I'll add some comments to Jim Fitzpatrick's post. Yolli and I were at this resort in 2002. It is located in the interior of Belize. I seem to remember about a 2 hour ride from the Belize City airport. The resort is on the Mopan river across from the town of Benque. When we arrived in Benque we went by pontoon boat across the river to the resort. The way the resort operates is: Each day there is a day trip of some kind. You are free to go on the trip or stay at the lodge. There are a number of different trips. The ones I remeber are: Mayan ruins at Tikal (in nearby Guatemala). This is an all day trip. The ruins are imressive. Xunantunich (also Mayan ruins). Not as large as Tikal. Lots of birds at this one. Che Chem Ha - An ancient Mayan cave that was "discovered" after being unused for about 500 years (as I remember). Fascinating place. Muli--levels, artifacts, left exactly as it was found by the landowner. Canoing an underground river. Another day at a butterfly farm. These are the things I can remember. It was really interesting and fun trip. I think I got about 40 new birds on that trip; pretty good considering that it is not a birding trip and we didn't have a birding guide. The lodge had a fruit feeder for tanagers and honeycreepers. Now they have added hummingbird feeders as well.
You can check out the lodge at: www.mopanriverresort.com You can contact Jim Fitzpatrick at the Carpenter Nature Center at j...@carpenternaturecenter.org Larry and Yoli Sirvio Cottage Grove, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
