Jungle of the MayaThe Selva Maya (Jungle of the Maya) is one of the world's most magical yet least appreciated placesan enormous tropical forest that encompasses much of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. At 9,000,000 acres, it is the largest contiguous tropical forest north of the Amazon in the Western Hemisphere. Within its borders, the Selva Maya provides habitat for an astonishing diversity of plants and animalsmore than 500 species of birds alone.