Martz Farm

As the thermometer continues to rise, so does the students desire to visit the beautiful waterfalls of Belize. This weekend we visited Martz Farm and had a good look around. The Martz family knows everything about their farm, the plants, the trees, the birds, the animals. Many of the plants on their farm have medicinal uses - it’s like having a drugstore in your backyard. As we made our way through the forest we came to a series of calcium waterfalls that cascade down into the Macal River several hundred feet below. The bird’s eye view from this point was incredible. It’s kind of wild to hike down waterfalls. Once we reached the Macal we boulder hopped upstream until we found a good place to cross the river. To get across you have to swim upstream against the current so you don’t loose any ground! As the group made our way across we hiked up and explored what we had come here to see - a system of waterfalls a quarter mile in length that spilled crystal clear water into the Macal. The water was chilling, coming straight from the Mountain Pine Ridge, but refreshing on this hot Belizean day. As we hiked up the numerous waterfalls, we stopped for a swim at the pools of each. At the end of the day we got to do it all over again, heading back the same way we came. This is certainly the most enjoyable waterfall trip yet. Check out the students at the base of one of the falls.