The new Maya Medicine hut, located next to the Medicine Trail, is progressing well and will soon become a centre for visitors to Chaa Creek. Here, visitors will be able to discover nature’s pharmacy and learn from the wisdom of the ancient Maya about plants which can promote wellness or cure common ailments.
The Belize Medicine Trail is a popular attraction and the guided walk is a must to really enjoy the plants of the forest in a new way. On this nature walk your guide will point out …

A new centre is currently being created at Chaa Creek, for the many holiday-makers and school groups that visit annually to learn about the fascinating power of the plants of the surrounding rainforest and in memory of Don Elijio Panti, one of the great tradional healers of Belize.
Currently visitors can enjoy a guided or self-guided walk through the forest, along the ‘Medicine Trail‘, discovering plants and herbs used in traditional Maya medicine. The trail includes vines that store drinking water, plants that helps abate malaria, aid diabetics, cleanse …

Hitesh Mehta, 50, is the director of HM Design, and one of the world’s leading authorities, practitioners and researchers on ecotourism physical planning, landscape architecture and architectural aspects of ecolodges. I was introduced to Hitesh by Lucy Fleming of Chaa Creek Lodge in Belize, an earlier “Peer to Pier” subject—fitting for a column about global connections. That theme is reflected in Hitesh’s life work and the Jain philosophy that is its foundation.