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| From the LDF Chert Site,
you can backtrack to the core site or continue west in a loop to scale
the public entrance to Plaza
Copal. The trail heads into a grove of corozo
or cohune palms, or a corozal, and around ancient houses, to
the causeway up to the heart of Nohol Pilar. Follow the well-cleared
path into the jungle and into this special nature space at El Pilar.
In the midday light, this place feels like a natural cathedral. The
spreading fronds of the giant corozo palms create a sense of Gothic
arches and the moving light dapples the forest floor like stained
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| If you are here on a day with wind, you will hear the
remarkable sound of the breeze in the corozo leaves. One definition
of Mopán, the name of the river at Bullet Tree Falls, in the
local Mayan language is the sound of wind through the corozo fronds.
Take in the sights and sounds of this exceptional trail. You can see
evidence of the originally illegal logging road. Soon after leaving
the chert site, on your right there is an old chain sawed trunk. This
was accomplished when there was no protection at El Pilar. Your presence
here today helps protect this area. |
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