Green Parrot Tours
- Banana Plantations
- Birds of Belize
- Border Shopping
- Crystal Caves
- Dive Boats
- Fishing
- Horseback Riding
- Jaguar Preserve
- Monkey River Tour
- Mayan Ruins
- Scarlet Macaw
- Zip Line
Banana Plantation Tours
Do they grow bananas in your neighborhood? Well they do in our neighborhood. This is a 3 hour tour to the banana plantation located to the north of us. This will give you an opportunity to see how the bananas are harvested and sent to market.
Our guess is after you see all the work involved you will wonder: "How can they sell those things for such a low price?" It is quite an interesting process. Ask Leo the manager about this tour.
This tour is running about $50 US a person.
Birds of Belize
$126 a person.
For additional information about the birds of Belize please visit www.birdcentral.net.
Border Shopping Trips
Have an Adventure in Shopping!
For a true adventure, try a trip into Guatemala for a little shopping and culture!!! These tours can be arranged with Leo in the Green Parrot Office.
Tour Cost: $155US a per person for 2 people - $100US a person for 3 or more shoppers.
Crystal Caves
$181 per person - ask the Green Parrot Office for more details
Dive Boats at the Green Parrot Dock
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Average Cost to snorkel is US $77 - Lunch Included. All Prices are average and subject to change. Especially with the rise in gasoline prices. Travelers checks and cash are preferred. If billed through the Green Parrot you can use your credit card.
Snorkel: $77 per person
2 Tank Dive: $160 per person
Whale Shark Dive: $198 per person
Ocean Fishing!
If fishing is your game - then you came to the right spot. The Green Parrot will set you up with a guide that will show you the wonders of salt water sport fishing.
Permit, bonefish and tarpon are the species that anglers around the world come to Belize to fish for. The area from Placencia to Punta Gorda are gaining a reputation as an international fly fishing destination. Placencia is considered to be one of the best bonefish battle grounds.
Local Fishermen's suggestions for Rod & Line:
- Fly Fishing - 10 or 12 weight Rod required. Line weight, sink tip and intermediate. Fly line with 80 lbs test.
- Bonefish - 8 lbs Rod with bonefish leader. Line8 to 16 lbs test.
- Permit - 9 or 10 lbs test Rod with same size Bonefish leader.
Local Fishermen's suggestions for Flies & Lures:
- Bonefish flies - Charlie's venous colors.
- Permit flies - Crabs venous colors.
- Tarpon flies - Black & Red Caribbean Lobster.
- Spincasting - Broke back Rebels 6 inch size. Rattle trap various size & colors. Rapalas sinking magnum CD 14.
Best Time to Come
| Likely Catch | Peak Season |
| Tarpon | May-September. The prime areas around Placencia include:Crowe's Nest Caye, Normal Caye, Moho Caye and Tarpon Caye |
| Bonefish | April - November. Mangrove-lined lagoons and flats, river mouths around Placencia |
| Permit | March - May. Flats close to reef and in lagoon and river channels and holes; larger individuals found in the area from Placencia to Punta Gorda |
Estimated Cost for boat: US $370. Note: Prices may change as gas prices change.
Horseback Riding
$99 a person.
Jaguar Preserve Tours
The Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary encompasses some 100,000 acres of tropical moist forest. Established in 1984 as the world's first sanctuary to protect the jaguar, it is also known as "The Jaguar Preserve". The Maya believed the jaguar's skin symbolized the night sky.
After your tour through the preserve and a light lunch, the guide will take you on a refreshing tour of the water falls and natural water slides. Once in the cool clear water you may not want to leave.
Includes Lunch & Park Fee: US $77.00
Prices will change as gas prices change
Monkey River Tour
Boat pulls into the lagoon for the Monkey River Tour
This tour is an excellent combination of river life, rainforest, Howler monkeys and a local village. We tend to use Clive from Monkey River as our tour guide. What a wonderful person he is - and how much he knows about the local area. He makes the day special.
Highly recommended!!! US $66.00 a person
Mayan Ruins
Explore the wonders of the ancient Maya civilization while in Belize. Mayan occupation began perhaps as early as 2000 B.C. and started to decline in 900 A.D. It's believed that at one time there were over 1 million Mayan's living in Belize.
Where did they all go? Ancient Ruins that rival and surpass the Pyramids of Egypt! The picture is of Xunantunich "Maiden of the Rock" a major ceremonial center in the Cayo District. The largest pyramid is called "El Castillo". It was built during the 'Classic' Mayan era (250BC to 900AD).
Xunantunich - Western Belize: US $120.00 per person.
Lubaantun and Nim Li Punit - Belize includes Lunch: US $110.00
The Green Parrot offers wonderful land based tours to Mayan ruins that are within a day's travel. We recommend that you read the August 2007 National Geographic Magazine, wherein you will find an article entitled: "Maya - How a Great Culture Rose and Fell". This article contains a good map of Mesoamerica - which will be posted at the Green Parrot. This recent National Geographic article highlights the rise and fall of the Maya civilization. As an example, the Peten province in Guatemala currently has a population of about 367,000. In the eighth century, some estimates are that as many as 10 million persons lived in the province.
What caused the decline? The answer, while not known for certain, appears to lie in a number of factors: droughts, deforestation and overuse of land, a top heavy social structure, over taxation of the population, and rivalries among the various tribes all added to the downfall.
Come and visit the remains of this once great culture - the Green Parrot will be glad to make the experience memorable for you.
Scarlet Macaw
$66 per person.
Image courtesy of Wikipedia.com
For a great read, try:
Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw: One Woman's Fight to Save the World's Most Beautiful Bird, by Bruce Barcott
Zip Line
$121 per person