In addition to this ancient metropolis being one of the most interesting, and certainly largest Maya archaeological sites anywhere, the Mountain Pine Ridge and areas surrounding Caracol provide some of the best birding around, filled with neotropical forest species such as Keel - billed Motmots, Violaceous Trogons, Ocellated Turkeys, Crested
Guans, Great Curassows, and,
for the lucky, the rare and humongous Harpy Eagle.