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A Boat Tour of the Watery Paradise
Bwana_Brown Says: Our main reason for coming to the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary was to take a guided boat-tour of the various waterways for a good look at some of the many species of wildlife to be found here. We were up at 5:30 AM on our first morning to grab a light breakfast of fruit...
Bwana_Brown Says: We had seen quite a few birds on the first part of our voyage, near the civilized part of the lagoon beside Crooked Tree Village, but we really enjoyed the trip down to the far end of the lagoon and then onward into Spanish Creek. Leny continued to impress us with his...
Bwana_Brown Says: After returning from our boating excursion, Sue and I had a proper breakfast and then sat out again at our little Palapa recounting our adventures and enjoying the peace once more. While there, two of the local ladies turned up at the Lodge looking for donations from the...
Bwana_Brown Says: There was a large group of professional bird watchers at the Lodge when we arrived in Crooked Tree, and I'm not surprised given that this is an amazing Sanctuary. Just before it was time for dinner, as the sun was thinking of setting, they arrived back from a walking tour of...
Bwana_Brown Says: It may seem simple, but just sitting at this little picnic table affair under a palapa on the Bird's Eye View Lodge waterside was one of the most relaxing things we did in our entire 3 weeks in Belize. We had spent the morning driving back north from our 'Hopkins' coastal...
Bwana_Brown Says: Although most of the buildings in Crooked Tree village were rather weather-beaten, they also had a rustic look that made them quite appealing to look at. We were amused by this Police station, located very close to where the causeway from the mainland arrives on the island....
bsfreeloader Says: Crooked Tree is a popular place with birdwatchers because it is in the middle of a lagoon and wildlife sanctuary. Even if you aren't a birdwatcher, spending a day or two in the village and canoeing or otherwise touring the lagoon is a great way to spend some time.
Bird's Eye View Lodge: Very Comfortable
Bwana_Brown Says: Our double room was very nice, with comfortable beds and a ground level view out onto the lagoon. It was equipped with a ceiling fan and also an air conditioner, which did not work when we tried it (likely because it was not yet the 'hot' season so not really required!). The...
1 Review the man who had opened the room had disappeared but a nice young lady had appeared in the kitchen after we had asked the man if they served meals... so I went to her to get a confirmation that she was cooking just for us and to ask at what time they served dinner: she apologized saying she wouldn't...
Bird's Eye View Lodge: Rooftop Patio
Bwana_Brown Says: The Lodge has a spacious rooftop patio located above the ground floor accommodations in the main building. In fact, there are second story rooms that open onto this patio, which is liberally sprinkled with chairs so you can relax while enjoying the view out over the lagoon!...
Bird's Eye View Lodge: Meet the Other Guests
Bwana_Brown Says: All meals at Bird's Eye were eaten in the dining room shown here. Miss Verna had the seating pre-arranged for the different groups of guests, mixing us in with a few of the other 'odd' couples who were not part of a larger group. On our first evening there (6:30 PM is the...
Bwana_Brown Says: As we finished up with our very enjoyable two days of bird-watching in the watery world of the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary, we were fortunate to link up with a couple of American tourists who were also there enjoying the sights. Hubie and Marie are from Springfield,...
Bwana_Brown Says: The village of Crooked Tree is famous for its annual Cashew Festival, so it was no surprise to see these huge trees growing here and there around the village, including this one trying to take over someone's house!Originally found in northeastern Brazil, the Portugese...
Bwana_Brown Says: Our early morning boat tour along the southern shore of the lagoon in front of Bird's Eye View Lodge first took us to the left, as far as the causeway that was built in 1983 to join the island to the mainland. Very close to there, we were shown this Logwood tree by our tour...
pollon Says: looked like trawling... which maybe is more or less allowed during the low season, at the end of the dry season before the rain one begins...
pollon Says: while strolling on the sanctuary trails, as my usual ;-) I tried to get into a possible mess approaching these... poachers or fishermen???... maybe an half way... could be it's allowed in certain period of the year...
pollon Says: when running after birds with your camera, pay attention to where you put your feet, you could sink into slimy mud, like me... and you should have seen the amused looks ;-) of local people when I washed feet and shoes in the river, as soon as I could find a stretch of solid...
pollon Says: Crooked Tree is a Wildlife Sanctuary for which you are asked an entrance fee of 8 belizean dollars (4 US $) and you are given a map to walk around the village, where you can still see catte eating the grass in the gardens, ponds, the lagoon and its trails... it's a paradise...
Bwana_Brown Says: Only 30 miles (50-km) northwest of Belize City, Crooked Tree is a tiny village located on a freshwater island about 15 miles inland from the Caribbean Sea. This part of Belize is a flat area, only about 15-16 feet above sea level, that is criss-crossed by various water...
pollon Says: I have never been good with words when it deals of relationships, and I don't want to write cliché... you can read of Dorla, in the pic with me, in the restaurant tip but she is definitely one of the fondest memory...
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Crooked Tree - a Bird Watcher's Paradise
We were really starting to get into this Belize thing by the time we arrived at the Bird's Eye View Lodge in Crooked Tree village! This was Day 10 of our trip and we had already had five days on the...
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it took me more than one year to build this page and it has been a letter to Dorla which definitely convinced me to find some free time for the building... but let's go in order, you are not in my...
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Crooked Tree Village is located a little more than 30 miles up the Northern Highway from Belize City. It is a small fishing and farming village with approximately 700 residents. The people are...
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