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One Adventure — Choose between Hiking tour of the Cockscomb Jaguar Preserve OR Boating Adventure to Monkey River to view the famed Howler Monkey in its natural habitat

Hiking tour of Cockscomb Jaguar Preserve OR Boat to Monkey River for the Howler Monkey Tour (your choice of either one)

«Placencia is also an ideal base to explore outdoor adventures like hiking or trekking the jungle trails of Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, where the first Jaguar Reserve in the World was established and visiting Maya Temples like Nim Li Punit or Lubaantun in Southern Belize or visiting resident howler monkeys along Monkey River.»

Whether it's an educational boat excursion along the well - named Monkey River or a hike through the pristine wilderness of the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature tour is a great way to learn more about plants, birds, and animals.

Enjoy a day hike or a multi-day adventure in the pristine wilderness of the Cockscomb Basin Nature Reserve, the only jaguar reserve in the world.

The multiple award - winning luxury resort of Chabil Mar on the Placencia Peninsula offers guided tours of the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary.

Continue into the dense tropical rainforest of the Cockscomb Basin, which has a total protected area of over 120,000 acres.

We then continue our journey deep into the dense tropical rainforest of the Cockscomb Basin, which has a total protected area of over 250,000 acres.

A wide range of different plant species makes up the forest of the Cockscomb Wildlife Sanctuary.

Part of the Cockscomb Range, the Victoria Peak marks the northern boundary of the sanctuary.

LOCAL POPULATION Previous to the declaration of the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary a small milpa settlement of 9 families was located at Quam Bank.

The other feature of Cockscomb is that it offers the chance to overnight in the deep isolation of the Basin's forest, surrounded by the calls of Paraque (sounds like «hoo - yoo»), the Slaty - breasted Tinimou, screeching insects and the gentle wind through the tree tops.

Sea bathing, fishing offshore or in the lagoon behind, hunting in the foothills of the Cockscomb Range nearby, are the big attractions.

Hiking Tour of the Cockscomb Jaguar Preserve or Boat to Monkey River for the Howler Tour (choose one)

Stann Creek, with a population of just over twenty - five thousand, contains diverse tourist experiences: the beautiful white sandy beaches of Placencia (and inviting offshore cayes), rugged Maya Mountains, the lush jungles of the Cockscomb Basin Jaguar Preserve, and both the Garifuna art, music, cuisine and culture and, in certain areas, Maya Culture.

A year ago, Marin was instrumental in facilitating the expansion of the Cockscomb Jaguar Preserve from 3,000 to 103,000 acres.

«I like the conviviality of shared items,» says Chris Cosentino, chef - owner of Cockscomb in San Francisco, where they switch up the large - format menu almost daily.

Origin: Netarts Bay, Oregon Tasting notes: Shiny, near - translucent flakes with refined taste Try it: «We exclusively use Jacobsen for finishing dishes,» says chef Chris Cosentino of Cockscomb in San Francisco, who recommends using it at home to finish vegetable salads or meats off the grill.

Not exact matches

Chef Chris Cosentino and partner Oliver Wharton introduce Cockscomb, a celebration of San Francisco's diverse culinary heritage and homage to the chef's adopted city.

The name comes from the German kikilo, meaning cockscomb according to Colleen, and derives from infant Ernest's Afro hairdo during the days of his babyhood.

Cockscomb was the idea of Alan Rabinowitz, an American zoologist who spent years by himself deep in the Belizean jungles, charting the behavior of the jaguar for the New York Zoological Society.

Bridesmaids had bouquets of garden roses, cymbidium orchids, amaranths and cockscomb.

The local barber told Adina's father that there was nothing more beautiful than a cockscomb for the heroes of labor.

You can include the wetlands of Aguacaliente, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Shrimp Farms and Lagoon Waders (All Season).

Choose between the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary and Jaguar Preserve, a trip up the Monkey River, or an expedition to see one of the lost Maya ruins that make Belize famous.

