I-Sandwiched phakathi kweMexico, iGuatemala neHonduras kwiNxweme yaseCaribbean yaseMntla Merika, iBelize iyindawo eyiparadesi eyaziwayo ngenxa yezihlathi zayo ezintle kunye namabhitshi aphelileyo. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, kwafunyanwa ngokuba nedumela njengenye yeyona ndawo evuyisayo yokuhambisa idlobha. Ukufudumala kwamanzi kunye nokubonakala kakuhle kukuyinxalenye enkulu yokukhanga - kodwa oko kwenza ukuba iBelize ekhethekileyo kukufuphi kweMesoamerican Barrier Reef System . Le yinkqubo yesibini yeyona ndlela yinqaba enkulu emhlabeni, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ibe yenye yezona zinto zinqabileyo. Inikeza ukutya kunye nendawo yokukhusela iindidi ezinobungozi bezilwanyana zaselwandle, kubandakanywa nezilwanyana ezinobungozi ezifana ne-West Indian manatee kunye ne-leatherback turtle.
Eli nqaku liye lahlaziywa kwaye libhalwa kwakhona yingxenye nguJessica Macdonald ngoSeptemba 13, 2017.
01 ngo 05
I-Blue Blue Hole
Ngaphandle kokungathandabuzeki kwezona ndawo zidumileyo kwiindawo ezininzi zokuhamba, i-Great Blue Hole yimbangela yokuba abaninzi abantu bahamba beya kwilizwe kwindawo yokuqala. Ekufuphi kwinqanaba le-atoll ye-offshore ebizwa ngokuba yi-Lighthouse Reef, liyi-sinkhole yamanzi engama-1,043 ngamamitha / iimitha ezingama-318 ngaphaya kunye neekhilomitha ezingama-40 / ezili-124 ubude. Isetyhula ngokugqibeleleyo, ubunzulu bayo bunika i-sinkhole umbala ohlaza okwesibhakabhaka ohluke ngokugqithiseleyo kunye nolwandle olujikelezayo.
Ngoku iqatshelwa njengeSayithi yeLifa leMveli le-UNESCO, i-Great Blue Hole yaqale yahlolisiswa nguJacques Cousteau ngowe-1971. I-Cousteau yabiza umgodi njengenye yezona ndawo eziphezulu zehlabathi zokuthunga, kwaye namhlanje, ukuhamba ngokugqibeleleyo kwimihlaba yeBelize kunika ithuba ukuba bazibonele ukuzibuza kwabo. I-Blue Hole dives iya kufumana ubunzulu obukhulu beekhilomitha ezili-132/40, kwaye iyakwazi ukulingwa kuphela ngabaphambili. Iimpawu ezibalaseleyo ziquka imimandla eyimimandla ekhethekileyo ye-stalactite, kunye neentaba ze-Caribbean ezihlazileyo.
02 we 05
I-Turneffe, i-Lighthouse Reef kunye ne-Glover's Reef Atolls
I-western hemisphere inezindlu ezine ezine-coral atolls (iziqithi zemizi-coral eneenqwelomoya kunye ne-lagoon kwiziko). Kuzo, ezintathu ziseBelize - i-Lighthouse Reef Atoll, iTurneffe Atoll kunye ne-Glover's Reef Atoll. Zonke zibonakaliswe ngobuninzi be-coral kunye nobomi beentlanzi, kunye neemeko zokudibanisa ezibandakanya ii-site ezingenanto ezifanelekileyo kubaqalayo, kunye nodonga kunye neendawo zokuhamba ezifanelekileyo ezifanelekileyo eziphambili.
I-Athouse Light Reef Atoll idume kakhulu njengendawo yeBlue Blue Hole, kunye nabaninzi abhalisela ukuhamba ngokugqibeleleyo kwi-sinkhole mhlawumbi baya kunikwa ithuba lokunwabela izinto ezincinci kwiindawo zokungqonge. Ebizwa emva kwepirate yekhulu le-17, i-Glover's Reef Atoll eqhelekileyo iqubude elikhulu, elincinci elwandle elincinci nelinempilo. Kukhethwa ngokukhethekileyo kwabo bahamba kunye nabahlobo okanye intsapho engeyiyo-diving, kuba i-snorkeling apha ikwahle kakhulu.
