One of the most beautiful and surprising of the Central American States, Belize is the only official English-speaking country in Latin America. With fantastic scuba diving and snorkelling, islands and white sand beaches, protected areas of forest sheltering rare wildlife and extraordinary Mayan sites, Belize may be small but it certainly offers an incredibly diverse range of attractions. Belize was a British colony for more than a century. Today its small population of just over 300,000 makes it one of the least populated in all of Central America, with a mix of Maya and Garifuna cultures as well as many different Mennonite communities.