Sunni and I met up in Miami in early January to fly to Belize City together. From there we took this tiny plane out to Gallon Jug which is surrounded by jungle.
We were picked up in Gallon Jug and driven down the bumpy jungle roads to Chan Chich Lodge where we stayed for 5 nights.
They offer all sorts of activities and we started our first night with a night drive for wildlife. We did several of these drives plus walked around on our own at night as well. Here are some highlights:
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| Mexican red-rump tarantula |
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| Baird's tapirs |
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| Baird's tapirs |
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| Gray fox |
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| Mottled Owl with prey |
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| Hairy-headed leafcutter ants |
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| Flatplate millipede |
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| Tailless whipscorpion |
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| Northern Potoo |
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| Wolf spider |
On our first night drive we also saw a puma (aka mountain lion aka cougar) but it was too quick for a photo. On our last night we tracked down an ocelot that many people had seen but couldn't get photos.
So the night life was amazing but the day life was fantastic as well!
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| Red-lored Amazons |
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| Collared Aracari |
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| Elephant beetles |
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| Yucatan black howler monkey (male) |
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| Yucatan black howler monkey (male) |
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| Monarch |
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| Bat Falcon with prey which it was eating while it flew |
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| King Vulture |
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| Rufous-tailed Hummingbird |
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| Social Flycatcher |
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| Blue-black Grosbeak (female) |
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| Morelet's Seedeater |
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| Wood Thrush |
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| Mesoamerican Slider |
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| Rufous-necked Wood-Rail |
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| White-tailed deer |
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| Ocellated Turkey |
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| Sunni and her pal, AJ |
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| Central American spider monkey |
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| Purple-crowned Fairy |
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| Fork-tailed Flycatcher |
We took a day trip to Xunantunich, an ancient Maya archaeological site
near San Ignacio. It was incredible and we had a very knowledgeable
guide who had actually worked on the excavation of this site.
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| Keel-billed Toucan, San Ignacio |
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| Mangrove Swallow, San Ignacio |
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| Lesson's Motmot, San Ignacio |
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| Sunni and our guide Luis, Xunantunich |
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| Black spiny-tailed iguana |
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| Sac-winged bat, Xunantunich |
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| Sac-winged bat, Xunantunich |
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| Boat-billed Flycatcher, San Ignacio |
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| Green iguana, San Ignacio |
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| Spider that makes webs like fake Halloween decorations |
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| Our only white-nosed coati of the trip |
Back to Chan Chich:
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| Robinsonia sabata |
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| Roadside Hawk |
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| Little Blue Heron |
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| Morning birding |
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| Ocellated Turkey |
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| Golden-hooded Tanager |
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| Stub-tailed Spadebill (lifer!) |
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| Sunni and huge mushroom |
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| Black-cowled Oriole |
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| Rufous-tailed Jacamar |
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| Morelet's crocodile |
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| Olive-throated Parakeet |
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| Proboscis bats |
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| Tropical Kingbird slaying a sphinx moth |
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| White-whiskered Puffbird |
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| Slaty-tailed Trogon |
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| Green Kingfisher |
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| Squirrel Cuckoo |
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| Collared peccary (bad phone pic) |
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| Paddling Laguna Verde |
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| Flying back to Belize City |
One day we also lucked into views of a Northern tamandua (aka anteater) climbing a tree but couldn't get a photo. Overall it was an amazing trip!
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