1:00pm – Pick up at hotel dock for a 3-hour fishing tour.
4:00pm – Back to the hotel
Includes:
Fishing licence
Rods, reels, & tackle
Live Bait
Drinks
Snorkeling Equipment
Icebox
Pickup and drop-off is included. Trip is child friendly, there will be drinks provided. We will be fishing for Amberjack, Great Barracuda, Dolphin (Mahi Mahi), Gag Grouper, Kink Mackerel, Blue Marlin, Sailfish, Cubera Snapper, Mutton Snapper, Yellowtail Snapper, Blackfin Tuna, and Wahoo. Icebox will be available, and you get to keep what you catch.
Fishing in Caye Caulker
Fishing in Caye Caulker
Fishing in Caye Caulker
Day 2 - Blue Hole Flight
Cost: + $378 per person.
Timeline:
12:30pm – Transfer from hotel to the airport
1:00pm – Flight for The Great Blue Hole Tour (from Caye Caulker)
2:00pm – Arrive back at the airport (Caye Caulker), transfer from airport to the hotel
2:30pm – Back to the hotel. Free time.
We visit the Great Blue Hole via a scenic flight where you will enjoy a stunning and breathtaking view of this amazing marvel. The Great Blue Hole is a giant marine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 70 km (43 mi) from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular in shape, 318 m (1,043 ft) across and 124 m (407 ft) deep.
Day 2 - Blue Hole Scuba Diving
Cost: + $378 per person. If you want to scuba the Blue Hole, you won’t be able to have your Yoga Session in the morning
Timeline:
6:00am – boat leaves for Blue Hole. 3 total dives
6:30pm – Boat returns from Blue Hole.
Day 3 - Snorkeling Hol Chan Marine Reserve, Shark Ray Alley, Sunset Catamaran tour
Cost: + $179 per person.
Timeline:
1:00pm – Pick up at hotel dock
1:15pm – Snorkeling Hol Chan Marine Reserve and Shark Ray Alley, sunset tour
6:30pm – Back to the hotel. Free time
Drinks, ceviche and sandwich included. You have a restroom in the catamaran to change your clothes and take a shower after snorkeling. You’ll make snorkeling stops at Hol Chan Marine Reserve and Shark Ray Alley. Our instructors will help you get up close and personal with fascinating sea life, such as stingrays, turtles, angelfish, nurse sharks, eels, and more.
Hol Chan Marine Reserve is a marine reserve close to Ambergris Caye and Caye Caulker, off the coast of Belize. It covers approximately 18 km² (4,448 acres) of coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangrove forest. Hol Chan is Mayan for “little channel”. Hol Chan is home to sharks, manta rays, coral gardens, sea horses, and tarpon fish.
Catamaran Tour
On board the Catamaran
On board the Catamaran
Drinks Provided
Inside the Catamaran
Inside the Catamaran
Inside the Catamaran
Day 4 - Altun Ha Mayan Ruins
Cost: + $179 per person.
Timeline:
12:30pm – Leave for Altun Ha Mayan Ruins
1:15pm – Arrive at Belize dock. Transfer from Belize to Altun Ha Ruins
2:15pm – Explore Altun Ha Ruins with local guide.
4:00pm – Transfer brom Altun Ha Ruins to Belize dock.
5:00pm – Transfer from Belize dock to hotel
Altun Ha is the name given to the ruins of an ancient Mayan city in Belize, located in the Belize District about 50 kilometers north of Belize City and about 10 kilometers west of the shore of the Caribbean Sea. The site covers an area of about 8 square kilometers
Altun Ha Mayan Ruins
Altun Ha Mayan Ruins
Altun Ha Mayan Ruins
Altun Ha Mayan Ruins
Altun Ha Mayan Ruins
Altun Ha Mayan Ruins
Altun Ha Mayan Ruins
Day 5 - Travel
No activities today. Either transfer to the airport, or transfer to San Ignacio for those that paid for the add-on. In San Ignacio, you will be staying at Ka’ana Boutique Resort and Spa.
Ka’ana Boutique Resort and Spa sits on a 16 acre farm under a canopy of majestic hardwood and tropical fruit trees at the foothills of the majestic Maya Mountains in Western Belize. It is conveniently located near all major touring attractions in the Cayo District. Ka ana is only 2 miles west of San Ignacio Town and 6 miles east of the Guatemalan border making the local farmers market local shops restaurants pubs and major maya sites like Xunantunich and Tikal very accessible.
True to its Mayan name Ka ana meaning heavenly place this delightful boutique resort set in tropical gardens offers exceptional accommodation in charming cottages with 500 thread count sheets specialty handmade soaps and complemented by fine dining superb service and easy access to ancient Mayan sites and numerous thrilling activities. Relax on your veranda in this scenic jungle setting surrounded by swaying mango trees abundant colorful flowers and the sounds of macaws.
