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Belize Botanical Gardens Review
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Belize Botanical Gardens
- Directions: duPlooy's Lodge; from San Ignacio, head 4 3/4 mi (7 1/2 km) west on Benque Rd., turn left on Chial Rd., San Ignacio
- Phone: 824/3101
- Fax: 824/3301
- www.belizebotanic.org
- Category: Gardens/Arboretums
- Location: San Ignacio
Fodor's Review:
The life's work of Ken duPlooy, an ornithologist who died in 2001, and the personable Judy duPlooy is the Belize Botanical Gardens, a collection of hundreds of trees, plants, and flowers from all over Central America. Enlightening tours of the gardens, set on a bank of the Macal River, are given by Heather, daughter of Ken and Judy, who is the director of the gardens, and by local Maya who can tell you the names of the plants in Maya, Spanish, and English as well as explain their varied medicinal uses. An orchid house holds the duPlooys' collection of more than 100 orchid species.
- Cost: BZ$10 self-guided tour, BZ$15 guided tour
- Open: Daily 9-5
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