Full Day Cave Tubing Including a Picnic
San Ignacio, Belize
Trip Type: Day Trips
Duration: 7 hours
Imagine floating on a clear cool river through ancient caves lined with crystals and filled with mystery. Your Belize cave tubing adventure will be an unforgettable experience as you see the best of Belize inland activities with amazing scenery and a relaxing day in the jungle and on the river. Everything is provided, from equipment, to guide to food. All you have to do is bring yourself and your sense of adventure!
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Imagine floating on a clear cool river through ancient caves lined with crystals and filled with mystery. Your Belize cave tubing adventure will be an unforgettable experience as you see the best of Belize inland activities with amazing scenery and a relaxing day in the jungle and on the river. Everything is provided, from equipment, to guide to food. All you have to do is bring yourself and your sense of adventure!
We make our way on the Western Highway for a 1-hour drive, approximately, and then along a dirt road for about 30 minutes. On our arrival to the Caves Branch site, we gear up with helmets, waterproof headlamps, and of course, our inner tubes. We take a flat hike through the jungle for about 45 minutes before entering one of the many cave entrances and passages that make up the cave system.
We hop in the water in our tubes and float toward the first of three cave passages. The river meanders in and out of the caves system and we are carried along by its current to another world. Floating downstream through the cave passages we learn about the geology and ancient history of the limestone cave system. We also learn about the Maya culture and the indigenous inhabitants of the area who have used the caves for ceremonial purposes for thousands of years.
There is opportunity to stop for a snack and swim in a beautiful natural swimming hole before continuing through the last of the passages, the most active of the three caves. Here you can view amazing cave formations and see colonies of bats. At the exit of the last cave, we have a 20-minute river float through the lush rainforest that leads us back to the parking area. We then have a homemade picnic lunch before driving back to San Ignacio.
We hop in the water in our tubes and float toward the first of three cave passages. The river meanders in and out of the caves system and we are carried along by its current to another world. Floating downstream through the cave passages we learn about the geology and ancient history of the limestone cave system. We also learn about the Maya culture and the indigenous inhabitants of the area who have used the caves for ceremonial purposes for thousands of years.
There is opportunity to stop for a snack and swim in a beautiful natural swimming hole before continuing through the last of the passages, the most active of the three caves. Here you can view amazing cave formations and see colonies of bats. At the exit of the last cave, we have a 20-minute river float through the lush rainforest that leads us back to the parking area. We then have a homemade picnic lunch before driving back to San Ignacio.
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