Here – relaxation comes easily where the service is exemplary the ambience low-key and the local art work in your room is changed during your stay. Proximity to the Xuantunich ruins Caracol Mountain Pine Ridge and the Caves River Branch make Ka ana perfect for daily outings. Just 20 minutes from the Guatemala border a trip to the Tikal ruins is another great adventure option offered.
At the resort the intimate spa allows you to unwind with a muscle-soothing massage or an all-natural body treatment before dinner and drinks at La Ceiba Restaurant and the Frieze Lounge. Ka ana Resort is a Small Luxury Hotels of the World property.
Ka'ana Boutique Resort and Spa
Ka'ana Boutique Resort and Spa
Ka'ana Boutique Resort and Spa
Ka'ana Boutique Resort and Spa
Ka'ana Boutique Resort and Spa
Ka'ana Boutique Resort and Spa
Ka'ana Boutique Resort and Spa
Ka'ana Boutique Resort and Spa
Ka'ana Boutique Resort and Spa
Ka'ana Boutique Resort and Spa
Ka'ana Boutique Resort and Spa
Ka'ana Boutique Resort and Spa
Ka'ana Boutique Resort and Spa
Ka'ana Boutique Resort and Spa
Ka'ana Boutique Resort and Spa
Day 6 - Tikal Archeological Site
Cost: included in San Ignacio package (+$0 per person)
Timeline:
6:30am – Breakfast at the hotel
7:30am – Transfer from hotel to Tikal Archeological Site
9:30am – Arrive and visit the archeological site
12:30pm – Lunch in Tikal
1:30pm – Transfer from Tikal to the hotel in San Ignacio
3:30pm – Arrive at the hotel. Free time
Today will be a full-day excursion to Tikal archeological site. Don’t worry, we will handle the paperwork to cross the border between Belize and Guatemala, all you have to do is enjoy the sites!
You will be able to visit here for about three hours. Tikal National Park encompasses 575 square kilometers of jungle and thousands of ruined structures. The central part of the ancient city alone contains 3,000 buildings and covers about 16 square kilometers. Tikal is also part of the one-million-hectare Maya Biosphere Reserve created in 1990 to protect the dense forests of the Peten, which started to disappear at an alarming rate due to population pressures, illegal logging and slash-and-burn agricultural practices. Archeologists estimate that the Maya settled in the area now known as Tikal in about 900 BC.
Tikal Archeological Site
Tikal Archeological Site
Tikal Archeological Site
Tikal Archeological Site
Tikal Archeological Site
Tikal Archeological Site
Tikal Archeological Site
Day 7 - ATM Cave
Cost: + $260 per person.
Timeline:
7:30am – Breakfast at the hotel
8:30am – Leave for ATM Cave
11:00am – Arrive at ATM cave and explore the cave for 2 hours
1:00pm – Visit Caracol Mayan Ruins with a licensed local guide
3:00pm – Leave for Hotel
6:00pm – Arrive at hotel
ATM Cave
ATM Cave
ATM Cave
ATM Cave
Day 7 - Ajaw Chocolate, Xunantunich ruins, Barton Creek
Cost: + $260 per person.
Timeline:
7:30am – Breakfast at the hotel
8:25am – Leave for Ajaw Chocolate
8:45 AM Arrive at Ajaw Chocolate.
They show you how to make Mayan chocolate using a traditional Mayan Stone to grind organic Cacao Bean into a Paste. They then mix the paste into a chocolate drink and add spices just like the ancient Maya consume. Come experience real Maya chocolate.
9:30am – Leave for Xunantunich
10:00am – Arrive at Xunantunich for a tour
This tour will last two hours. Xunantunich is an Ancient Maya archaeological site in western Belize, about 70 miles (110 km) west of Belize City, in the Cayo District. Xunantunich is located atop a ridge above the Mopan River, well within sight of the Guatemala border – which is a mere 0.6 miles (1 km) to the west.
12:00pm – Leave for Benny’s Kitchen
12:15pm – Arrive at Benny’s Kitchen for lunch
1:00pm – Leave for Barton Creek
1:45pm – Arrive at Barton Creek
We will be visiting Barton Creek for one hour and 30 minutes. Barton Creek Cave is a natural cave located near San Ignacio that was once used by the ancient Maya for ceremonial activities. This cave can only be explored by canoe and is considered one of Belize’s most fascinating natural and cultural wonders. Barton Creek Cave tour. After entering the cave, you will travel approximately a mile along a meandering river flowing through the beautiful cathedral-like chambers and wide passages of the cavern.
