The Sugar City
Orange Walk Town, which sits on the West bank of the New River, is the second largest city in Belize, but even here there is no over development and the town has retained it's authentic Belizean identity.
Orange Walk Town is a farming community at heart and this is evident from the bustling marketplace in the town centre, where local merchants sell a wide variety of fresh local produce. In this busy cultural centre you'll hear not only English but a mix of Belizean Creole, Chinese, Taiwanese and German while goods arrive from nearby villages by horse drawn carriages.
The town is also the start point for a boat trip up the beautiful New River to view the ancient Mayan Ruins at Lamanai where, after over 30 years of work, archeologists continue to unearth massive structures forming a lost city that dates back to the 16th Century B.C.