Placencia Ecology Tours

Placencia Ecology Tours Let us be a part of your Belize vacation and support our work at the same time, as all net profits will go back into the restoration work. You can set the pace.

Fragments of Hope works closely with fishers and tour guides in an effort to build local capacity and to ensure the sustainability of coral restoration and mangrove reforestation efforts. Booking a tour through Fragments of Hope with the Belize Tourism Board licensed tour operator, Placencia Ecology Tours, ensures that you receive a unique and insightful experience of our marine ecosystems. Kayaki

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We offer two short (three hour) routes and two departure times: 7am and 2pm. The Viva Verde route includes a walking tour of a private nursery established over 15 years ago, accessible only by boat. Your guides will identify local fruit and ornamental trees, and many species of orchids and bromiliads. Countless birds and butterflies can be seen here. This route also includes visiting a bird island with White Ibis and other species. The second route option travels through meandering channels and through “tunnels” of overhanging vegetation until we reach the tranquil waters of the inner lagoon. We will visit isolated small mangrove cayes in the center of the lagoon where many species of birds nest. Throughout your tour, our guides will share their knowledge of the area’s natural and cultural history.

Save the date:Wednesday 1 September 20212pm Belize timeFragments of Hope, Belize8th Annual General MeeetingThis year :ON...
26/08/2021

Save the date:
Wednesday 1 September 2021
2pm Belize time
Fragments of Hope, Belize
8th Annual General Meeeting
This year :ONLINE
message us for zoom link

Save the date:
Wednesday 1 September 2021
2pm Belize time
8th Annual General Meeeting
This year :ONLINE
message us for zoom link

26/07/2019

A message from UNDP
Why are mangroves important? Watch the full video on IG TV • Our partner restores and replenishes coral reefs in southern Belize. But they also help mangrove conservation. Many of the marine life 🐠 🐬 🐢 start life in the safety of coastal mangrove lagoons before they move out to coral reefs and sea grass forests. lives in , which shares this lagoon with the village of . Fragments of Hope offers early morning educational kayaking tours through Placencia lagoon. Its mangroves form canals from the lagoon to the ocean. We saw manatees, dolphins, and eagle rays in the lagoon, many with their young, playing without fear of big predators 🦈 & big 🛥. The mangroves provide 🎣 such as snook & mangrove 🦀 to fishermen who sell 🐠 at markets and restaurants in Placencia.
Franco said that mangroves and coral work together like walls of defense to protect villages by absorbing winds and waves from hurricanes and storms. If heavy winds get past reef barriers, lines of mangroves absorb waves and gale force wind. Because of rapid housing development for tourism and international 🏠 buyers in Placencia, local young people can’t find space or affordable housing. Some are clearing mangroves on common land to build homes. Unsustainable building development for tourism is leading to sand banks being dredged for nice ocean and lagoon views, without mangroves. Franco worries that all these mangroves will disappear in the future. 📹 by: / Lei Katof

08/02/2019

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment, Sustainable Development, and Immigration advises that it is accepting submissions from the public relating to the use of gill nets in Belize’s waters.

29/06/2018

Tern Nesting In Placencia Inner Lagoon

22/03/2018

Placencia Ecology Tours

25/11/2017

Kayaking In the Mangroves

26/10/2017

Oven Bird taking a stroll

24/10/2017

Yard Visitors

27/09/2017

BOAT BILL CHICK

12/09/2017

Nesting Birds

13/07/2017

up and about here and there

13/07/2017
Day at LBC

Look at the blenny scratching and the Hogfish feeding under coral nursery tables at LBC

12/07/2017
06/06/2017
Do’s and Don’ts of Nest Photography

Important info! Nesting sea birds on our cayes right now!

You should always photograph birds responsibly. But you have to be extra responsible during nesting season.

28/02/2017

Under Water Belize

21/02/2017

Many thanks to Roni Martinez for recommending Sarah & Robert, avid birders, to our early morning (6am) lagoon ecology tour, customized departure time to guests' requests!

There are also late afternoon/evening departures times.

Thanks to Andria Villanueva for snapping some pics!

09/02/2017

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Placencia Village Stann Creek Dist. Belize C. A
Belize City
501

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Oven Bird taking a stroll

Northern Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush

Thrush feeding under Tambran Tree

Day at LBC
Day at LBC

Look at the blenny scratching and the Hogfish feeding under coral nursery tables at LBC

Dolphin Party
Dolphin Party

Dolphins giving little show

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