3:30pm – Leave for the hotel
4:15pm – Arrive at the hotel
Ajaw Chocolate
Ajaw Chocolate
Ajaw Chocolate
Ajaw Chocolate
Xunantunich Ruins
Xunantunich Ruins
Xunantunich Ruins
Xunantunich Ruins
Xunantunich Ruins
Xunantunich Ruins
Xunantunich Ruins
Barton Creek
Barton Creek
Barton Creek
Day 7 - Caracol Archeological Site
Cost: + $260 per person.
Timeline:
7:30am – Breakfast at the hotel
8:25am – Leave for Caracol Archeological Site
11:00am – Arrive at Caracol Archeological Site. Visit ruins with a licensed local guide
1:00pm – Leave for Hotel
3:30pm – Arrive at hotel
The Caracol Mayan Ruins is situated deep within the Chiquibul Forest Reserve. It is the largest known Maya site in Belize and the largest in the Mundo Maya
Chiquibul Forest Reserve
Chiquibul Forest Reserve
Caracol Mayan Ruins
Caracol Mayan Ruins
Day 7 - Lamanai Archeological Site
Cost: + $260 per person.
Timeline:
6:30am – Early Breakfast at the hotel
7:15am – Leave for Tower Hill
9:30am – Arrive at Tower Hill
10:30am – Leave for Lamanai Ruins in a speed boat
11:45am – Arrive at Lamanai Ruins to do some site seeing
2:00pm – Lunch at Lamanai
2:30pm – Leave for Tower Hill
3:45pm – Arrive at Tower Hill
4:15pm – Leave Tower Hill for San Ignacio
6:30pm – Arrive at San Ignacio Hotel
Lamanai (from Lama’anayin, “submerged crocodile” in Yucatec Maya) is a Mesoamerican archaeological site and was once a major city of the Maya civilization, located in the north of Belize, in Orange Walk District. The site’s name is pre-Columbian, recorded by early Spanish missionaries, and documented over a millennium earlier in Maya inscriptions as Lam’an’ain. Lamanai is renowned for its exceptionally long occupation spanning three millennia, beginning in the Early Preclassic Maya period and continuing through the Spanish and British Colonial periods, into the 20th century.[1] Unlike most Classic-period sites in the southern Maya lowlands, Lamanai was not abandoned at the end of the 10th century AD.
1:00pm – Pick up at hotel dock for a 3-hour fishing tour.
4:00pm – Back to the hotel
We can fish for snapper and barracuda. The trip includes water, fishing gear, and bait.
Day 2 (Feb 27th) – Blue Hole Flight or Scuba Diving
Timeline – Blue Hole Flight
1:00pm – Transfer from hotel to the airport
2:00pm – Flight for The Great Blue Hole Tour
3:00pm – Arrive back at the airport, transfer from airport to the hotel
4:00pm – Back to the hotel. Free time.
We visit the Great Blue Hole via a scenic flight where you will enjoy a stunning and breathtaking view of this amazing marvel. The Great Blue Hole is a giant marine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 70 km (43 mi) from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular in shape, 318 m (1,043 ft) across and 124 m (407 ft) deep.
Timeline – Blue Hole Scuba Diving
6:00am – boat leaves for Blue Hole. 3 total dives
6:30pm – Boat returns from Blue Hole.
Day 3 (Feb 28th) – Snorkeling Hol Chan Marine Reserve
Timeline:
1:00pm – Pick up at hotel dock
1:15pm – Snorkeling Hol Chan Marine Reserve
3:00pm – Back to the hotel. Free time
Hol Chan Marine Reserve is a marine reserve close to Ambergris Caye and Caye Caulker, off the coast of Belize. It covers approximately 18 km² (4,448 acres) of coral reefs, seagrass beds, and mangrove forest. Hol Chan is Mayan for “little channel”. Hol Chan is home to sharks, manta rays, coral gardens, sea horses, and tarpon fish.
Day 4 (Mar 1st) – Altun Ha Mayan Ruins
Timeline:
12:30pm – Leave for Altun Ha Mayan Ruins
1:15pm – Arrive at Belize dock. Transfer from Belize to Altun Ha Ruins
2:15pm – Explore Altun Ha Ruins with local guide.
4:00pm – Transfer brom Altun Ha Ruins to Belize dock.
