Cayo Scoop! The Ecology of Cayo Culture

You can see 100's of pictures of the Big Rock Falls trail construction project at the Belize Trails fan page.  They have before and after pictures, pictures from the road flattening phase, camp pictures, and even pictures of the fun.  Enjoy!  Thanks to all those involved.

"We have recently completed a project improving the trail to Big Rock Falls in the Mountain Pine Ridge.  Thanks to Sacred Heart College, Mariposa Jungle Lodge, Blancaneaux Lodge, Mountain Equestrian Trails, Twin Town Transport and all the individual volunteers who helped make this project successful!  Now it's a little easier to get to this view."

Belize Trails, a new Cayo based organization that will specialize in the design and construction of sustainable jungle trails, is having a Wilderness Survival Course starting on December 2nd.  You can learn how to prepare a jungle survival kit, identify edible plants, navigate the jungle, train your mind for jungle survival, and much more.  Sir Winston Harris and Lenney Gentle, who both have lived in the jungle for extended periods of time, will be some of the leaders of the course.

"Wilderness Survival is an intensive survival training program in the jungle of Belize.  Instructors provide students with essential skills to improve their chances of surviving and leading a team under adverse conditions in the tropics.  This program provides hands-on skill development in route finding and orientation, shelter making, water procurement, trapping and hunting, foraging, fire-craft and bush medicine during a multi-night simulation experience.  Students are introduced to the psychology of survival, basic wilderness skills, leadership training and emergency rescue."