Belize Tours

This tiny country is loaded with water sports, relaxing beaches, jungle eco-walks, Mayan ruins, and fascinating local culture, so tours in Belize are a great way to combine a lot of crazy stuff into one trip. Belize tends to attract independent travelers, but there are plenty of small tour operators who offer packages suited to different interests.

Belize Tours

Actun Tunichil Muknal Overnight
Canoeing-Barton Creek Cave
Cave Tubing at Caves Branch
Caving - Actun Tunichil Muknal
Macal River Canoeing
Mayam Site-Caracol
Mayan Site-Tikal
Mountain Pine Ridge
River Canoeing Overnight

Water sports

The country is known as one of the top scuba diving and snorkeling destinations in the world so many people book a trip to Belize to just focus in one area. But the different regions along the coast offer very different things so booking a Belize tour is an excellent way to make sure you are getting all the angles with the help of people with local knowledge.

In addition to the underwater sports, the country has excellent sailing opportunities and great beaches in the south. There are Belize tours that give you a combination of diving, sailing, and even fishing, and of course that’s just staying on the coast. Inland Belize is also an adventure playground in addition to being home to many important Mayan ruin sites.

Jungle, adventure, and eco-tours

San Ignacio is the major hub for adventures in the Belize jungle near Guatemala. The town straddles two rivers so kayaking is popular in addition to various eco-tours and jungle explorations. Just a little further west in Guatemala you’ll find the amazing Mayan ruins of Tikal near Flores. If you’ve got a couple of weeks and you want to sample a bit of everything with professional guides who can show you the best of the country, consider booking a full Belize adventure trip and tour. In that much time you can see not only the best of Belize, but also the fascinating sights of bordering Guatemala and southern Mexico.

These are not your grandparents’ tours

Many independent travelers will stubbornly reject the idea of a group tour regardless of where it is. But this part of the world is not home to the highways full of senior citizens on their hop off the bus, look around for 30 minutes and hop-back-on tours. This is adventure stuff so booking a tour will put you in a small group of people who share your interests. Particularly for solo travelers, this approach can be the difference between boredom and solitude versus making friends on the trip of a lifetime.

Even if you don’t book a Belize tour it’s a good idea to try to mix your itinerary up. The biggest cost of your whole trip is likely to be your roundtrip airfare to Belize, so it would be a shame to be so close to so many different kinds of activities and yet end up doing the same one for your entire stay.

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