Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary, a mere 40 minutes outside Belize City, is full of birds, wildlife, cashews and fun! Check out what to do for a day or week on your visit.

When the village of Crooked Tree, Belize was established in the mid-1700s as a Creole-speaking logwood camp, there was a towering tree that served as the meeting place of the local villagers. This tree was more than its fair share of crooked, so the name Crooked Tree came to be and stuck through the years.

Now, the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary, located about 40 minutes northwest of Belize City, Belize, is a 36,000-plus acre area of wetlands, lagoons, savannas and thick brush that’s home to about 1,400 residents and more than 300 different species of birds.