Altun Ha Mayan Temples and Cave Tubing Paradise With Lunch
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Altun Ha Mayan Temples and Cave Tubing Paradise With Lunch
By Cave Tubing Paradise and Belize Tour Adventures
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Ages 0-80, max of 30 per group
Duration: 6h 30m
Start time: Check availability
Mobile ticket
Live guide: English, Spanish
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- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Bottled water
- Driver/guide
- Pick up from the cruise port outside terminal one
- Lights, headlamps, life jackets and inner tubes
- Carry tubes to the entrance of the caves.
- Hotel and Airbnb's pick up and drop off
- Water taxi pick up and drop off
- Sir Barry municipal airstrip pick up and drop off
- Lunch
What's not included- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- We don’t off tours from harvest caye passenger.
- Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.
- Fort Street Tourism Village, Terminal 1, Belize City, Belize1. Cruise passengers are recommended to take the first tender boat off the ship to the port, once at the port walk out outside terminal one to meet us, your guide will have a sign with your name on it. 2. Hotels, Airbnb’s, water taxi’s and municipal airstrip pick up is at 8 am. 3. Airport pick ups
Pickup details- Airbnb’s pick up at 8 am Hotels pick up at 8 am Water taxi pick up is at 7:30 or 8:30 am. Sir Barry Municipal airstrip Belize city pick up is either at 7:15 or 8:15 am.
Hotel pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.Airport pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included airports.- Philip S.W. Goldson Intl Airport, Belize City Belize
Port pickup offeredDuring checkout you will be able to select from the list of included ports.- Fort Street Tourism Village, Terminal 1, Belize City, Belize
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 44283P2- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Child must be 40 inches and above to go cave tubing
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- 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
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- A maximum of 14 or more people per booking
- The duration of transfers are approximate 6 hours, the exact duration will depend on the time of day and traffic conditions
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travellers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 1 paying adult
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travellers. If it’s cancelled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travellers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 44283P2
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- kevinbU7542LS0 contributionsJungle funSuper fun. The activities were a bit short in duration. We would have enjoyed a longer cave experience and zip line for the price.Written 22 December 2024
- 494felicer0 contributionsEXCELLENT EXPERIENCE IN WATER CAVESWOW!!! EXCELLENT FUN!! SHORT WALK THRU SECONDARY RAINFOREST, CROSSED LOW RIVER, DIDN'T HAVE TO CARRY OR BLOW UP OUR TUBES...EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION WITH LUIS, WONDERFUL ASSISTANT JUNIOR WHO PULLED US THRU CAVES IN WATER, FELT SAFE THE ENTIRE TIME. LOVED THE FOOD RESTAURANT THAT LUIS TOOK US TO AFTER OUR CAVE EXPERIENCE!! WOULD DEF DO IT AGAIN WITH YOU. LOVED THE SERENITY AND PEACE OF NOT GOING WITH A LARGE GROUP!! $116 PER PERSON...WORTH EVERY PENNY - RIDE OUT THERE AND BACK WAS 1 HR AND 20 MIN. EACH WAYWritten 1 June 2024
- Q9812IAstevena0 contributionsTikal day tripLuis is a wonderful guide. We had several wish list items prior to coming to Belize for the first time. He managed to make it all happen. We drove to Tikal from San Ignacio and spent the day with Luis and Mike, a guide who is passionate about Guatemalan culture and Tikal. He has a wealth of knowledge and we left with a better understanding of the Mayan culture. Tikal is a must see. We had a traditional lunch of stewed chicken with rice and beans that was very good as well. If you come to Belize, Luis is the guide to choose.Written 4 March 2024
- Q9812IAstevena0 contributionsWonderful introduction to BelizeThis was a great experience. Nady was a wonderful guide for cave tubing. She was thoughtful and passionate about Belize. Darrin provided a wonderful tour of the howler monkey sanctuary. He was humorous and we had a very enjoyable time with both guides. Would highly recommend both. Our guide Luis made all of our wish list items happen.Written 4 March 2024
- Digeab0 contributionsVery informative and entertaining; highly recommended!This was an awesome way to spend a few hours on a trip with my family. My kids we're super excited and Victor the guide was very entertaining and informative. Victor was knowledgeable and give a great history lesson along the way. We learned about the various tries, plants and animals of the regions. Highly recommended!Written 9 August 2023
- amygilbert280 contributionsGreat experienceAmazing tour and very friendly/ accommodating tour guides! The zip lining was beautiful and very fun. The cave tubing was spectacular. You truly are in a cave almost the entire time and it is a really neat, unique experience. You have to walk a ways to get to the start and our tour guide was incredible patient with our slow pace. It was just our group of 3 to the one tour guide when we went which was super nice. We had a great time!!Written 11 July 2023
- oscarrI4763LJ0 contributionsIncredibleThe tour guide Eric was amazing, and the whole experience was great. Anyone who is thinking about doing this should.Written 21 May 2023
