Moving the adventure inland, San Ignacio, aka Cayo (or
The Cayo District) serves as an adventure lover’s base for the area’s cave and
jungle tours, kayaking or canoeing on the Macal river, zip lines, cave tubing,
horse back riding and the ultimate – the Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM ) tour. The
ATM cave holds Mayan artifacts including several skulls and bones and even an
entire skeleton of a young Mayan girl, the Crystal Maiden.
The Cayo District also holds most of Belize’s Maya ruins,
such as Caracol, which is the best known site, and smaller ones like Cahal Pech
and Xuchantunich.
The small size of the country means you could do both the
land and water-based tours from one location, and there are tour operators on
the Cayes who work together with the operators in San Ignacio, so that you can
organize inland adventure tours from Caye Caulker or Ambergris Caye.
What does it cost?
(to be continued)