Belize for Gays and Lesbians - A Gay and Lesbian Guide to Belize

Watch carefully for Belize’s national animal, the tapir, an endangered critter that’s related to the horse and looks a little like a warthog. Though we weren’t lucky enough to score a tapir sighting during our trip, plenty of more fortunate visitors report seeing them along the rivers around sunrise and sunset. Belize is also home to lots of jaguars, gorgeous, exotic snakes, crocodiles and 575 species of birds. We also saw plenty of “Jesus Christ lizards” scampering across the water on their hind legs. Underwater live hundreds of species of beautiful tropical fish, stingrays and sharks.