home base, some fourteen miles outside Belize City, you can experience the mystery and beauty of Belize in many different ways: More

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Attractions

If this is your first time in Belize, you won't  want to miss the most popular attractions to be found here

  • ATM Underground Exploration to the Tomb of the Crystal Maiden:  this tour 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. More

  • Jungle Zip-lines:  5 lines 100-150 meters long through the spectacular rainforest canopy.   The only problem you'll have is that it'll  be over too quickly!..More

  • Cave Tubing:  you will float through a few amazing caves with a light strapped to your forehead.  It is said that in those caves you find yourself...More

  • Wildlife River Cruise:  experiencing  pristine riverine forest location and stopping along the way for a close look at any wildlife you happen to encounter..More

  • Lamanai Mayan Ruins: set

    in a spectacular, tranquil rainforest location, More

  • Hol Chan Marine Reserve Snorkel: Snorkel with nurse sharks and giant eagle rays if you like and incredible array of corals and brightly colored fish ..More

Vacation Packages

Joining our programs means enjoying quality experiences that normally carry a significantly higher price tag.  Guests often comment on the peace and tranquility of our private village, with its tropical gardens and wonderful birds and butterflies. Experience the lush beauty of the tropics right outside your door! More

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Belize

Eco-Village

  • Airport Hotel: Just 20 minutes from the International Airport (and yet a world away), we are ideally located for a first night or last night stay in Belize.More

  • Vegetarian Food Hotel: If you are a vegetarian, or vegan, or gluten intolerant, you will know what we mean by "tokenism" all those restaurants that offer you the one indifferent dish on a menu replete with meat and fish dishes.  More

  • Green Building Restaurant The Orchid Garden Eco-Village Restaurant is a large, tranquil space with low walls constructed out of river stones, topped with lengths of thick bamboo harvested from the banks of the Sibun River. More

  • Wedding Location The Orchid Garden is probably the most cost-effective organizer of weddings in Belize.More

  • Honeymoon Package:

    Enjoy a complimentary bottle of Pol Clément Blanc de Blancs on your first night, plus tropical flowers to make your room feel that bit more special.  You will find our tour locations are romantic and exotic enough to create a honeymoon atmosphere not just for newly weds but for every couple who visits them.

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  • Eco-Museum:

    This is another name for our Green Building Restaurant (q.v.)

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Eco-Village

  • Museum Artistry: The owners of the Orchid Garden have turned the ground floor of their spacious house into a display space for their collection of bottles found in Belize, their examples of "Nature Artistry in Root and Stone" and a number of paintings described as "Expressions of Belize".   More

  • Edible Garden:

    The Orchid Garden has developed a number of eco-sustainable practices, and grows its own corn, green beans, hibiscus flowers, sweet potato leaf, mushrooms, mangoes, limes, bananas, coconuts; All this produce is organic, and there is no use of chemical preservatives in any of the food cooked here.  More

  • Birding: A couple who visited the Orchid Garden recently, after touring a number of famous birding locations, spotted and recorded more than 40 species of bird in and around the Orchid Garden Resort.  They reported it was the most rewarding bird watching location that they had found in Belize More

  • Belize Native Orchids :

    There are more than 300 native varieties of Orchid in Belize, and the Orchid Garden has more than 100 of these varieties growing in its grounds, as well as numerous species of bromeliads.More

  • Belize History in Bottles More

  • Nature Swimming Pond :

    When the suggestion that the Orchid Garden should have a swimming pool first came up, Jason stipulated that there should be no concrete and no chemicals.  More

  • Nature Sanctuary:

    The 43 acres of land on which the Orchid Garden Resort and Eco-Village sits has been designated a Nature Sanctuary by the owners, Jason and Christine Liao. More

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  • Our price includes round trip Airport transfer, double occupancy accommodation, all meals, parking fees, guide fees, transport and taxes.  Please note,

  • the price quoted does NOT include international air travel, country entry or departure fees, airport porter fees, or the cost of visas, phone calls, food or beverage in addition to our regular menu items, or any discretional tips to staffs in restaurant and hotel, tour guides or drivers

  •  Vegetarians are welcome and well catered for

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Magical Belize Vacation

6 Day Magical Belize Vacation US $899 pp

The 6 Day Magical tour activities include 5 of the most popular traveler attractions in Belize:  tubing through a marvelous cave branch system and zip-lining through the pristine tropical rainforest canopy; cruising the New River from Orange Walk to the Ancient Mayan City of Lamanai; undertaking the awesome Actun Tunichil Muknal Underground Caving Expedition to discover the Crystal Mayan Maiden and the calcite encrusted remains of another thirteen human beings, which have lain undisturbed, deep in those caves, since the ninth century. snorkeling over the coral reef at the Hol Chan Marine Reserve and Shark/Ray Alley

Travel to 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
    
    Peaceful & politically Stable: You will find that almost everyone is helpful, friendly, and glad that you are here. 

        Making a Difference : by holidaying in Belize you will be helping to preserve the wonderful eco-systems which make Belize unique; and at the same time you will be helping us to promote our Tropical Eco-sustainability Experience.

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Guests Comments

Date: June 30th, 2008

 “I loved staying here!!  It was awesome.  I hope to come back.”  Manon (aged 9) (French family)

 “Loved staying here!!  Perfect – nice people, good meals, feels like home.  The eco-village is a must-see in Belize, a great example of how it should be done all over the world.  Keep it up until next time. And A+ for Alfredo Le Magnifique!”  Stephane (French family from San Diego)

“Incredible people and wonderful food.  You can’t find better.”  Benedicte

Merci pour ces quelques jours de vacances dans votre lieu de paix.  Merci tous pour votre attention, votre gentillesse, et bonne continuation dans votre projet.  Bonne chance, et peut -etre une autre fois.” 

Angeline Tournier (France)

Eco-Tours

Relaxation with Eco-Learning

5 Day  Inland Vacation

7 Days Sea & Land

 Belize All-Inclusive Vacation Packages

US$1049 per person

 Airport Round way Transfer

Underground Expedition (ATM Tour)

Hol Chan Marine Reserve & Snorkel

Jungle Zip-Lines & Cave Tubing

New River Cruise & Lamanai Maya Ruin

Belize Zoo

Eco-Village Tour

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Snorkeling Hol Chan Belize

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Manatee Watching

Manatee Watching

Lamanai Maya Ruin
Lamanai

Cave Tubing

Tubing
ATM (Crystal Maiden Cave)

Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM)

One of the highlights for the more active is our tour to Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM for short “Cave of the Stone Sepulcher”) . An Expedition underground to find the Crystal Mayan Maiden, this cave was featured in the National Geographic Explorer film Journey through the Underworld (1993).

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; that is why we run a more sedate option on the same day!  some of your family member may choose to spend time exploring Mayan, Mennonite and Mestizo population centers with their different cultural overtones instead

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Magical Belize Vacation

Nature Swimming Pond

Orchid Garden Eco-Village Hotel

    tripadvisor Traveler Reviews

 

#1of 12 B&Bs / Inns in Belize City

17 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

Delicious Food

Vegetarian Food

Vegetarian Food

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Room

$US

Single Room

100 /pp

Double Room

70  /pp

Triple Room

60  /pp

Quad Room

55  /pp

Eco Museum

Museum of Tropical Treasure

Belize Adventure

Living Museum of Tropical Savannah Eco-System

Art Museum
Museum of Artistry

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