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Arrive Belize City Wednesday 28th March 2007
Departs Belize City Tuesday 10th April 2007
Will4Adventure proudly presents . . . Belize! Jungle Explorer! . . . incorporating a jungle survival and bushcraft training course plus the Indian Creek Trail. Ray Mears . . . eat your heart out.
Belize has some of the best jungle on the planet. It is home to an amazing variety of wildlife, from the magnificent jaguar, the world’s third largest cat, to colourful scarlet macaws. Running the entire length of Belize’s coastline is the second longest barrier reef in the world, providing fantastic diving opportunities including the famous ‘Blue Hole’. One of the only places in the world where you can be woken up by the dawn chorus of cicadas and be drinking rum on a golden Caribbean beach in the afternoon.
Outline
Itinerary
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Activity
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1
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Arrive
Belize City, move to Monkey Bay wildlife sanctuary.
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2
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Move south to Red Bank and set up camp at Hummingbird Paradise campsite. Introduction to the jungle.
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3
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Jungle training to include: hazardous flora and fauna, basha construction, jungle routine and first aid.
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4
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Jungle training to include: fire, water, shelter and food.
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5
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Jungle training to include: casualty evacuation, communications and jungle navigation.
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6
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Move to Placencia for day on the beach and overnight.
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7
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Travel to Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary including visit to Belize Zoo. Overnight at Monkey Bay.
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8 - 12
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Depart on trek – The Indian Creek Trail (ICT). This trail forms part of the Sibun River Watershed, extending from the headwaters of the Maya Mountains to the Caribbean Sea. The trail serves to provide a unique 'backcountry' jungle experience. You can expect to be on the go for maybe five hours a day – bashing the bush and wading through rivers. Each day ends with time to explore the fantastic local caves possibly expecting to experience wildlife of a most scary nature . . .
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12
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Final day ICT. Finish at 5 Blues Lake then travel to Belize City and on to Caye Caulker/San Pedro.
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13
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Day snorkelling/diving on the reef.
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14
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Fly to Belize City and transfer to Belize International Airport.
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Timing and Equipment Considerations
The rainy season in Belize runs from April to September, during this time river levels become dangerously high and notoriously unpredictable. In the winter the area experiences consistent fine weather with little rain. Under the canopy humidity usually runs close to 100%, you will be wet through at the end of the day one way or another! (For this reason two sets of clothing are required, daytime - wet kit and night - dry kit). One of the more character building aspects of jungle life is climbing into wet kit every morning! In the forest, night time temperatures are comfortable and require a 2 season sleeping bag. The kit list specifically required for this expedition will be posted to you with out client handbook upon bookings.
Level of Fitness for the Treks
The jungle trek is not hugely demanding physically, although a basic level of fitness is required. Mental toughness is more important, jungle life requires a high level of self discipline to keep fit and healthy in this challenging environment. Participants should ideally be used to walking with large packs.
Roughing it
All our trips involve a degree of 'roughing it'. Jungle ‘accommodation’ consists of hammocks, mossi nets and bashas (waterproof shelters). The staples for jungle trekking are porridge and noodles, occasionally supplemented with edible plants found along the way. Food is cooked over open fires and ablutions are performed in the rivers. Accommodation on the island is in comfortable beach cabins with en suite bathrooms. You will not find air con as this prevents proper acclimatisation, although a pleasant Caribbean breeze is always available.
Your Leader
Will4Adventure trips are always accompanied with a western leader – always highly skilled and qualified to work within the expedition area. Joe will lead this trip. He has extensive experience of working in the jungles of Central America and South East Asia. He learned his skills with the British Army and has to date led 8 jungle expeditions as well as undertaking scientific research in Belize. Joe is also a military paramedic and doubles as a medic while away on expeditions. He enjoys talking about the jungle to anyone who will listen. Back home he is a mature student studying medicine at Sheffield University when not working as a climbing instructor.
Price (excluding flights) : UK £990
Book before 1st November 2006 2006 to get a 10% discount saving you £99 from this price!
Maximum
number of places on this trip
The number of places available on this trip are limited
to a maximum of twelve (12) people.
Price is inclusive as far as possible
This includes practically everything and will include all accommodation, park permits, guides and a highly trained and experienced western leader. It will not cover your meals when not on trek, such as when you are in Belize City, nor will it cover any individual sightseeing, or free time activities. Other items not included: tips, travel insurance, passports, visas, inoculations, excess baggage, and items of personal nature such as drinks, souvenirs and laundry. We would recommend budgeting for another $10 US per day to cover meals not provided and snacks etc.
Price includes- Western leader
- Local jungle guide
- Four day jungle training bush-craft course
- The Indian Creek Trail
- All accommodation
- All meals for jungle phases
- All in-country transport
Flights
These should be arranged independently. For best prices we would recommend checking prices with www.opodo.co.uk.
Booking
When you apply for more information about this trip, we will send you details of our booking conditions. Please also note the points below:
- This expedition is
limited to a maximum of 12 people.
- To gain a definite
place on this expedition a payment of UK£200 needs to be paid
before December 20th 2006.
To
book this trip, or for further information, e-mail me at will@will4adventure.com,
and I will get in touch with you a.s.a.p.
or
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your interest here.
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Useful Info
We think Ray Mears is a top man with a lot of skill and invaluable knowledge. In relation to this trip we highly recommend his DVDs Ray Mears - Bushcraft - Series 1 and Ray Mears - Bushcraft Survival - Series 2 . And for the more extreme . . . Ray Mears Extreme Survival Series - 1 And 2 [2003] and Ray Mears Extreme Survival - Series 3 [2003] .
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