I-Turneffe Atoll yiyona nto inkulu kwaye ifumaneka kakhulu kwii-atolls zeBelize. Isimo sawo esikhuselekile siye savumela ukuba ubomi bezilwanyana zaselwandle buphumelele, okwenza kube yinto ekhethekileyo yokukhetha abohlukeneyo ngexesha elifutshane.
03 we 05
Gladden Spit Reserve Reserve
Kutholakala kumzantsi welizwe elikufutshane nePlacencia, iGladden Spit Marine Reserve yenye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo kwi-Central America ukuhamba kunye ne- whale sharks - kwaye yindawo ephela ehlabathini apho umntu angakwazi ukusebenzisana nabo ngenjongo yokuzibandakanya nabo kwi-scuba. Ngobude obungaphezulu kweenyawo ezingama-40/12, i-whale shark yintlanzi enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Kwakhona umgcini-mafutha, kwaye akayi kubakho ingozi kubantu bonke.
Ezi ziqhwala zincinci zithandwa kwi-Gladden Spit ngokuzaliswa kweentlanzi ezinqabileyo, ezihambelana nenyanga epheleleyo ngexesha leenyanga zentwasahlobo nehlobo. Nangona iintlanganiso zinokwenzeka ukusuka ngoMatshi kuya kuJulayi, iinyanga ezifanelekileyo zokubona i-whale shark ngo-Ephreli no-Meyi. Kufuneka uceba uhambo lwakho ukuba uhambelane neentsuku ezintathu okanye ezine ngokukhawuleza ngaphambi nangemva kwenyanga.
04 we 05
Hol Chan Marine Reserve kunye ne-Shark Ray Alley
Indawo ehlala e-Ambergris Caye enyakatho yeBelize, iHol Chan Marine Reserve yindawo ekhuselekileyo yasemanzini. Ingqwalasela yayo ingumjelo wendalo kwi-reef, ebonisa amamitha angama-75 / ii-23 kumitha ukuya ngaphaya kwee-30 kunye neekhilomitha ezili-9 ubunzulu. Indawo yokugcina indawo ihlukaniswe kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zokuhlala, kubandakanywa umonakalo we-coral wesiteshi ngokwawo, indawo yengxube kunye nemibhobho enomdla.
Kwabahlukahlukeneyo, ishaneli mhlawumbi iyona candelo elivuzayo. Apha, iimitha eziqinileyo kunye nobutyebi bezondlo zikhangele ubomi bezilwandle zasolwandle, ukusuka kwiintlanzi ezitshatyalaliswayo kwiintshaba ze-ukhozi, i-blacktip sharks, iidonphins kunye neentlobo ezintathu ezahlukeneyo zolwandle. Olunye ukhankaso kwi-reserve nguShark Ray Alley, indawo yebandla engokwemvelo ye-nurse sharks kunye nama-stingrays asezantsi. Apha, umntu unokusebenzisana nezo zibini kwiindawo ezikufutshane.
05 we 05
Caye Caulker
Phakathi kweTurneffe Atoll kunye ne-Ambergris Caye uhle kakhulu eCaye Caulker, umgca we-coral omncinci olinganisa iimitha ezili-5 ubude kwaye ungaphantsi kweeyure ububanzi. Yindawo engasetyenziswanga ukuzakhela ngokudibanisa kakuhle kwiindawo ezikufutshane-kubandakanywa neBelize Barrier Reef eseduze. Icandelo leMeamerican Barrier Reef System, i-reef isekela uhlobo oluthile lokuphila olwandle. Iyaziwa ngokukhethekileyo ngeentlobo zayo ezinkulu zeentlanzi (cinga abaqelayo kunye neerif sharks), kunye nezilwanyana zayo zaselwandle (ngakumbi iidonphins). I-Caye Caulker yoLwandle lwaseMarine Reserve inikezela ithuba lokubamba i-snorkel kunye ne-stingrays kunye nomhlengikazi.