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Belize
Often overlooked in favour of Mexico and Costa Rica, beautiful Belize boasts dense jungle - where wild cats including jaguars and ocelots prowl among Mayan ruins - to the west and a Caribbean shoreline circled by the Belize Barrier Reef to the east. Needless to say, the diving is exceptional.