Day Trip To Crystal Cave and Blue Hole National Park
San Ignacio, Belize
Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: 8 hours
Explore the best of Belize caving and enter the underworld of the ancient Maya in the Crystal Cave and magnificent Blue Hole National Park. Go spelunking into the crystalline caverns and ancient Maya ceremonial site where the Maya people practiced sacrifice and sacred rituals. After venturing into the cave chambers, you'll have the chance to cool down in the refreshing waters of the cenote, the inland Blue Hole, in its lovely rainforest setting.
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Explore the best of Belize caving and enter the underworld of the ancient Maya in the Crystal Cave and magnificent Blue Hole National Park. Go spelunking into the crystalline caverns and ancient Maya ceremonial site where the Maya people practiced sacrifice and sacred rituals. After venturing into the cave chambers, you'll have the chance to cool down in the refreshing waters of the cenote, the inland Blue Hole, in its lovely rainforest setting.
Locally known as the Mountain Cow Cave, the stunning and other-worldly Crystal Cave is located deep in the jungle in the heart of the Blue Hole National Park along the scenic Hummingbird Highway.
Leave San Ignacio in the morning to head toward Belmopan, where we proceed to the scenic Hummingbird Highway, crossing the green mountains while passing orange orchards, pineapple plantations, and rain forest-draped valleys along the way.
Blue Hole National Park is a picturesque, protected and easily-accessible area managed by the Belize Audubon Society.
After a 50-minute hike through the tropical forest, we reach the cave entrance, where we rappel 15 feet into the vast entrance of the cave. We will traverse through the large chambers of the cave, sliding down mud ramps and scrambling along rocks. This is a challenging descent into Xibalba, the Maya realms of the underworld. Your guide will show you the shimmering formations in the cave, along with artifacts, and a skeletal remains of sacrificial victims from the ancient Maya times. We'll witness the times of past as we discover centuries-old fire pits, wall carvings, pottery, and relics, as well as impressive crystal formations and stalactites and stalagmites.
This tour is physically demanding, but well worth the effort as we walk in the footsteps of the Maya ritual leaders and see the evidence of their ceremonies with our own eyes. After our cave exploration you can take time to eat your hearty homemade lunch and soft drinks, and to swim in the refreshing waters of the Blue Hole, an inland cenote (a deep sinkhole which has filled with rain and spring water).
Leave San Ignacio in the morning to head toward Belmopan, where we proceed to the scenic Hummingbird Highway, crossing the green mountains while passing orange orchards, pineapple plantations, and rain forest-draped valleys along the way.
Blue Hole National Park is a picturesque, protected and easily-accessible area managed by the Belize Audubon Society.
After a 50-minute hike through the tropical forest, we reach the cave entrance, where we rappel 15 feet into the vast entrance of the cave. We will traverse through the large chambers of the cave, sliding down mud ramps and scrambling along rocks. This is a challenging descent into Xibalba, the Maya realms of the underworld. Your guide will show you the shimmering formations in the cave, along with artifacts, and a skeletal remains of sacrificial victims from the ancient Maya times. We'll witness the times of past as we discover centuries-old fire pits, wall carvings, pottery, and relics, as well as impressive crystal formations and stalactites and stalagmites.
This tour is physically demanding, but well worth the effort as we walk in the footsteps of the Maya ritual leaders and see the evidence of their ceremonies with our own eyes. After our cave exploration you can take time to eat your hearty homemade lunch and soft drinks, and to swim in the refreshing waters of the Blue Hole, an inland cenote (a deep sinkhole which has filled with rain and spring water).
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