Belize is a small country (about the size of the state of New Hampshire or for you Californians, about the size of the northern half of California). This remarkable country is located in Central America and has been able to preserve and protect a significant portion of their country’s wild places (about 60% of the country is protected).

On this page, I have information about my next ecotour to Belize (in January 2016) – just follow that sub-tab under the Belize tab.  In addition, my 2015 trip to Belize (I am teaching a class with my co-instructor Fran Keller – June 14-29) is a field course in Tropical Biodiversity for Sonoma State University.  We have eighteen students – I will be trying to regularly publish trip highlights during the class.  I will also be updating this blog when I have internet access….