Top Activities on the Ground in Belize City

Combine two of Belize’s top activities on a cave tubing and zip lining tour that takes you deep into the jungle. This small-group tour includes a 20-minute rainforest hike, floating through Maya caves, and zip lining with jungle views. Enjoy the undivided attention of your guide and increase your chances of spotting rare flora and fauna as you soar over the jungle canopy and go deep underground on a caving tour.

Satisfy your appetite for adrenaline on a full-day tubing and zipline adventure from Belize City. Designed for travelers craving thrills, this experience takes you through a cave network replete with stalactites and stalagmites, and over the lush canopy of the rainforest. Float on underground rivers in a tube, conquer seven vertiginous ziplines, and enjoy hotel pickup and drop-off.

Just beyond the limits of Belize City, you’ll find an adventure playground made for adults and kids alike. This Mayan World cave tubing and zipline combo package lets you enjoy the landscapes on land, water, and in the air, so you get to enjoy it from multiple perspectives.

Shine your headlamp onto cavern walls and their crystal formations during this cave tubing adventure. Start your half-day tour with a zipline experience, which includes six runs through the jungle and across the Caves Branch River. A small-group max of 15 people ensures individualized attention. Lunch and port/hotel transport by minivan are provided from Belize City.

Avoid waiting in long taxi lines by booking this shared shuttle service from the Belize International Airport to San Ignacio. Spaces are limited on each shuttle run, so book early. Travel comfortably in an air-conditioned vehicle equipped with WiFi and stocked with water. Several departure times from the airport are available daily. In case of flight delays, you will be rescheduled or your driver will wait for you.

Take a private day trip to the ruins of Altun Ha, and do a bit of sightseeing in Belize City, with this private, guided tour. Your guide will pick you up at your hotel and take you to Altun Ha, originally a trading center for ancient Maya people, with time left over to enjoy an included lunch and spend time exploring Belize City.

Venture deep inside an ancient cave system at Nohoc Chen Park on a cave kayaking adventure from Belize City. Old legends and an underground waterfall await inside a series of caverns that you explore by single or double kayak, wearing an LED headlamp to illuminate crystalline rock formations. Hike through the Belizean rain forest and paddle down open stretches of the Caves Branch River on this half-day tour in the heart of the Maya Mountains.

Experience two quintessential Belize activities in one day on this full day tour. First, go cave tubing through an underground world called Xibalba, which was thought to be the entrance to the Mayan underworld. Then head to the Altun Ha ruins to learn about ancient Mayan life and the importance of this ceremonial location peppered with tombs, pyramids and temples.

Find your own tropical paradise on Goff’s Caye, a tiny island surrounded by the warm blue Caribbean and Belize’s barrier reef. Located just a quick 30-minute boat ride from Belize City, it’s an easy way to escape civilization and spend the day basking on white sandy beaches and snorkeling among colorful fish and coral gardens. Enjoy the comforts of larger islands without the crowds on this blissful Belizean day trip.

Get twice the adventure on this affordable outing that combines cave tubing with a zipline ride. Travel in an air-conditioned minivan to Nohoch Che'en, an archaeological reserve outside of Belize City. Get your thrills on a more than 1,000-foot (304 meter) zipline before heading to the reserve’s limestone cave system. Then, hop in a tube and float past rock formations and a waterfall as your guide leads you downstream.

The ATM Cave tour from San Pedro is distinctive because Actun Tunichil Muknal is both an active wet-cave expedition and a protected Maya ceremonial site. After traveling from Ambergris Caye to the mainland, a licensed ATM guide leads the jungle approach, river crossings, swim-in cave entrance, and route through limestone passages. The physical journey is essential to the experience: travelers move through water, climb within the cave, and follow the same natural route that gave the site meaning to the ancient Maya. In the ceremonial chambers, pottery, ritual evidence, and human remains remain in place rather than being displayed in a museum. Your guide explains the archaeological context while protecting a fragile site where every visitor must follow strict procedures. ATM is not a casual cave walk or a standard ruins tour; it is a demanding, closely guided expedition that connects Belize’s rainforest, geology, archaeology, and Maya spiritual history in one unforgettable journey.

Snorkel among the vibrant coral gardens of the world’s second-largest barrier reef on a day trip from Belize City. Cruise across the cool blue Caribbean to a spot with shallow depths and clear waters, ideal for admiring colorful sea fans, finger coral, and sponges teeming with fish. At a second stop, dive into waters churning with throngs of (harmless) nurse sharks and sting rays, and then reward your bravery with rum punch and a beach break on the laid-back island of Caye Caulker.

