Monkey River: Pictures yourself on a fast boat, wind in your face, blue sky overhead, sun sparkling on clear water, winding through narrow channels in the mangrove forest.                                                                                        Finally, you turn into the mouth of a jungle river, and find yourself surrounded by dense, unspoiled rainforest habitat, with it's tall canopy reaching up to the clear morning sky...this is the Monkey River.

At the base of Richardson Peak, one of the highest mountains in Belize , its origin of the mighty Monkey River, which winds it's way southeast through dense jungle and empties into the gulf of Honduras. The area's only human population of about 500, lives at the mouth. in Monkey River Village, and the surrounding undisturbed wilderness is home to a multitude of wildlife.                                                                                                                                                                Imagine being guided through the bush by someone who spent their childhood there! learn about the different plants and trees as he cuts a new trail and wander (sometimes through water) further from the river. The sound of a troupe of howler monkeys as they burst out in a raucous chorus tingles the hair on the back of you neck! it's hard to believe an animal that weiht35 pounds can sound as big as a bull elephant.