BECK'S BED AND BREAKFAST 

We are located in a pine forest in beautiful Crooked Tree and have available a licensed guide to provide tour services. Whether to view local and migratory bird species, flora, fauna, historical sites or just a familarization tour.

We offer several different services to make your stay with us more memorable:

•  Airport Pickup & Drop Off
•  Boat Tours on the Crooked Tree Lagoon
•  Nature Walks -  Daytime & Nighttime ( Birds and Other Wild Life)
•  Horse Back Riding
•  Mayan Ruin Tours (Altun Ha & Lamanai)
•  Bicycle Rentals  
•  Belize Zoo Tour
• Community Baboon Sanctuary Tour
• Ziplining & Cave Tubing   
• Old Belize (Historical Recreation)
• Belize City Tour 
• Transfer Service to anywhere in the country of Belize

 We also provide additional meals for you on request and we do catering for private functions & meetings.

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 The Nature Walk - Day Tour can last up to three hours, taking our guest along the trails and in and around the property and the Village. Here you can appreciate from the commonly seen Northern Jacana to the elusive Sungrebe, the tour offers an enjoyable experience for birders of any skill level. With 16,400 acres of lagoons, creeks, logwood swamps, broadleaf forest and pine savanna, you will be sure to see a wide array of wildlife. Photo by guest C.Smith

Our Nature Walk - Night Tour usually an hour long gives you the opportunity to view the birds and other wildlife not seen during the daytime. You get to see frogs, toads, spiders and birds such as the common paraque, owls or even the elusive nothern patoo. 

 Photo by guest C.Smith

 

Lamanai is the Maya word for "submerged crocodile" and is one of Belize's largest ceremonial centre. The name Lamanai helps to explain the numerous crocodile motifs at the site. Crocodile effigies appear on figurines, vessel decorations, and on the large headdress on a limestone mask at one of the principal structures at the site.

Lamanai is located on the banks of the New River Lagoon and the most spectacular way to travel to the site is by means of water taxi up the river. The boat dock at the Tower Hill Bridge is 1/2 hour away from Beck's Bed & Breakfast. The trip by river is also a nature-lover’s heaven for numerous species of water birds live along this rich and diverse waterway. You may even be lucky enough to view iguanas and crocodiles as they sun themselves on the river banks. There are also interesting flora and fauna to be seen at the Lamanai reserve. Howlers monkeys and toucans, our National Bird abound at the site.

Another way to reach Lamanai is via an all weather dirt road (approximately 28 miles) which runs from Orange Walk through several villages including San Felipe and Shipyard. The site is located in the village of Indian Church.

  

Altun Ha is located an hour drive from Beck's Bed & Breakfast on the Old Northern Highway. A two-mile road connects the main road to the site. The area around the Altun Ha is rich in wildlife including armadillos, bats, squirrels, agouti, paca, foxes, raccoons, coati, tyra, tapir and the white-tailed deer. Two hundred species of birds have been recorded and there are large crocodiles that inhabit the Maya-made water reservoir.

Altun Ha was a wealthy ceremonial center boasting two main plazas, thirteen structures (including the Temple of Sun God or the Temple of the Masonry Altars). Altun Ha is not very far from the Caribbean Sea and it formed part of a unique cultural zone along with other coastal sites. There are also no stelae at Altun Ha but the discovery of rich tombs indicates that the ruling elite enjoyed access to substantial amounts of exotic goods.

The temples and manicured grounds makes a visit to this magnificient ancient city a fantastic activity for all members of the family.