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Cave Tubing, Small Group Trips, V.i.V.

Recommended by 91% of travelers
Badge of Excellence
Belize City, Belize
  • 5 hours (approx.)
  • Pickup offered
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Why travelers loved this

4.6
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· Thomas_B ·
Dec 2025
This was a long ridge to the river and cave but a comfortable journey. The guides were wonderful friendly and knowledgeable. We truly enjoyed the day and inside the cave was beautiful and very enjoyable. No worries for our safety whatsoever
· Schnae_M ·
Mar 2026
It was amazing! The tour guides, Kadeem, Abner and Nas, were amazing. Kadeem was a wealth of information and Nas provided great instructions on next steps. The tour itself was just beautiful.

Overview

Go cave tubing in a remote national park on a guided half-day outing. Travel by mini-bus into the rain forest outside of Belize City and learn about the area’s tropical flora and fauna on a brief walk to the cave system. Once there, get outfitted with a life jacket, helmet, and light, hop in a tube and float downstream, passing unique rock formations and a waterfall as you go.
  • Experience the thrill of cave tubing at a beautiful Belizean national park
  • Travel by comfortable and convenient minibus with a small group
  • Learn about the area’s flora and fauna from an informative guide
  • Float safely with a helmet, light, and life jacket included in tour cost

What's Included

  • Tubes with mesh seating bottom, all around grab rope, cup holders
  • Helmets, Jackets, lights
  • Tour Vans assigned to each ship and the tour start as they fill up
  • Tube Delivery Service to the caves is included
  • Cave Pools swimming is optional ( walking on uneven path to get to the pools is required)
  • Air-conditioned vehicle
    Shared Transportation, for Private Cave Tour choose option
  • Gratuities
  • Lunch

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

For the Cave-tubing tour, we pickup at the Hotels, Air BnB, marine Terminal and Cruise Port. tour on Ship Time, For Cruisers arriving at Belize City Port, FSTV, the tour starts One hour after the ship arrives in Port. the ship stays 4 miles offshore, the ship provides small boats that tender passengers ashore, the tickets are included in your cruise ticket, there is high demand to come ashore, so is best you request your tender ticket One hour prior to the ship arrival in Port, there is a line, it is not available the day before, once you get your tender ticket and the ship arrives in port, the tendering happens very quickly, arrive onshore , come thru Terminal ONE to the EXIT where street side you will see the V.i.V. crew. see you soon. after the first hour, the tenders slow down or stop and arriving after they start again means you've missed the tour. Come ashore early and check-in with V.i.V. For guest on San Pedro Ambergris Caye or Caye Caulker, come over to the mainland on the water taxi to participate on this tour. Staying at a Hotel Air ABnB in or near the city, we will pick you up. for cruise passengers the tour starts 1 hour after the ship arrives in port. Cruise ship tenders in Belize typically accommodate between 150 and 250 passengers per vessel. These large, high-speed catamarans, facilitate the 30-minute trip from the ships anchored far offshore to the tourist village. the cruise ships tours arrive within the first wave to shore then independent book tours arrive, making your tour possible. within and hour from the ship arriving in port, you are ashore and ready to explore Belize.

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Meeting point

  • Tropical Blend
    FRR9+J4P, Fort St, Belize City, Belize

    the V.i.V. Transportation and Tour guide will meet you at Hotel or Air BnB , water taxi. On a cruise, proceed thru Terminal ONE street side where you will meet the V.i.V. staff. for cruise passengers the tour starts 1 hour after the ship arrives in port. Terminal 1 Exit. V.i.V.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.9:00 am

What To Expect

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Tat Tours

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • children minimum height 40 inches
  • bring towels, swimwear, refillable water bottles, single use plastics is not allowed on reserve also bring footwear with thick soles to walk on hiking gravel path and river crossings.
  • tennis shoe to walk on gravel path and river crossings
  • no flip flops
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 88 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

kelby_g
Perhaps the best tour I have ever taken. Was amazed at the size and length of the cave. It rivals even Mammoth Cave. Our tour guide Abner was absolutely brilliant. Very knowledgeable and brought the experience alive. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO CARRY OUR OWN TUBES like other tours. I can not recommend this tour enough. Take about $30 for lunch at the site, it was great. So glad we chose this tour over the one offered by the cruiseline.

Reviews

4.6
based on 190 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Amazing experience!

Ashley_F, Apr 2026
We had an awesome experience on our cave tubing excursion. We came on a cruise ship and the guides met us promptly at the meeting point. They were very well organized.! Our guides Naz , Cardinal, Fab were incredible. They provided us a lot of information about the culture and life in Belize on the ride to and from the caves. On the short 15 minute easy walk to the caves they showed us a lot of the local flora and fauna! It was very cool! They were super knowledgeable and worked hard to make our tubing experience awesome. The caves were nothing short of magnificent. Highly recommend these guides and this tour!

