The Belize Zoo is 30 minutes drive from the hotel and will only take you approximately an hour to tour the entire zoo. A visit to the Belize Zoo is the best way to get to know to the animals of Belize, and to understand why it is important to protect the habitats that sustain them. Here you will see the animals in their own habitat. Being the only Zoo in the country and consisting of 9 acres of tropical savanna, it exhibits over 125 animals all native to Belize. The zoo keeps animals which were orphaned, born at the zoo, or rehabilitated animals.

   

The Belize Zoo has the 5 different species of wildcat which live deep within the rainforests of the Maya Mountains. These include the Jaguar, Margay, Ocelot, Jaguarondi and the Puma. It has a well-built collection of bird species, starting from parrots and macaws, up to vultures and hawks, and wading birds. It also includes the endangered Jabiru Stork. Furthermore, it also exhibits a few of the more common snakes of Belize including the most dangerous one, which is the Fer- de -lance. Most of the poisonous snakes tend to be secretive and nocturnal. Therefore, if you want to see these snakes, the best place is in the Belize zoo.