TUBING ON THE CAVES BRANCH RIVER

Today we had a chance to visit one of the most unique rivers in Belize, the Caves Branch River. After a nice (but buggy) 45 minute hike through secondary broad-leaf rainforest, we found the place we would enter the river (see picture). Once at the river, we began the floating part of our adventure and during the next hour or so we drifted slowly down the river entering and exiting several huge caves. The caves had some fascinating geological formations and contain several species of cave dwelling animals like cave spiders and bats. What a fun way to end the semester!