Belize Mayan Site & Cave Tour

Welcome to Belize City! Today our driver guide will pick you up from the airport on schedule and then transfer you to check in the hotel. No activities are arranged for the rest of the day. After a good rest, you could go for a leisure stroll around the seaside parks or bustling shopping areas.

Accommodation: Radisson Fort George Hotel & Marina, Belize City (4 stars)

After breakfast, we will go to the Nohoch Che'en Caves Branch Archaeological Reserve, located an hour's drive from Belize City. When arrive, you will be issued your tube, headlight and life vest before hiking 30 minutes' though the rainforest to the entrance of the cave system. The reserve, consisting of about 19 limestone caves, is not only geographically beautiful with crystalline stalactites and stalagmites, but also historically important as a Mayan sacred site of burials and rituals. While floating through the caves, you could also see black howler monkeys, eyeless cave fish and mysterious Maya paintings on the cave ceilings. When the cave tubing is over, we will change into dry clothes and depart for our next adventure – a series of zip-line runs from different jungle platforms! At the end of the day, send you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Radisson Fort George Hotel & Marina, Belize City (4 stars)

In the morning, we will leave for the Altun Ha Mayan archaeological site, also a significant trading and agricultural town founded at around 200 BC and flourished until 900 AD. It boasts two main ceremonial plazas surrounded by temples. The discoveries include shell necklaces, pottery, pearls and jade ware. Later, we will pay a visit to the Belize Zoo. The zoo cares over 150 kinds of native wildlife including howler monkeys, jaguars, deer, peccary, kinkajou, egrets, toucans, parrots, eagles, crocodiles, and frogs. It is worth mentioning that none of the animal is taken from the wild. They were donated, rescued or born at the zoo. After today's sightseeing, send you back to the hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Radisson Fort George Hotel & Marina, Belize City (4 stars)

After breakfast, we will take an hour's car ride to the town of San Ignacio. When arrive, we will pay a visit to Xunantunich Mayan Ruins atop a natural limestone ridge. It was once a small village built to cater to elite nobles during the golden age of Maya Empire. El Castillo, a pyramid rising 130 feet above the main plaza, is the most impressive structure inside. Large stucco friezes on its eastern side with carvings tell the stories of the gods and Maya creationist myths. On the way back to the hotel, we will tour a chocolate factory to learn about Mayan traditional way of making chocolate.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Mahogany Hall boutique Resort (3 stars)

This morning, we will extend the Belize 7 days itinerary to Caracol Maya Ruins, the largest Maya city ever excavated in the country which at his peak encompassed over 65 square miles (168 square kilometers) and was home to over 120,100 people. There are five plazas, an astronomic observatory, the country's tallest man-made structure - Sky Palace and over 3,000 buildings having been identified. Before getting there, enjoy a refreshing hike through the Rio Frio Cave at Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve. It is one of the best cave systems in Belize which is brim with colored boulders and marvelous stalactites. When the Maya site tour is over, you will have chance relaxing and swimming in the waters of nearby Rio on Pools. Finally, return to the hotel and have a good rest.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Mahogany Hall boutique Resort (3 stars)

After breakfast, drive for 45 minutes to reach Teakettle Village and then another 30 minutes to Tapir Nature Reserve. Upon arrival, hike for 40 minutes to the entrance of Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave and marvel at the spectacular beauty of the flora and fauna in the rainforest. Then put on safety helmet and headlights before entering into the cave. Follow the guide's instructions to swim through the pool and cross the challenging pathway to reach the cave's main chamber. Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave is a sacred burial place and a natural museum of ancient Mayan artifacts. Inside the chamber, you can see not only amazing stalactite formations, but also ceramics, stoneware and skeletons including the famous "Crystal Maiden" – an intact calcite-covered skeleton of a teenage boy. At the end of the day, take the car back to hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Accommodation: Mahogany Hall boutique Resort (3 stars)

After breakfast, our driver guide will send you to the international airport at Belize City on schedule. Thanks for taking this 7 days Belize tour. Wish you a pleasant journey back home!

Meals: Breakfast