Belize Botanic Gardens
Belize Botanic Gardens is 45 acres of native and exotic plants growing in the Cayo district of western Belize. The garden is in a valley on the banks of the Macal River, surrounded by the Maya Mountain foothills.- Type: Garden
- Description: botanical garden in Belize
- Also known as: “Belize Botanical Gardens”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include San Ignacio Town Airstrip.
San Ignacio Town Airstrip
Aerodrome
Photo: Denis Barthel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Ignacio Town Airstrip is a public use airport serving San Ignacio, a town in the Cayo District of Belize. The airport is 6 kilometres southwest of San Ignacio and 5 kilometres east of the border with Guatemala. San Ignacio Town Airstrip is situated 2 miles west of Belize Botanic Gardens.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cristo Rey and San Antonio.
Cristo Rey
Village
Cristo Rey is a village in the Cayo District of central interior Belize, situated on the east bank of the Macal River. The village is in an agricultural region with the most frequent crops being citrus and banana. Cristo Rey is situated 2½ miles northeast of Belize Botanic Gardens.
San Antonio
Village
San Antonio is a village in the Cayo District of Belize. In 2000, the village of San Antonio had a population of 2,124 people. Its population is predominantly Yukatek-speaking Maya. San Antonio is situated 3½ miles east of Belize Botanic Gardens.
San Ignacio
San Ignacio is a small town in the Cayo region of Belize, with around 25,000 citizens. San Ignacio, or Cayo as it is called, is on the Macal river, and makes a good and affordable base for exploration of the stunning regions around it, with plenty of day trips to be taken and several decent tour guides willing to take you.
Belize Botanic Gardens
- Categories: museum, botanical garden, and recreation area
- Location: Cayo, Belize, Central America, North America
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Latitude
17.09437° or 17° 5′ 40″ northLongitude
-89.0753° or 89° 4′ 31″ westOpen location code
769G3WVF+PVOpenStreetMap ID
way 610593560OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenWikidata ID
Q427979
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Belize Botanic Gardens” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Jardí Botànic de Belize”
- Dutch: “Belize Botanic Gardens”
- Finnish: “Belizen kasvitieteellinen puutarha”
- Indonesian: “Kebun Botani Belize”
- Javanese: “Kebon Botani Belize”
- Russian: “Белизский ботанический сад”
- Russian: “Ботанический сад (Белиз)”
- Russian: “Ботанический сад Белиза”
- Spanish: “Jardin Botanico de Belice”
- Spanish: “Jardín Botánico de Belice”
- Swahili: “Bustani za Botanic”
- Ukrainian: “Ботанічний сад Белізу”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sak Tunich and Cristo Rey Cemetery.
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