5:00pm – Transfer from Belize dock to hotel
Altun Ha is the name given to the ruins of an ancient Mayan city in Belize, located in the Belize District about 50 kilometers north of Belize City and about 10 kilometers west of the shore of the Caribbean Sea. The site covers an area of about 8 square kilometers
San Ignacio Information
Day 6 (Mar 3rd) – Tikal Archeological Site (Included)
Timeline:
6:30am – Breakfast at the hotel
7:30am – Transfer from hotel to Tikal Archeological Site
9:30am – Arrive and visit the archeological site
12:30pm – Lunch in Tikal
1:30pm – Transfer from Tikal to the hotel in San Ignacio
3:30pm – Arrive at the hotel. Free time
Today will be a full-day excursion to Tikal archeological site. Don’t worry, we will handle the paperwork to cross the border between Belize and Guatemala, all you have to do is enjoy the sites!
You will be able to visit here for about three hours. Tikal National Park encompasses 575 square kilometers of jungle and thousands of ruined structures. The central part of the ancient city alone contains 3,000 buildings and covers about 16 square kilometers. Tikal is also part of the one-million-hectare Maya Biosphere Reserve created in 1990 to protect the dense forests of the Peten, which started to disappear at an alarming rate due to population pressures, illegal logging and slash-and-burn agricultural practices. Archeologists estimate that the Maya settled in the area now known as Tikal in about 900 BC.
Day 7 (Mar 4th) – Select One Activity:
ATM CAVE Timeline:
7:30am – Breakfast at the hotel
8:30am – Leave for ATM Cave
11:00am – Arrive at ATM cave and explore the cave for 2 hours
1:00pm – Visit Caracol Mayan Ruins with a licensed local guide
3:00pm – Leave for Hotel
6:00pm – Arrive at hotel
AJAW CHOCOLATE + XUNANTUNICH MAYAN RUINS +BARTON CREEK Timeline:
7:30am – Breakfast at the hotel
8:25am – Leave for Ajaw Chocolate
8:45 AM Arrive at Ajaw Chocolate.
They show you how to make Mayan chocolate using a traditional Mayan Stone to grind organic Cacao Bean into a Paste. They then mix the paste into a chocolate drink and add spices just like the ancient Maya consume. Come experience real Maya chocolate.
9:30am – Leave for Xunantunich
10:00am – Arrive at Xunantunich for a tour
This tour will last two hours. Xunantunich is an Ancient Maya archaeological site in western Belize, about 70 miles (110 km) west of Belize City, in the Cayo District. Xunantunich is located atop a ridge above the Mopan River, well within sight of the Guatemala border – which is a mere 0.6 miles (1 km) to the west.
12:00pm – Leave for Benny’s Kitchen
12:15pm – Arrive at Benny’s Kitchen for lunch
1:00pm – Leave for Barton Creek
1:45pm – Arrive at Barton Creek
We will be visiting Barton Creek for one hour and 30 minutes. Barton Creek Cave is a natural cave located near San Ignacio that was once used by the ancient Maya for ceremonial activities. This cave can only be explored by canoe and is considered one of Belize’s most fascinating natural and cultural wonders. Barton Creek Cave tour. After entering the cave, you will travel approximately a mile along a meandering river flowing through the beautiful cathedral-like chambers and wide passages of the cavern.
3:30pm – Leave for the hotel
4:15pm – Arrive at the hotel
CARACOL ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE Timeline:
7:30am – Breakfast at the hotel
8:25am – Leave for Caracol Archeological Site
11:00am – Arrive at Caracol Archeological Site. Visit ruins with a licensed local guide
1:00pm – Leave for Hotel
3:30pm – Arrive at hotel
The Caracol Mayan Ruins is situated deep within the Chiquibul Forest Reserve. It is the largest known Maya site in Belize and the largest in the Mundo Maya
LAMANAI ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE Timeline:
6:30am – Early Breakfast at the hotel
7:15am – Leave for Tower Hill
9:30am – Arrive at Tower Hill
10:30am – Leave for Lamanai Ruins in a speed boat
11:45am – Arrive at Lamanai Ruins to do some site seeing
2:00pm – Lunch at Lamanai
2:30pm – Leave for Tower Hill
3:45pm – Arrive at Tower Hill
4:15pm – Leave Tower Hill for San Ignacio
6:30pm – Arrive at San Ignacio Hotel
Lamanai (from Lama’anayin, “submerged crocodile” in Yucatec Maya) is a Mesoamerican archaeological site and was once a major city of the Maya civilization, located in the north of Belize, in Orange Walk District. The site’s name is pre-Columbian, recorded by early Spanish missionaries, and documented over a millennium earlier in Maya inscriptions as Lam’an’ain. Lamanai is renowned for its exceptionally long occupation spanning three millennia, beginning in the Early Preclassic Maya period and continuing through the Spanish and British Colonial periods, into the 20th century.[1] Unlike most Classic-period sites in the southern Maya lowlands, Lamanai was not abandoned at the end of the 10th century AD.