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Volume 3, Number 2 |
Ian Anderson's
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| Rainforests, jungle animals, mountains, crystal clear rivers and Maya ruins: This is Belize. Add extensive limestone cave systems to that list, and this is "Ian Anderson's." Ian was the pioneer of caving trips in Belize, a sector of the tourism industry that was never developed or promoted before he came here several years ago. He has created a whole new dimension for tourists in our country. Now, you can experience magnificent caves where few have tread since the end of the Maya civilization around 900 AD. |
Ian Anderson and his friend, Julius |
Ian Anderson came from Vancouver, Canada, and a search
for life's fulfillment brought him to the heart of Belize, in the Caves
Branch River valley, where he began guiding caving expeditions. This area
contains the largest collection of caves in the country, with five separate
underground river cave systems that can be Caves Branch Estate, which privately holds over 50,000 acres of the region, has permitted Ian to create his own "jungle camp" alongside the river, as a base of operations. This allowed him to offer accommodations to his clients, along with their expeditions. The brochure accurately describes the operation as "rustic but unique," with the emphasis on adventure...this is not a resort. | |
navigated
for distances up to seven miles, using rafts or inner tubes. Also, there
are over 36 explored, dry "crystal caves" in the area. Many of
these caves have huge rooms filled with giant stalactites and stalagmites,
columns, and crystalline formations which have all been created over hundreds
of thousands of years.