- mikewR4567IV0 contributionsFantastic day out exploring this stunning natural wonder!We organized a last minute trip and Luis was super responsive and answered all of our questions. We arrived into Belize city from Chetumal, and had a lot of moving pieces that Luis was more than helpful in aiding us. We met Erik in the morning at our air BnB, who was awesome. He was a fun, informative and knowledgeable guide that spent the entire time cracking jokes and ensuring we were having a great time. We were incredibly fortunate that we had the cave system effectively to ourselves, as it happened to be a quiet day there. We got the rental shoes ($3 US) And then headed to the jungle for a brief and comfortable walk, where Erik again pointed out a number of plants, animals and interesting points of the trail. We got to the cave system and he spent time taking photos for us, showing us the ropes and then joining us in the water. The system itself is beautiful. There are no words to explain just how wonderful of an experience this is, the structures are stunning and honestly awe inspiring. We got to see all sorts of bats, fish, birds and even Mayan pottery in and around the system. After coming out, we got changed and dried off, before heading to a local restaurant for a delicious lunch and rum cocktails. What an incredible day with friends old and new. Really appreciate Erik as such a wonderful tour guide, stopping off at a grocery store on the way back and even giving us dinner recommendations. What a quality guy and sold us even more on Belize! Thank you all!Written 21 May 2023
- pobrien20170 contributionsAmazing experience!We recently were in Belize and arranged our cave tubing and zip lining with Luis at Cave Tubing Paradise tours. We also arranged for Luis to do all our ground transportation over the 7 days on the mainland. Luis is very knowledge with the history of Belize. We had so many laughs and Luis made this part of our trip an amazing experience. Cave tubing is a must as a mesmerizing experience. You get to lay back and enjoy as Luis does all the work. Zip lining we did 6 lines (my first time) and was so beautiful. Staff was amazing and took the time to teach and make sure you had a great experience. I highly recommend this company.Written 13 April 2023
- Andrew M0 contributionsAll day tourWe were able to do cave tubing, visit the zoo, take some great pictures at the Altun Ha ruins, and have a fantastic lunch. This was beyond our expectations.Written 21 February 2023
- fantasticplacetoeat0 contributionsA SIMPLY MUST DO & EXPERIENCENot enough EXPLANATORY words to say how GREAT Neidy Lopez (our tubing guide) was for our eventful trip! During the 30 minute or so walking trip--thru the beautiful rain forest--to the "put in" site, a flash flood occurred. This beautiful, small STRONG lady had a fantastic sense of humor, professional demeanor, and experienced resolve to get us thru the cave! Was an adrenaline trip!! We are very well-nourished people and she pulled us through. . .was absolutely amazing. WE WILL BE BACK!! WE WILL ASK SPECIFICALLY FOR NEIDY. I can't believe we didn't take a pic! The whole outfit was terrific. . .they KNOW what they are doing and it SHOWS! I would give a TEN star if possible. Was the best excursion we had (and we had many other GREAT ones) during our trip to Belize.Written 27 December 2022
- 907JulieK0 contributionsWonderful tour and guideI had wonderful experience on this combo tour! Luis is a very punctual, knowledgeable, easy to deal with guide. While driving to our 2 destinations, he gave plenty of information about Belize in general. The sanctuary is a very unique place; I saw the monkeys really up close. Cave tubing is amazing, and Luis made the experience very relaxing. I highly recommend this company!Written 17 December 2022
- andreadT1294DD0 contributionsCave Tubing with LuisMy fiancé and I did the cave tubing tour with Luis. Everything was perfect and we had a great experience with transportation, tubing & lunch. Luis is very friendly and knowledgeable. There was a little bit of a walk with the tubes to get to the river but it wasn't bad at all. When we were finished he took us back to our Airbnb so we could gather our luggage and he took us a new hotel that we decided to stay at. I would highly recommend!Written 20 May 2022
- ceeltee0 contributionsGreat tubing tour & lunch for cruise passengersLuis & Eric picked us up promptly at the dock as scheduled. Little did we know it was private just the two of us. Off we went for an hour ride and conversation across Belize. Arrived at Nohoch Che’en Archaeological Reserve. Restrooms, changing rooms with showers (needed after tour). Got fitted up with life vests, lighted helmets and really nice tubes. Luis’s assistant carried our tubes to the river which was much appreciated by us 70 year olds. The trek was through the jungle and a few crossing of fairly shallow river where we had fun skipping stones. The cave tubing was awesome. Eric showed us so much and took great care of us. The lunch provided after was delicious in a quaint roadside place. Luis and company was very conscientious of ships time and our need to return in a timely manner. Looking forward to visit Belize again and take another tour by Luis, possibly Altun Ha.Written 12 May 2022
- kalabharath0 contributionsCave tubing and ZipliningI took this tour with my son and wife and we absolutely enjoyed every moment. Luis is a great guide and helped us all the way. We had a tight schedule because of rains the previous day, and Luis coordinated perfectly to fit in both these adventures in the window of time we had. Will recommend him to anybody planning these adventuresWritten 1 May 2022
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mark146
Las Cruces, NM6 contributions
Aug 2024 • Family
This is a "must do" excursion to get the real feel of the green side of Belize and experience Mayan culture and cap it with a refreshing tube ride through caves and lazy river! Eric our guide was fantastic--very knowledgeable and accommodating. He shared a little about the people-the towns and loved getting fresh papaya from the car. He coaxed a tarantula from a hole at the temple, had us sample fry jacks, hear howler monkeys and made a tube journey safe and enjoyable. Highly recommend Eric and this tour!!!