The package also includes your choice of a guided boat trip up the Monkey River, a hike through the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary and Jaguar Preserve or a trip to a Maya ruin like Lubaantun or Nim Li Punit.

One very popular destination, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, is a day away, but it's home to a jaguar forest preserve, hundreds of bird species and a dozen self - guided trails.

Cockscomb is also home for up to 300 recorded species of birds.

There is a low coastal plain, much of it covered with mangrove swamp, but the land rises gradually towards the interior.The Maya Mountains and the Cockscomb Range form the backbone of the southern half of the country, the highest point being Victoria Peak (3,669 feet) in the Cockscomb Range.

Here at Cockscomb, the Jaguar is doing quite well and is by no means the only beneficiary of the safety of the preserve.

Jaguar Preserve This 5,000 acre preserve is located in the midst of a natural forest of the southern highway in the Cockscomb Basin area.

Inland is full of adventures, like Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Mayflower Bocawina National Park and Blue Hole National Park.

More then a place to protect the rare and elusive jaguar, Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary is a an important watershed and reservoir of bio diversity for hundreds of species of exotic plants, insects, birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians who live in this complex tropical forest community.

Approximately 111acres of milpa cultivation, in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary abandoned immediately before its declaration, and area's previously cleared for logging operations (including an air strip) have left patches of regenerating secondary forest Some «elfin» forest grows above 655 yards on Victoria Peak itself (outside the reserve).

The Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Saturday is also considered bird watcher's paradise, and is home to some endangered species like the Scarlet Macaw, Keel Billed Toucan, Emerald Toucanet, and the King Vulture.The preserve is also home to an abundance of amphibians and reptiles, including the Red - Eyed Tree Frog.

These plants can be seen in the wild at Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary within 30 minutes of Dangriga.

The Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary was established in 1984 as a reserve to protect a large population of jaguars.

The Cockscomb Basin encompasses some 100,000 acres of tropical forest, rising from 300 to 3,675 ft. at the summit of Mt. Victoria.

Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary is a great place for hiking in the rain forest and is less than an hour drive away Cockscomb boasts the world's largest concentration of jaguars, pumas, ocelots and margays and myriad of other animals.

Thanks to the efforts of Mr. Rabinowitz Belize is home to the world's first and only Jaguar preserve — the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, 150 square miles of land restricted from hunting, fishing, logging or any other kind of habitat destruction.

Activities include scuba diving, bird - watching, traditional dance performances, and daytrips to the ruins of Xunantunich and the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, a nearby jaguar preserve.

The property arranges tours of the area, which may focus on the Belize Zoo, Mayan ruins, a river and jungle tour, or viewing jaguars in the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary.

The Placencia Peninsula is conveniently located close to all of the top attractions on the Belize mainland, including the Cockscomb Basin Nature Reserve, home to the only full - time jaguar reserve in the world, tours of the Monkey River, and excursions to popular Maya ruin sites like Xunantunich, and Cahal Pech.

Hiking, Waterfall Swimming and River Tubing at Cockscomb Jaguar Preserve -(Swimming and River Tubing Portions of this Adventure are subject to weather conditions)

The resort can also arrange expeditions to witness nature in the Cockscomb Basin Preserve and along the banks of the Monkey River, two of the best places in the country where you can learn more about Belize's unique flora and fauna.

Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary is home to all five (5) of Belize's cats: Jaguar, Puma, Margay, Jaguarundi, and Ocelot.

Drive approximately thirty - minutes down the Southern Highway to the village of Maya Center; turn right into the Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary access road (signposted on the highway).

The cockscomb Basin Wildlife sanctuary is just off the Hummingbird Highway, one of Belize's best places to see jaguars as well as some 250 species orchids and 300 species of birds.

Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary: Southwest of Dangriga is the admired Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, consisting of 128,000 acres of extensive tropical trails, featuring the largest concentration of wild cats in the world.

Visitors to the Cockscomb Basin can also enjoy scenic views of the towering waterfalls and explore its beauty in the surrounding rivers and creeks via canoe, tube or kayak.