Tombs speak of ancient legends. Ornate temples whisper secrets from 1500 years ago. Mayan cities stretch on and on. Rituals echo in remote caves. You wonder why such places are so unknown.
Belize does history on a big scale. The country’s tallest building is a Mayan pyramid constructed over 1000 years ago. In this experience you explore the land’s evocative Mayan past with a local guide.
A classic half-day tour will take you on a hand-cranked ferry across the Mopan River to the ruins of Xunantunich. Then continue to Barton Creek Cave and travel by canoe into a river cave system packed with Mayan artefacts. Priests performed ceremonies in these passages to the underworld and you’ll learn so much about Mayan tradition.
To continue the day, choose to visit Caracol as well, a city in the forest once home to 140,000 people. It’s now shrouded in jungle and wonderfully redolent.
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