Las Cuevas is a Research Station and Explorers Lodge in the heart of the Chiquibul Tropical Moist Forest, at 550 m altitude in the Maya Mountains of Belize in Central America.

In May 1995 venturers from the charity Raleigh International built a 30-foot tower to help Ornithologists study flight paths in the area and watch out for forest fires.

It is located close to the mouth of a large cave an ancient Mayan temple complex and Monkey Tail River which runs through the Virgin rainforest.

[1] Las Cuevas Research Station is surrounded by a forest that is highly adapted to seasonal drought, frequent fires and the significant input of atmospherically derived nutrients.

The fine-textured soils in the depressions of the karstic Las Cuevas area collect and retain much available water during the wet season, thereby serving as refugia during particularly long periods of severe drought.