ACTIVE  Sirmoor Hill; 756 Acre Estate – Cattle Ranch, Creeks, Hills, 120yr Colonial Home

SIRMOOR HILL ESTATE a 756-Acre Private Hill & Ranch Estate near Punta Gorda, Toledo District, Belize

Some properties are straightforward. A house on a lot. A parcel of farmland. Sirmoor Hill Estate is not that kind of property.

What’s on offer here is a 756-acre portfolio in the Toledo District of southern Belize — three distinct but contiguous parcels, each worth owning on its own merits, and considerably more valuable together. Two miles from the Punta Gorda Airport. Road-connected directly to the Southern Highway. And carrying a combination of residential character, agricultural utility, and natural resource potential that simply doesn’t come packaged together very often.

The three components:

The Ranch covers approximately 470 acres of productive agricultural land with a year-round creek running through it. The land is suited for cattle as-is, but it’s equally well-positioned for a teak or high-value timber program — an asset class with documented long-term returns that grow substantially with time. The creek, the road access, and the sheer scale of contiguous acreage make this a serious working land holding by any standard in the Toledo District.

The Estate is the residential and lifestyle heart of the portfolio — approximately 156 acres anchored by a 100-year-old colonial hardwood home that sits within some of the most beautifully cultivated grounds you’ll find anywhere in southern Belize. Around 60 acres of the estate have been carefully landscaped over generations, planted with an extensive and remarkable collection of exotic species gathered from across the globe — ornamental trees, flowering plants, and tropical flora that transform the grounds into something genuinely park-like. Joy Taylor Creek runs through the property. There’s a swimming pool and concrete deck. A 10-acre teak plantation adds a tangible agricultural asset to what is already a compelling residential setting. The colonial home itself carries the kind of character that new construction simply cannot replicate — and with thoughtful restoration, it becomes the centerpiece of an extraordinary private compound.

The Hill is where the portfolio takes on an additional and distinct dimension… a striking limestone ridge rising approximately 325 feet above the surrounding landscape, commanding views across the entire Toledo countryside all the way to the Caribbean Sea and giving the estate a genuine landmark identity. The estate covers approximately 70% of the hill, and that portion carries serious economic weight: conservative geological modeling estimates between 14.5 and 15 million tons of limestone aggregate within the estate-controlled section, with 9 to 11 million tons practically extractable. Importantly, the adjacent 30% is already under active commercial excavation — confirming the resource’s viability and making the estate’s portion a natural and permittable extension of an operation already running next door. Practical ownership considerations are with a royalty lease arrangement — where an established operator assumes all extraction complexity while the estate owner receives passive income — representing the most practical path to monetization. However, economic extraction is one path but long-term stewardship could see a conservation-minded owner selectively develop the hill preserving its commanding profile and upper elevations as a permanent natural feature — trails, lookout points, and protected viewsheds coexisting alongside a responsibly managed operation — realizing the resource’s value while keeping one of the estate’s most distinctive assets intact for generations.

Put together, this is a multi-layered holding that serves several kinds of buyers at once. It works as a private legacy estate. It has the natural setting, the story, and the infrastructure bones for a boutique eco-lodge or hospitality concept. The ranch land supports agricultural operations and long-term timber investment. And the limestone asset adds a speculative but meaningful layer of optionality that few comparable properties can claim.

The Toledo District is still early in its market cycle — quieter and less developed than Placencia or Hopkins, but moving. The buyers who recognize what Toledo is becoming, rather than what it has historically been, are the ones best positioned to benefit from that trajectory. A property of this scale, with this combination of characteristics, in this location, does not come to market often.