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Back to Caye Caulker and San Pedro

We started our day in San Ignacio. Our goal was to make the 1:30 pm ferry from Belize City to Caye Caulker. The buses to Belize City from San Ignacio run about every 30 minutes but we were unable to find a schedule anywhere so we just waited until a bus showed up. We caughtContinue reading “Back to Caye Caulker and San Pedro”

Mountain Pine Ridge- Barton Creek Cave and Big Rock Falls

We did this trip with a tour company. Most of the big tour companies in San Ignacio are on the main tourist street, Burns Avenue. Maya Walk looks to be the biggest. We asked there and were told $95 US for Barton Creek and $115 US for Barton Creek and Big Rock Falls. It’s alwaysContinue reading “Mountain Pine Ridge- Barton Creek Cave and Big Rock Falls”

El Pilar and Bullet Tree Falls

El Pilar is a largely undeveloped Mayan site in the jungle about 7 miles past Bullet Tree Falls. With 25 plazas and 70 major structures it’s actually three times the size of Xunantunich but very little of it has been excavated. It’s 500 m from the Guatemalan border. The tour companies don’t generally go thereContinue reading “El Pilar and Bullet Tree Falls”

Day Trips from San Ignacio Belize Xunantunich , San Jose Succotz, Clarissa Falls and the Orange Gallery

Xunantunich Located off the western highway between San Ignacio and the border crossing to Guatemala Xunantunich is one of many impressive Mayan sites in Belize. It’s not as big or famous as Caracol but it’s much easier to get to. You can book a tour from San Ignacio but you really don’t need to. YouContinue reading “Day Trips from San Ignacio Belize Xunantunich , San Jose Succotz, Clarissa Falls and the Orange Gallery”