Upon arrival at the airport in Belize City, you will be met and transferred to the oceanfront Radisson Fort George Hotel. Please note check-in time is 3 pm. Early evening program orientation with your Belizean group leader followed by a Welcome Dinner at the hotel. After dinner, you are invited to a screening of the "Love thy Nature" film - narrated by Liam Neeson - followed by Q&A with director Sylvie Rokab.

Early breakfast and check-out of the hotel. Transfer to Guanacaste National Park for hiking in the rainforest then continue to San Ignacio for lunch. After lunch, cross the Mopan River via a hand winched ferry at the Maya village of San Jose Succotz for a visit to Xunantunich, Belize's most accessible Maya site of significance. The site's dominant structure, El Castillo, rises 130 feet above the jungle floor, offering superb views of western Belize with forest stretching out all around and the rest of the ancient city mapped out beneath you. Continue to the lodge, check in and then there will be a late afternoon sense awakening practice, sunset meditation and group circle (deep sharing/deep listening) facilitated by leader(s), followed by dinner.

After breakfast, take a forest bathing (aka nature therapy) walk with leaders and then explore the Maya underworld during a visit to Actun Tunichil Muknal cave. This excursion combines land and river hiking and caving, beginning with a 45 minute hike up the Roaring River Valley and through the rainforest of the Tapir Mountain Nature Reserve to the entrance of the cave. Explore this geologically fascinating cave and also the main attraction, the "Cathedral" chamber, which was a Maya ceremonial and burial ground. Later this afternoon, return to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Following breakfast, visit the very popular St. Herman's Blue Hole National Park which is within the Sibun Water Shed. Explore its forests and unique geological features and then also visit a sunken underground cave that is approximately 300 feet wide and 100 feet deep by tube. There is an onsite changing room so bring your swimsuit! Return to lodge for lunch then check out and transfer to Hopkins. Later this afternoon check in at the beachfront Jaguar Reef Lodge. The remainder of the day is at leisure to enjoy the beach. Evening sunset viewing and meditation before dinner.

Enjoy breakfast, then board our boat for a 30-minute ride to the South Water Caye Marine Reserve for snorkeling on the pristine coral reef. Discover the mangroves both above and below the surface. Also cruise along Man O' War Caye reserve to see nesting frigatebirds and the brown booby. Enjoy a picnic on one of the remote islands, then return in time for optional activities at our beach resort or walk into Hopkins. Dinner at a local restaurant.

After breakfast, gather for our excursion to the Sittee River for relaxed kayaking and nature viewing. We hope to see colorful birds, iguana, turtles, and an occasional crocodile. Have lunch at a local restaurant. The afternoon is at leisure. This evening enjoy a drum session before farewell dinner/closing ceremony.

This morning transfer to the airstrip in Dangriga for the domestic flight to Belize International Airport and then international flights back to the U.S. Please book flights back to US after 2:00 pm.