National Parks & Reserves

The Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, Belize and Guatemala has several excellent locations for watching wildlife. There are many national parks and protected areas. 

BELIZE'S ECOLOGICAL RESERVES, WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES AND PARKS

Mountain Pine Ridge Ecological Reserve - Cayo

Lamanai Archeological Reserve - Orange Walk

Aguacaliente Wildlife Sanctuary - Toledo

Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary - Stann Creek

Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary - Belize

Mayflower Bocawina National Park - Stann Creek

Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary - Belize

St. Herman's Blue Hole National Park - Cayo

GUATEMALA'S BIOSPHERE RESERVES AND ARCHEOLOGICAL ZONES

El Rosario National Park - Petén

Laguna del Tigre National Park - Petén

Tikal National Park - Petén

MEXICO'S BIOSPHERE RESERVES AND ARCHEOLOGICAL ZONES

Calakmul Biosphere Reserve (Campeche) - One of the largest reserves, with good tropical forest habitat and a healthy Jaguar population.

Pantanos de Centla Biosphere Reserve (Tabasco) - It consists of a vast flooded plain at the delta of Usumacinta and Grijalva Rivers, on the border of Campeche and Tabasco.

Ria Celestun Biosphere Reserve (Yucatan) - Celestun is famous for its flamingos but it has lots of birds and other wildlife.

Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve (Yucatan) - Another important coastal reserve with good birdlife, especially flamingos.

Sian Kaan Biosphere Reserve (Quintana Roo) - Sian Kaan is one of the largest undisturbed wilderness areas in the Yucatan. It still contains a large variety of the wildlife species found in the peninsula.

Chichen Itza Archeological Zone (Yucatan) 

Cobá Archeological Zone (Quintana Roo) 

Dzibanché Archeological Zone (Quintana Roo) 

Muyil Archeological Zone (Quintana Roo) 

Tulúm Archeological Zone (Quintana Roo) 

Uxmal Archeological Zone (Campeche)