Written 30 August 2024
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Leyla P
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May 2024 • Couples
Our driver picked us up exactly on time and the vehicle was comfortable. Not only did he drive us but he also gave an engaging and knowledgeable tour of the ruins. He then dropped us off at the caves and waited for us at the end. The caves tour was simply beautiful, once again the tour guide assigned was fantastic and showed that he truly loved his job and he cared to show tourists the best of Belize. The lunch was great after being in the water. 100% recommend this company.
Written 17 May 2024
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Kasaundra
Yucaipa, CA24 contributions
Jul 2022
This was a terrific day. Couldn't have been any better. Luis was an outstanding guide. He picked us up from our hotel and then stopped at a breakfast stand so we could grab some stuffed fry jacks to go. He gave us history and knowledge about his country and then guided us through the Mayan ruins. After the ruins we enjoyed an awesome lunch of chicken stew and rice/beans. Then off to do the cave tubing. It was an easy walk up to the starting point and then a nice gentle float through the caves and down the river. He stayed with us the whole time giving us information about the caves. After cave tubing he took us to the ferry terminal and helped us buy our tickets to take the ferry to San Pedro. He never acted like he was in a rush or that we needed to hurry. It was just a wonderful experience all around and we would highly recommend that you give him and his company a call. In fact when we went to San Pedro we gave another family his number and he got them all set up on the same tour and said they had an incredible day.
Written 24 July 2022
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Jennifer C
1 contribution
Jun 2024 • Couples
This tour was incredible!! Abel was a phenomenal tour guide that went out of his way to make sure we were taken care of and well informed. He was full of knowledge about the country and his passion for the people and the culture are what made this tour special. The views were incredible and the cave tubing experience was one of a kind, however, we can not give enough praise to our tour guide. He is what made this experience for us.
Written 4 June 2024
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Alexis K
10 contributions
Feb 2023
We really enjoyed our tour with Nelson. He picked us up right at our hotel in Belize City. The van was air conditioned and he stopped to get cold water on the way to Altun Ha. We did the Mayan site first and it was nearly empty, providing us with tons of opportunities to take great photos and it was quiet enough to hear the history Nelson shared with us. I especially liked that the different trees are marked and Nelson had some interesting insight on those as well. We were given a few minutes to wander the shops or freshen up in the bathroom before we got back in the van to travel about an hour to the cave tubing, with a brief stop for lunch at Xibalba's Teaky Tavern. Nelson asked if anyone had allergies/special diets in the van and called ahead our order so we could get in quickly. The lunch does not include a tip, so bring cash if you wish to tip. When we arrived at the cave site we all changed in the provided facilities and left our bags in the van, which Nelson assured us was locked. You need to bring shoes that you can wear comfortably in water and walk on land in. I recommend water shoes or sandals with backs. You will be walking across two rivers during the walk to the cave. They do rent out shoes (Crocs) there for 3 BZE, which had I known, I would have opted for, instead of packing my water shoes on my flight. You are fit for a life jacket and helmet and then you walk through the jungle to the departure point. It is a little slippery in places, but if you just keep your eyes on the trail, you should be fine. Nelson was very accommodating to an older member in our group - helping them get down the river banks safely and traverse some slippery areas. The jungle walk was truly beautiful and should be touted more in the tour description. When we arrived, we hopped in the tubes and took off. The lights on the helmets help you see inside the cave, which was beautiful. Once through the cave, you float down the rest of the river back to the original entry area. I highly recommend bug spray and sunscreen. I wore a long sleeve sun shirt for the float. You will be in direct sun for about half of the float. When we got back, we changed into dry clothes and were on our way to be dropped off back at our hotel. This trip was amazing and well worth the price. Nelson was great and so informative. What to bring: Sunscreen, bug spray, sturdy water shoes, sturdy shoes for the Mayan visit, cash for guide tip, change of clothes/towel.
