Central America & the Caribbean Budget Hiking Trips & Packages Tours & Trips

Take a boat trip among the lush network of canals in Tortuguero National Park. Explore Arenal Volcano, an activity hub home to hanging bridges, lake kayaking and hot springs. Visit the Monteverde Cloudforest Reserve, a mystical temporal forest hiding a myriad of birdlife. Relax on one of Costa Rica's pristine beaches.

Discover the famous resplendent quetzal in the tranquil cloud forest of San Gerardo de Dota. Enjoy the services of an expert naturalist guide at the Turrialba's renowned birding lodge, Rancho Naturalista. Visit La Selva Biological Station to explore the pristine tropical forest trails, home to 448 species of birds.

Belize is a place of two halves (subtropical and sylvan inland and a caye-strewn coastline) and many tongues. English is the official language, which makes travel a breeze, but you might also hear Kriol, Spanish, Garifuna and Maya — perhaps even the German dialect of remote Mennonite farming communities. Our specialists love planning Belize holidays that take in all this rich miscellany. For your travels, they might suggest the lagoons and jungle of the Orange Walk District — where Maya temples still sit half-submerged by forest — or visits to enigmatic lowland caves and the organic cacao producers of the undeveloped Toledo District. They’d also say that holidays to Belize are rarely complete without you spending time in the languid, limpid waters of the Caribbean, which lap multiple offshore sandy cayes and atolls. You might explore the Blue Hole, one of the biggest stars in the scuba-diving firmament. If you don’t have diving experience, it’s no matter: Belize’s waters are chock-full of rewarding snorkeling sites.