Tuff E Nuff Tours Our tour partner, Tuff E Nuff Tours, can be found at each resort in the Sandy Point Resorts collection. The award-winning company has a dynamic staff of the highest qualified and licensed guides and a reputation for excellence. Their long list of mainland excursions makes it easy to find the trip […]
Belize is a tropical country, with rainfall totaling 60 inches in the north and up to 160 inches in the south, annually. While we don’t have the same seasons as our neighbors to the north, we do have distinct seasons. The dry season, February-May, coincides perfectly with Spring Break and typically is hot and dry, […]
The Lobster Industry The first few decades of the twentieth century brought the beginning of Belize’s spiny lobster industry. Belizeans had traditionally rejected lobsters as “trash fish” and made no effort to exploit them. In the early 1920s as the North American lobster industry was declining, an American and a Canadian founded cannery to process […]
1. We kind of gave this one away with the title up there, but the Baird’s Tapir is Belize’s National Animal! The Tapir joins the Keel-billed Toucan, Black Orchid and Mahogany Tree, as the National Symbols of Belize. 2. Named after American naturalist Spencer Fullerton Baird, the Latin name is Tapirus bairdii. 3. There are […]
Our contribution Sandy Point Resorts is proud to contribute to our beautiful island of Ambergris Caye in Belize by participating in weekly cleanups along the main road north and the beachfront. When you have a team as fun as ours, even collecting garbage doesn’t seem like a chore. Supporting Belize in protecting its environment Belize […]
The very first protected area for wildlife in Belize, at Half-Moon Caye, was designated in 1928 as a crown reserve for the protection of the Red-footed Booby Bird. Later, that protection status would be made a Natural Monument managed by the Belize Audubon Society and spread to include not only the island where the bird's […]
