Orchid Garden Eco-Village

Tropical Eco-Sustainability Experience

Tropical Eco-Learning at your Door-Step

Relaxation with Eco-Learning

Facilities & Service

Orchid Garden Restaurant

Diversities of Cultural & Food

Sitting around the Mahogany trunk tables, a strong primitive flavour enhances the value of our food even before it is served.  In every corner of the restaurant, hundreds of nature's artistries are arranged elaborately.  The flowing fragrance and attraction power of the numerous native orchids create an ambiance that is beyond description. Finally, a special feast of colour and fragrance, that is our savory dishes, will be the highlight of your visit.

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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.  This allows natural light to stream into the space, through the fine mesh netting which keeps the insects out.  The weight of the roof is taken by trunks of logwood and other hardwoods, and the roof is insulated with cohune palm leaves. 

In the centre of the space is an open area planted with typical rainforest plants.  Taking pride of place in this central area is a massive Ziricote root, draped with white and purple orchids.  The opening in the roof above this space increases the natural light, and allows any rain to flow in curtains directly off the steeply sloping roof, providing the restaurant with its own waterfall whenever it rains!

The tables are made from thick slices of 50 + year old mahogany, cut from what was left by the loggers when they harvested the main trunks.  The restaurant space is bordered on one side by a butterfly corridor.  There is an adjoining “Stone Room” exhibiting the different kinds of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock found in Belize.

The Orchid Garden showcases more than 100 of the 300+ native orchids and bromeliads found in Belize, and a number of these can be seen in the restaurant.

The overall effect is a sense of being in a “green” building promoting a feeling of inner peace and an appreciation of the beauty of the home-grown materials, harvested for this purpose in an eco-sustainable way.  Birds, butterflies, basilisk lizards and geckos can normally be seen and / or heard whenever you are in this space, which helps put you in touch with your tropical surroundings.

Robin & Amy  02/22/2008

Accessibility

  We're 20 minutes from the airport

Delicious Meals

  Meticulously prepared and exquisitely presented meals that are delicious

 Tranquil & Secure

  Hibiscus Tea

 Butterfly Corridor

Diversities of Food

Hibiscus Feast

Private Function Room

Mahogany Table

Bromeliad

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 à tous pour votre attention, votre gentillesse, et bonne continuation dans votre projet.  Bonne chance, et peut -etre à une autre fois.” 

Angeline Tournier (France) 

A simple way to a better world

Belize Airport Hotel  Belize City Hotel

Hotel Room

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

Price Includes;

  • 1 Room Nights

  • 1 Dinner

  • 1 Breakfast

  • One Eco-Village Tour

    • Green Building & Nature Swimming Pool

    • Savannah Nature Trail

    • Nature Artistry Museum

Belize Inland 3 Night Experience US $199

Price Includes;

  • 3 Room Nights

  • 3 Dinner

  • 3 Breakfast

  • One Eco-Village Tour

    • Green Building & Nature Swimming Pool

    • Savannah Nature Trail

    • Nature Artistry Museum

following attractions are easily accessible

  • Zip lining and Cave tubing at Jaguar Paw 40 minutes

  • New River, the starting point for our 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