Cockscomb Basin (Belize)

After diving, we only had one day to ourselves since the cartwrights were arriving Saturday evening. We wanted to do the ATM cave tour but no other guests signed up and the price difference for 2 vs more was too much to swallow. So we opted for a much cheaper tour of Cockscomb Basin Jaguar Paw, a preserve about an hour drive away in to the jungle.

One of my favorite parts about the hike was the beautiful flowers called hot lips. They have beautiful dark blue berries.

But below is where they got their name (w/ guide, Lorenzo):

cute huh!

We saw a jaguar paw print in the fresh mud, but we never caught a glimpse of the elusive cat.

And one of many tarantulas we saw:

After our hike and lunch, we hiked to a waterfall and went swimming. Luckily, since no one else signed up, we had the waterfall and pool to ourselves.

All in all, it was a nice hike, but probably not worth the money we spent because we didn't add but a couple birds to our list and the habitat was really the same as we'd been hiking in in Chan Chich. Once we returned, we enjoyed our last couple hours of solitude and then welcomed the Cartwright clan to Belize.