Cayo District, Belize February 8th 2010 -The Lodge at Chaa Creek, Belize’s award-winning ecotourism resort in the jungles of Central America is delighted to announce the winners of our Belize Vacation Sweepstakes.
Chaa Creek’s Belize Vacation Sweepstakes offered contestants free eco-holidays inclusive of accommodation, food, tours and activities in Chaa Creek’s 365 acre rainforest reserve in the foothills of the Maya Mountains.
A total of sixty eight participants wrote fascinating essays explaining why they wanted to visit The Lodge at Chaa Creek. The essays were posted on the Chaa Creek Travel Blog …

Belize Vacation Sweepstakes: Why your family has chosen Belize and The Lodge at Chaa Creek as your best family vacation destination
We are a family of nature lovers. Father is an avid birder and naturalist who raised us two children to respect and wonder at, the natural world. Mother is a self-taught botanist who especially appreciates wild flowers. Growing up, family vacations involved a lot of car trips to go camping, canoeing, hiking, swimming and fishing. Along the way to our destinations, Mom and Dad would …

For an ADVENTURE! I know going to Chaa Creek in Belize would be an experience of a lifetime, a one of a kind adventure.  To me that means being dropped into a different culture, a different way of life, something outside of the comfort ‘zone’.  That would redefine my own perceptions and understanding of the world around me.  I think seeing a country like Belize, that is just teaming with history from the days of the Mayans, interacting with the Belizean people to better …