Monkey River Town

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Monkey River Town
Monkey River Town
Coordinates: 16°21′48″N 88°29′7″W / 16.36333°N 88.48528°W / 16.36333; -88.48528
Country	Belize
District	Toledo
Constituency	Toledo East
Population  (2000)
• Total	200
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central)
Climate	Af

Monkey River Town (or Monkey River) is a village in the north of the Toledo District of Belize. It is on the Caribbean Sea on the southern shore of the mouth of Belize's Monkey River. In 2011 the estimated population was 200 people.

The village is one of the last purely Creole settlements in Belize, and many traditional practises are still carried out, such as cooking over the "fyah haat" (fire hearth). A road was built in the late 80's from the Southern Highway through orange groves and jungle to the village car park, and links the village to the outside world, although much travel is still by sea. The main occupations are fishing and ecotourism. There are two small hotels and a nearby fishing resort which can be reached by a five-minute sea trip. Guides can be easily found at Monkey River village to take visitors up the river to see the howler monkeys and other wildlife in Belize.^[1][2]