Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve

Located in the Cayo District, Mountain Pine Ridge Reserve consists of 800 sq km of beautiful, unspoiled mountain country dotted with rivers, waterfalls and caves and teeming with beautiful flora and fauna.  With numerous nature trails and impressive destinations, Mountain Pine Ridge is the ideal place for hiking and horseback riding, while the many rivers that run through it are great for kayaking and canoeing.  Above all, the reserve is a wonderful place to contemplate nature and view birds and other wildlife, as well as its many incredible natural wonders.

The highest waterfall in the reserve, and in fact in all of Central America, is the Hidden Valley Falls, a silver cascade which plunges almost 500 metres into a misty valley.  Big Rock Falls and Five Sisters Falls are located a short distance from each other.  Five Sisters is actually five smaller waterfalls which cascade into a large pool, an ideal place for a refreshing swim.  Rio Frio Cave, one of the most impressive river caves in Belize, is located just a short walk from the Mountain Pine Ridge's entrance.  After you enter the cave's 65 foot arched entryway, you can see numerous pools and falls and large stalactites which hang all through the quarter-mile long cave.