Eco-friendly Mystic River Resort, located in Belize jungle on the bank of the Macal river,  only 7 miles away from the towns of San Ignacio and Santa Elena, is a self-sufficient community offering a relaxing tropical environment, comfortable rooms, delicious cocktails, high quality meals made with fresh locally grown produce, bodycare services, yoga classes and a complete range of ecotourism activities and tours.

 

Mystic River Resort owns a 180 acres property devided into a resort area with private suites, a restaurant and a bar, a yoga deck and a spa, as well as a farming area where our devoted staff takes great care of a barn of horses, a herd of goats, vast gardens and orchards allowing us to provide our visitors with fresh organic food. We are also proud to generate our own electricity, to make our own cheese and soap and to purify our running water. When it comes to tours, priority is given to raising public awareness regarding Belize's ecosystem preservation.

 

Among these tours and activities, with Mystic River Resort, you can enjoy :

 

• Driving through Mountain Pine Ridge and the Chiquibul National Forest to reach the Maya ruins of Caracol, or travel to northern Guatemala to visit the ancient Maya capital of Tikal.

 

• Visiting Las Cuevas Research Station in Chiquibul forest to learn about endangered endemic species preservation including jaguars, ocelots, margays, harpy eagles, scarlet macaws and baird’s tapirs.

 

• Spelunking in the many caves of Belize, such as Actun Tunichil Muknal, a Mayan archeological site that once held sacred rituals.

 

• Bird-watching in Belize's jungle, home to over 500 species of tropical birds, to learn about the scarlet macaw or the toucan.

 

• Going for a hike or taking a horseback ride through tropical rain forests at Elijio Panti National Park to admire Sapodilla waterfall and climb up the side of the falls at your leisure.

 

• Canoe down the Macal River to get to the typical  town of San Ignacio to see Cahal Pech ruins, which used to be home to an elite Mayan family.

 

• Feeling a bit fancy ? Come get married at the feet of a Mayan temple or a waterfall, with the possibility of spending your honeymoon in Belize's tropical paradise ! Mystic River Resort organizes everything for you.

 

Interested ?

 

For more information about Mystic River Resort visit our website www.mysticriverresort.com

 

Contact us at info@mysticriverresort.com