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Town in Toledo, Belize
Photo: Ian Morton from Punta Gorda, Belize, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Punta Gorda is the southernmost town in Belize, and the capital of the Toledo District. It was founded as Peini by the Garifuna and is today home to over 5,000 people from the many different ethnic groups found in Toledo. While it remains a fairly sleepy little town except for market days, it gives travellers a genuine taste of the 'real' Belize.
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Beautiful, uncrowded ruins have been well-excavated with a small visitors centre. Fans of the supernatural take note: the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull was allegedly found here in the 1920s.
Small Mayan site with an unusual stella.
One of the nicest waterfalls in a beautiful area to swim, jump, and play!
Garifuna drumming lessons for locals or visitors with local professional drummer Ronald Raymond McDonald. Lessons are adapted to suit participants' experience and ability, and can be held either at Warasa, or at other locations in Punta Gorda town.
Great pizza- whole or by the slice. Also has coffee drinks and smoothies.
Creole, seafood, barbecue. "Dinna ova da sea". Seafood, Hot wings, best coconut veggie rice in town, deer, chicken, pork. Live music most Saturdays with creole drums, acoustic guitar.
This restaurant serves traditional Mayan foods cooked by the ladies from the villages daily. Great food at a great price!
An eco-lodge hidden in the jungles of southern Belize. Only 11 private cabanas, family style meals, and attentive service means your stay will be intimate, relaxing, and memorable. A variety of tours and activities available daily. Kayaking, swimming, waterfalls, caves, Mayan ruins, villages, birding, horseback riding, and more.
Hickatee Cottages is one mile south west of town, on Ex-Servicemen Road (named for the land granted to those who fought in World War II) towards Boom Creek. Eight Caribbean-style cottage rooms in a jungle setting, with good birding and wildlife watching. Breakfast and dinner available on-site at Ex-Servicemen's Bar. Free transfers and use of bikes, free internet access and WIFI available in all cottages and main property areas.
A Piece of Ground is nestled in the rustic and close knit town of Punta Gorda, Belize, C.A. The Guesthouse consists of four private rooms on the first floor, an open air kitchen and lounge area on the second floor, and private sundeck on the top floor. It is situated away from the town’s busy center on the southern most lane in Punta Gorda Town.
Sitting above the town of PG atop the highest coastal in Belize, the guest house offers four 1-bedroom flats and one 2-bedroom flat. All flats have kitchenettes and free Wi-Fi.
Punta Gorda is on the Southern Highway.5 hours from Hopkins; and 2 hours from Placencia.
Read in the guideG. is small and walkable. The town has 5 main streets running north to south (Front, Main, Jose Maria Nunez, West, and Far West), and several cross streets.
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