Green Hills Butterfly Ranch and Botanical Collections

Green Hills Butterfly Ranch and Botanical Collections Review

This is the largest and best of Belize's butterfly farms open to the public. For a closer look at the creatures, the facility, located outside the Mountain Pine Ridge reserve, at any one time has about 30 species in a huge flight area. (Some 90 species have been raised at the farm.) Jan Meerman, who's published a book on Belize's butterflies, runs the place with Dutch partner Tineke Boomsma. On the grounds also are many flowers, including passion flowers, bromeliads, heliconias, and orchids. Birding is good here as well.