Cayo Scoop! The Ecology of Cayo Culture

Forbes has a nice travel article highlighting 3 places to travel to if you love the outdoors, and Cayo is 1st on their list.  They loved the beauty and nature found here, while enjoying their stay at Caves Branch Jungle Lodge.  Definitely worth a read.

We are starting our list in Central America, in the (criminally underrated) and devastatingly lush country of Belize. With its vivid combination of dense jungle and the Caribbean Sea, the wild beauty of Belize is reminiscent of Tulum ten years ago—before the influencers, and the pervasive house music, before it became one of the most well-known bohemian getaways on the planet.

In Belize, there is still much left to be discovered. While much has been made of Ambergris Caye as of late, and the diving opportunities off the coast at the Great Blue Hole to be particular, the Cayo district remains blissfully undiscovered to many would-be visitors.

The country only measures 170 miles from north to south, an incredible fact considering the diversity of its ecosystems. And even the highways in Belize are gorgeous: Hummingbird Highway, in particular, is known as one of the most beautiful streets in the world. Which is all the better to appreciate the glory of your natural surroundings, of course. We told you Belize was underrated."

Mountain Pine Ridge might be the second focus of this article about Blancaneaux Lodge, but you must admit, MPR is magical.

"As Hummingbird Highway carves away from Belize's resort-laden sands, pavement dissolves into rutted dirt tracks and the dense jungle canopy starts to press in from all sides.  The tallest buildings pushing through the foliage are Maya ruins, and howler monkeys and macaws lurk in the ceiba trees.  Late at night, distant thunderstorms ring the horizon, broad sheets of lightning illuminating the mountains."