Altun Ha and Cave Tubing Tour from Belize City
Overview
This 6-hour tour will take you to Altun Ha, the ruins of an ancient Mayan city in Belize. You will also have the opportunity to go cave tubing along the Branch Rivera Caves.
Inclusions
- Fuel surcharge
- GST (Goods and Services Tax)
- Local taxes
- All activities
- Driver/guide
- Bottled water
- Entry/Admission - Altun Ha
What to expect
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Belize City, Belize City, Belize District
This tour will take you to visit a Mayan ruin where you can learn about a great civilization that inhabited Belize over 3, 000 years ago. Journey through the Mayan underworld, tubing through underground caves over 175, 000 years old as your headlights reveal many untouched crystal formations below the surface of the earth.
Altun Ha was first settled somewhere around 250 BC, with construction of the buildings beginning in 100 AD and continuing throughout the Classic Period that ended in the 10th century. Some 10, 000 Mayans lived in and around Altun Ha, which was a significant trading center as evidenced by the large amounts of jade and obsidian excavated here in the early sixties and seventies.
Stop At: Altun Ha, Rock Stone Pond Belize
Altun Ha Tour: spanning a 25 square mile area roughly an hour from Belize City, Altun Ha is made up of two central plazas surrounded by towering temples that enclose the palm strewn land. The larger of the two plazas, Plaza A, is the site of a mysterious tomb discovered beneath one of the temples called Temple of the Green Tomb. Jade, jewelry, flints and skins are among the three hundred remnants that were unearthed here.
Cave tubing provides thrills to suit nearly any age and fitness level. After a brief 30-minute hike to the entrance of the cave, inner tubes are used to float along the Caves Branch River.
Hear the echo of your own voice bounce off the distant walls. Listen to the water dripping from the ceiling, creating spectacular formations in the stunning chambers. And while you might be expecting dark and claustrophobic passageways, you are likely to find enormous chambers and cathedral-sized rooms.
You will be driven back to your hotel or cruise port at the end of the tour.
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Belize City, Belize City, Belize District
This tour will take you to visit a Mayan ruin where you can learn about a great civilization that inhabited Belize over 3, 000 years ago. Journey through the Mayan underworld, tubing through underground caves over 175, 000 years old as your headlights reveal many untouched crystal formations below the surface of the earth.
Altun Ha was first settled somewhere around 250 BC, with construction of the buildings beginning in 100 AD and continuing throughout the Classic Period that ended in the 10th century. Some 10, 000 Mayans lived in and around Altun Ha, which was a significant trading center as evidenced by the large amounts of jade and obsidian excavated here in the early sixties and seventies.
Stop At: Altun Ha, Rock Stone Pond Belize
Altun Ha Tour: spanning a 25 square mile area roughly an hour from Belize City, Altun Ha is made up of two central plazas surrounded by towering temples that enclose the palm strewn land. The larger of the two plazas, Plaza A, is the site of a mysterious tomb discovered beneath one of the temples called Temple of the Green Tomb. Jade, jewelry, flints and skins are among the three hundred remnants that were unearthed here.
Cave tubing provides thrills to suit nearly any age and fitness level. After a brief 30-minute hike to the entrance of the cave, inner tubes are used to float along the Caves Branch River.
Hear the echo of your own voice bounce off the distant walls. Listen to the water dripping from the ceiling, creating spectacular formations in the stunning chambers. And while you might be expecting dark and claustrophobic passageways, you are likely to find enormous chambers and cathedral-sized rooms.
You will be driven back to your hotel or cruise port at the end of the tour.
Additional information
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- At time of booking, cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Please dress appropriately for this tour
- Most travelers can participate
- Face masks required for travelers in public areas
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Regular temperature checks for staff
- Temperature checks for travelers upon arrival
- Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
- Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
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January 2019
We really enjoyed our tour. Paul our guide was fantastic, extremely knowledgeable and helped make our experience an unforgettable one. This tour felt more private that many of the other ones we saw and we would highly recommend it!
We really enjoyed our tour. Paul our guide was fantastic, extremely knowledgeable and helped make our experience an unforgettable one. This tour felt more private that many of the other ones we saw and we would highly recommend it!Guide368193
January 2019
This was a great adventure had by all 9 of our party! Our guide “A” was extremely knowledgeable and just a superb guy. He took time out to patiently wait at the port (his boss was not as patient), b/c if you do not catch the 1st 2 tenders to go on shore you take a little longer to meet up. This d...
This was a great adventure had by all 9 of our party! Our guide “A” was extremely knowledgeable and just a superb guy. He took time out to patiently wait at the port (his boss was not as patient), b/c if you do not catch the 1st 2 tenders to go on shore you take a little longer to meet up. This day, December 26th (Christmas), it seemed that everyone had booked private excursions instead of through the cruise line... so we had to be patient to get off the boat and onto the tender to meet up with our guide. By the way... they usually wait at Terminal 2 in the Belize City Port. And it takes appr 40 mins to the caves and then 40 mins back to Port... even from Altun Ha. The cave tubing was AWESOME... we would all do it again! Alton Ha was a little short lived/hastened due to the time crunch to make it back onto the ship at 4pm sharp! We barely made it! But let me say that our guide although nervous about the traffic we might encounter, and a true Belizean motorist, was verbally pleasant the WHOLE time trying to get us back for the last tender. I would definitely recommend doing the cave tubing and Altun Ha as separate excursions... not together b/c of the time constraints. Don’t get me wrong, glad we did both, or we would have felt we missed out, BUT I will definitely do a longer cave tubing adventure if I’m ever in Belize again. All around fantastic! Cave tubing, lunch in car on the way to Altun Ha and then back to tender for last one at 4pm!Sonal_V
December 2018
Enjoyed the tour. The tour operator was really good. Had great time. Kids also enjoyed the tubing adventure and the ruins.
Enjoyed the tour. The tour operator was really good. Had great time. Kids also enjoyed the tubing adventure and the ruins.Dawn D
December 2018
Our guide Paul was very knowledgeable and quite entertaining. The cave tubing was amazing and Altun was very interesting.
Our guide Paul was very knowledgeable and quite entertaining. The cave tubing was amazing and Altun was very interesting.NenaM128
January 2019
We had pleasant trip with guide Paul. He was very friendly and chatty. I only suggest that we had a little bit more time to visit souvenir stores.
We had pleasant trip with guide Paul. He was very friendly and chatty. I only suggest that we had a little bit more time to visit souvenir stores.ronap388
December 2021
Our guide, Paul, was very knowledgeable about both the caves that we tubed in and Altun Ha. He also knew to get to the caves before the cruise ship tours arrived. He knew local artists and vouched for them and had a great recommendation for lunch. We had such a good time!
Our guide, Paul, was very knowledgeable about both the caves that we tubed in and Altun Ha. He also knew to get to the caves before the cruise ship tours arrived. He knew local artists and vouched for them and had a great recommendation for lunch. We had such a good time!