Blue Hole National Park

Blue Hole National Park is around 575 acres and within its boundaries, there are two cave system: St. Herman’s and the Crystal Cave, or Mountain Caw. The reserve is managed by the Belize Audubon Society. If you are a nature lover and like hiking, this will be a paradise for you as the park has a set of trails that allows you to enjoy the birds, plants and the geological features within the reserve. The site was declared as Blue Hole National Park on November 23, 1986. The hike on the trail will allow you to enjoy some of the natural wonders, like the Karst topography that have created numerous underground streams, sinkholes and extensive cave systems. Parts of the trails leads to rugged landscapes with heights of 200 meters supporting numerous of plant life and wildlife. The park is home four over 200 species of birds, and a numerous of open spaces attracting a wide variety of bird life. At the end of you hiking day, you will finish with a refreshing swim. This swim takes place at what we call the inland Blue Hole, which was formed by the collapse of an underground limestone cave. It formed a depression that measures above 100 feet deep and 300 feet diameter, but the actual blue hole is at the depression base with a depth of about 25 feet.