Placencia Cabana's

11/03/2024

Thanks for all the interest but we do not do any short term rentals whatsoever. Our apologies. I will not respond to short term inquiries.

11/11/2023

Star fish move very slow..picking them up and making a bra of them is a horrible.thimg. air is toxic to them..Don’t touch starfish....❌❌❌

We saw in our group, many of people posting star fish post....... This is a request to all tourists, don’t tuch starfish. REQUEST TO ALL GUIDE Please make your clients aware of this.

What happens when we lift a starfish out of water for an impromptu photo session?

All over the body of starfish are papules called dermal gills. Carbon dioxide gases are exchanged for oxygen between the coelomic liquid of the starfish and the water. Essentially, it’s how they breathe, like having hundreds of tiny noses all over your body.

As fresh air is toxic to starfish and they can’t hold their breath for very long, each time they’re lifted out of the water for a photo op, they are drowning and suffering from a build up of carbon dioxide. It’s the equivalent of someone filling your lungs with water for a little while and then emptying them again. It’s not a good day out. When this is done repeatedly, it’s a flip of the coin as to whether the poor creature can die from drowning or the stress of being semi-drowned so many times.

Wildlife are not our playthings. Just because a creature is slow enough to be caught by human hands, that doesn’t give us the right to do so, and the social media attention gained certainly does not justify the harm caused to the critter.

This is an act we’re all guilty of at some point. What was happening to that animal in the moment didn’t cross our minds. But now we know better, so we must do better.

Shared from Lahad Datu Tourism Council

11/10/2023

My favorite restaurant in the world! https://www.facebook.com/ladolcevitaplacencia?mibextid=ZbWKwL

La Dolce Vita is one of the new restaurants in Placencia which are helping make this colorful village at the tip of the peninsula in southern Belize a serious proposition for those who wish to dine well after a day out on the clear waters

19/09/2023

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For me, the Chiquibul forest is always best before dawn.

I awake to the chirps of the crickets, whine of katydids and desperate croak of a frog that has yet to find a mate; the chorus of birdsong begins with a single instrument - the mournful notes of the tinamou - but soon swells to the level of an orchestra with warblers, wrens, woodpeckers and parakeets joining in. The roar of howler monkeys plays to the nearby rush of rapids at the concrete Quacamayo Bridge over the Macal River. As I heat the water for my morning coffee by headlamp and set up my tripod and wide-angle lens, I watch for the sun to burn through the fog covering the hills, and bask in the natural music of the jungle waking up.

Many endangered animals call the Chiquibul home. These include the largest wildcat in Central America, the jaguar; the largest land mammal in Central America, the tapir; and the acrobatic and shy spider monkey.

But the loudest, flashiest, and rarest of the Chiquibul’s endangered creatures is the brilliant scarlet macaw, whose contribution to the delicate symphony of morning birdsong is a raucous - almost bombastic - squawk far in the distance. One of the largest remaining populations of these riotously large parrots are found in the deciduous trees along the major rivers of the Chiquibul - including the Macal - often in prodigious and noisy groups. They make their nests high off the ground in tall trees - living or dead - to protect from roving predators.

As I sip my steaming coffee beside the river, a white orb breaks through the mist and seconds later highlights a quartet of red, blue and yellow feathers barnstorming across the valley.

These macaws provide witness to the Chiquibul as the great provider of life, a breeding ground and fountain of biological wealth that is shared with the rest of Belize. That such a marvelous and mysterious habitat still exists and its tenants still thrive is, for the moment at least, a reason for all Belizeans to rejoice and be proud.

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17/11/2022

We will miss you Steve and Rene !!!!!. Its been an awesome 18 months!

17/01/2022

The work I did last year is still gorgeous. The stones and lighting are breathtaking to this day. It’s so beautiful! It was a lot of work to say the least the stones were dug out of the Mayan mountains by hand. and brought here. Each piece was set by hand with love ive never been so grateful in my life I never expected such beauty. I never expected so much beauty gardens are next and a bbq

13/01/2022

Under cabinet lights added to dolphin cabana huge difference

11/01/2022

New ceiling fan in the dolphin cabana what will we talk about here? Or what books shall we read?