Written 13 February 2023
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Sara S
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Best tour guides ever! Our tour guide and driver was very respectful and at the Mayan ruins he was clear and thorough and answered a lot of our questions. We also had a delicious lunch in between the ruins tour and the cave tour. Very delicious authentic Belizean cuisine!! Our cave tour guide helped us the whole way there and back with the tubes. He had someone carry the tubes up initially and then he carried them back for us. The whole cave tour was also amazing! Our guide was very easy to understand and had tons of information for us. He was also extremely funny and great to talk with. The whole experience was a 10/10! Don’t miss out!!! Pick this tour! You won’t regret it!!!
Written 15 February 2023
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Brian R
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This was such an amazing experience, my family had a blast. Our tour guide Abel went above and beyond to give us a such an incredibly memorable day, his efforts are greatly appreciated. I highly recommend taking this tour, the ruins were great and the cave tubing was magical.
Written 27 December 2024
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Kevin S
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Dec 2023 • Family
We booked the Altun Ha and cave tubing experience with Luis. Both Luis and Eric accompanied us on this excursion. This was by far the best experience we had while on our trip. Luis and Eric did an exceptional job of taking care of us that day. Eric did a fantastic job of explaining the ruins and then leading us on a cave tubing experience that was once in a lifetime. On the trip back, they stopped by a couple of road side stores to pick up local beverages that made the trip very special. The only thing I would say if you book this excursion is to know there is a lot of driving to each location. It is what it is but we did not fully appreciate that until we were on the journey. It would not have stopped us from booking but just know you will be in the vehicle for a couple of hours.
Written 2 January 2024
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Vicki C
22 contributions
Nov 2022 • Solo
We loved our tour with Able this past Wednesday 11/9/22 in Belize. He was so kind, courteous, knowledgeable and fun! We always felt safe in all that we did with him from tubing, riding in the car to the Mayan ruins and getting us back to the boat. Total professional but also connects with you on a human level talking about Belize and family. We did the cave tubing and the tour of the Mayan ruins at Altun Ha. Beautiful tour of just a couple of beautiful places in Belize. And even though hurricane Lisa just hit they worked hard and our ship was able to dock at the one port I cared to see. I had direct contact with Luis a week or more before our trip up until Able picked us up for our tour at port. Out of 3 of the tour groups/people I had contact with for our different tours in each port Luis was the most courteous and patient with all my questions and asking for updates on Belize after the hurricane. (I was mostly concerned how him and his family and the people of Belize were not whether or not we’d make port.) We’ll be back own our own without the cruise ship to see more of their beautiful country and do the cave tubing and ruin tour again. Great, great people highly recommend you take a tour with these guys!
Written 13 November 2022
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Aardtech
Edmonton, Canada20 contributions
Our experience was very positive and we found communications and flexibility with Luis went above and beyond. Due to flight cancellations, we asked for a last minute tour and he was quick to respond and accommodate us. Luis picked us up at our AirBnB and drove us around for the day, guiding us around Altun Ha, and provided interesting information along the drive. His brother Abel took us through the cave tubing and thank you to him as well. This company is worth checking out and the tour most enjoyable. Thank you Luis and Abel.
Written 15 January 2024
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How much time do you actually get to spend in the water tubing? How much time on the water in the actual cave vs. tubing on open water?
Written 19 December 2023
It was almost all inside the cave!!!
Written 8 August 2024
I didnt see the hotel pick up points when attempting to check out. Can you provide that info for me please?
Written 3 November 2021
Hello! I am a faculty member at Carlow University and planning a study abroad program over spring break. We would like to include an excursion to Altun Ha Mayan Site and Cave Tubing on Thursday, March 7, 2019. Although we don't have our final numbers right now, there will be between 10 - 17 adults in our group. We are staying in San Pedro and plan to take the ferry in the morning and return in the evening. It seems that if we get on the first ferry we will have plenty of time to fit in this trip. My questions: Can we make a reservation now and provide you with the final count on November 15th which is our deadline for deposits? Will you take a credit card as payment for the group? Is there a discount rate for groups of our size?
Thanks!
Susan
Written 11 October 2018
i just saw your question today. i just did the review, i am not the business itself. he was great though and i suspect your timing will work. although i don't know if he has a vehicle for that many.
Written 2 February 2019
Cruising with NCL...they dock @ their Caye...how would we get to You Thanx
Written 8 May 2018
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