Hi, Just returned Sunday we were on the Carnival Legend and booked with Coral Breeze for Zoo tour and Monkey Bay. Well they zoo tour was great! We paid extra to interact with Junior the jaguar it was a great experiance! Now the Monkey Bay part was a different story! When I booked it I should have looked at the pictures more carefully, we thought we were going to some place like a beach lake etc. We left the zoo traveled a few miles down the road and turned downed a one lane road that had a big sign Monkey Bay well we followed a bumpy dirt road about a mile into the forest that ended at a river. There was a car blocking the end of the road but no one was around. You are in the middle of no where and this made my brother inlaw very nervous he did'nt like the idea of us getting out, there was no way to turn the van around if this was going to end up a bad sitiuation and would be very difficult to back that van all the way back up that bumpy dirt road. The tour guy explained probaly the car had broken down and someone left it there. So we got out, but were on high alert and decided we should only stay a few minutes. The tour guy brought out the cooler handed out salsa and chips that was the lunch not what was on the tour description. I had no intentions of eating any of it after the tour guide had told us repeadatly not to drink or eat anything anywhere in Belize if bottled water was used. Anyway a few minutes go by and coming down the river are 4 men in tubes carrying rifles! Well we found out whose car was blocking the road! The only thoughts my sister and I had was this is it were done for! Our guide asked if they came in peace I don"t know if it was a joke or not but I was sweating! Fourtunatly for us they did come in peace, but I know I do not what to be in that position ever again! In hindsight we should have not gotten out of the van and turned back, should have followed my brother in law's instinct!
Belize Zoo - Private company tour?
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Hi, Just returned Sunday we were on the Carnival Legend and booked with Coral Breeze for Zoo tour and Monkey Bay. Well they zoo tour was great! We paid extra to interact with Junior the jaguar it was a great experiance! Now the Monkey Bay part was a different story! When I booked it I should have looked at the pictures more carefully, we thought we were going to some place like a beach lake etc. We left the zoo traveled a few miles down the road and turned downed a one lane road that had a big sign Monkey Bay well we followed a bumpy dirt road about a mile into the forest that ended at a river. There was a car blocking the end of the road but no one was around. You are in the middle of no where and this made my brother inlaw very nervous he did'nt like the idea of us getting out, there was no way to turn the van around if this was going to end up a bad sitiuation and would be very difficult to back that van all the way back up that bumpy dirt road. The tour guy explained probaly the car had broken down and someone left it there. So we got out, but were on high alert and decided we should only stay a few minutes. The tour guy brought out the cooler handed out salsa and chips that was the lunch not what was on the tour description. I had no intentions of eating any of it after the tour guide had told us repeadatly not to drink or eat anything anywhere in Belize if bottled water was used. Anyway a few minutes go by and coming down the river are 4 men in tubes carrying rifles! Well we found out whose car was blocking the road! The only thoughts my sister and I had was this is it were done for! Our guide asked if they came in peace I don"t know if it was a joke or not but I was sweating! Fourtunatly for us they did come in peace, but I know I do not what to be in that position ever again! In hindsight we should have not gotten out of the van and turned back, should have followed my brother in law's instinct!