Payne's Creek National Park

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Attraction
Type of Attraction
National Park
District/Region
Toledo
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Description
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  • Mangrove
  • Forest & Monkey River
  • Tropical Flora & Fauna
  • Maya Sites

About Location
Payne's Creek National Park is a nature reserve located in the Toledo District of Belize. It was first declared as a nature reserve in May of 1994 and then a national park in 1999. The landscape of the park is 37, 680 acres of land that includes the dominant broadleaf forest and mangrove areas. Payne's Creek National Park stretches to the lower reaches of the Monkey River and uniquely protects habitats in the area through the broadleaf forest and marshland vegetation. This area is also an Important Manatee breeding ground, supports ibis nesting site, and has a large wading bird population
 
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