Are you looking for a personable adventure to explore Belize's number one inland adventure? cave tubing at the Nohoch Che'en Archaeological Reserve also knows as the Caves Branch or Jaguar Paw. We pick you up in air conditioned comfort, provide all equipment and even carry your tubes for a hands free hike thorough the lush rain forest. The Mayan's used the caves as part of their elaborate religious rituals. They called the caves XIBALBA or "HELL". These cave systems boasts beautiful stalactites, stalagmites and stunning crystal pillars. As the adventure gently gets underway your guide will navigate down the refreshing cave branch river through the mystical cave of Xibalba as the Mayan did centuries ago only this is cooler in an inner tube. Your guide will ensure that you get to see all the spectacular areas of the caves, the awesome acts of nature buried deep within.

Discover a ruined Maya city and float through a series of flooded caves with a 6-hour private tour from Belize City to Altun Ha and the Caves Branch River. Explore broad plazas and towering pyramids as you visit the archeological site with your guide, and see the precious treasures excavated from the Temple of the Green Tomb. Hike through a lush forest to the Caves Branch River, then go tubing through soaring caverns as your headlight illuminates cave walls that glint with crystal formations and stalactites.

Tour Altun Ha, the ruins of an ancient Mayan city, with a local guide. After some souvenir shopping and lunch, make a pit stop at the Belize sign, a colorful art display against an ocean backdrop. The day wraps up with a tasting and tour at a local rum factory.

Kayak through ancient cave systems and soar through the Belizean rain forest on this combo outdoor adventure from Belize City. Travel deep into the heart of the Maya Mountains, where you kayak through mysterious caverns tucked along the Caves Branch River, using a headlamp to explore fantastical rock formations. Back in the light of day, gear up for an adrenaline-pumping flight through the jungle canopy on a 7-cable zip line course that crosses the river for an extra thrill.

Sate an appetite for adrenaline on an action-packed day trip to San Pedro from Belize City. Under the supervision of your expert guide, you’ll go river tubing in an underground network of Mayan caves, before getting unrivaled views of the dense jungle when you zipline above the canopy. Hotel pickup is included for added convenience.

Explore the history of Belize CIty on a personalized tour. See historical points of interest such as Mayan temples, a lighthouse, Ladyville, and King’s Park, an affluent area where many doctors, lawyers, politicians, and other influential residents live. Drive through the local neighborhoods, visit natural areas, and enjoy free time to shop or relax at the the archeological site of Altun Ha.

Embark on a half-day tour of Belize City's Zipline and Altun Ha, where stunning scenery meets thrilling activities. Here you'll be outfitted with helmets, harnesses, and gloves to ensure your safety—then it's off on the 1-hour drive to the secure parking area. Get ready for lines up to 1000 feet long that will take you soaring above forests and over rivers as nature paints its most picturesque masterpieces beneath you.

This Belize cave tubing and zipline adventure lets travelers experience the Nohoch Che’en rainforest from below the ground, at river level, and above the forest floor. Begin with the tropical forest approach and a safety briefing before entering the Cave Branch River system. Floating beneath limestone ceilings by headlamp reveals rock formations and underground chambers shaped by water, making the cave journey both scenic and geological. The zipline then changes the perspective completely. Trained guides fit the equipment, explain the procedures, and lead guests between canopy platforms for an aerial view of the same living forest. What makes this combination distinctive is the progression through one landscape: first walking beneath the trees, then drifting through the caves below them, and finally moving above the forest floor. Rather than two disconnected activities, cave tubing and ziplining become a layered exploration of central Belize’s water, limestone, and tropical canopy.

Zip line is unique because of the 6 lines that you do, the last 2 is across the river and back making The zip line incredible. After the zip line we then do the cave kayaking adventure tour.

Reach Lamanai by a scenic journey along the New River, where wildlife sightings may include birds, iguanas, monkeys, and crocodiles. At the archaeological reserve, follow your guide through forest trails to the major temples and learn how Lamanai remained an important Maya center for centuries. The combination of river travel, wildlife, and guide-led archaeology makes this shared experience different from a road-only ruins tour.

Head into Belize’s savanna on a private half-day adventure combining ziplining and wildlife encounters. Soar across rivers on ziplines, cross suspended rope bridges, and visit a sanctuary where you can see freshwater crocodiles and monkeys up close, with opportunities to feed the animals. The mix of aerial thrills and close-range wildlife experiences makes for an action-packed escape from Belize City.