Just Beautiful!

Schnae_M, Mar 2026
It was amazing! The tour guides, Kadeem, Abner and Nas, were amazing. Kadeem was a wealth of information and Nas provided great instructions on next steps. The tour itself was just beautiful.

Best day ever!!

Susan_J, Mar 2026
This was the best excursion we've ever done. Highly recommend. Our guide Naz was so much fun! Would do it again

Fantastic!

michele_t, Mar 2026
Excellent experience! Our guide was very knowledgeable and knew a lot about the area. Did a wonderful job guiding us through the cave. Would highly recommend!

Fun time

Paul_C, Dec 2025
Would do it again. Walk to cave was more like 30 min not 15 as described. Overall great experience!!!!

Fabulous Day with wonderful experience

Thomas_B, Dec 2025
This was a long ridge to the river and cave but a comfortable journey. The guides were wonderful friendly and knowledgeable. We truly enjoyed the day and inside the cave was beautiful and very enjoyable. No worries for our safety whatsoever

Bee Wear

Teri_K, Dec 2025
Site directed me to this excursion based on the cruise (Norwegian) I was on. It was impossible to take this tour because it was hours by boat to get there and the tour operator knew it! I had an email (that was flagged as junk) notifying me the evening before to tell me I couldn't take it. Tour Operator told me to get refund from booking agent, which was Viator. Viator stated tour operator denied refund. Both knew it was impossible for us to take the tour, yet they took the booking and money and refused a refund. That is stealing. Also experience review won't allow certain words to warn others.

Response from Host, Dec 2025

Happy Holidays, thanks for the review, refunds are processed within 24 hours for bookings whose Cruise line do not arrive at the Belize City port, yes we notify all passengers that we don't operate from NCL private island Harvest Caye. Hopefully on your next cruise, you may choose the Belize City Port and experience this tour with us. Reserve early as there are limited spaces. Happy Holidays from our files, pls check your statement and junk mail: Refund confirmation Your refund was processed

Unique and fun experience

Patti_C, Nov 2025
The adventure was new for us. Guide's knowledge of area was really interesting. Unique and fun experience. Thank You

Scam do not book!! the...

Sydney_H, Nov 2025
SCAM DO NOT BOOK!! The tour operators were not at the meeting point at 9:00 a.m. as promised. When we arrived, they falsely claimed we weren’t there, even though we provided photo evidence. They read our messages and saw the photos but did not respond, canceled our booking, and are now trying to keep our money. We’re currently disputing the charge with our bank!

Response from Host, Nov 2025

Good morning, thanks for the review, Be on Time and Tour Cruise guest arrived onshore at 7:45 first tender we scheduled for 8:15, 8:30, 9:00 everyone that signed up for the tours received WhatsApp, text, phone calls and emails and met us, at 8:30 you mentioned that you were still on the ship, while others were on the tenders and some already checked in. The last tour was scheduled for 9am to return 2:00, last boat to ship 2:15 and the tour started on time. at 9am we contacted you to inform you that you missed the tour, and the tours is departing the Cruise Terminals, obviously not happy. then you arrived at 9:12 took some photos, still not at the meeting point but elsewhere, as shown on your photo. However, it was too late, the tours had already started. Reminder for those that want to do the tours in Belize and arriving by cruise. The tours start and hour and fifteen minutes after the cruise arrives in Belize, we do have standby vans and guides for last minute bookings that are running late but still within a reasonable cruise day tour time that will not risk missing the ship return. the tender takes 20 minutes from ship to shore, plan your day accordingly, 99.9% of the guest do, arrive early, check-in, see the nearby monuments, get in the vans on time and the tours starts. any later departures we do not risk and will not do. No one misses the tours, no one misses the ship. Be on Time. our staff meet cruise guest on a daily basis at the same place, every cruise day. you are welcome to arrive early, the staff is at the port from Sunrise to meet you, there are Cafes, monuments to see while the tour guest check-in. once the first vans are filled, they start early and a van and guide remains for the last-minute arrivals that have sufficient tour time remaining. after that last hour we will not wait. Reserve early, limited spaces are available, come ashore early, see the caves, the Tenders bring ashore early anyone that has a booked tour, reserve early. see you soon.

Oh what a beautiful day

Kimmie_F, Sep 2025
We had the most amazing tour guide and his name was CARDINAL. I would say that anyone experiencing this cave tour would be blessed. He was so knowledgeable with the history/culture of the Mayans as well as knowledgeable about the caves. He wanted us to have an amazing day in this incredible gorgeous place and we did. Our journey began in an air conditioned vehicle with point of references along the way. We took a wonderful stroll through this amazing forest and we were educated on the ecosystem and when we arrived at the river we were greeted with our tubes awaiting the peaceful ride through the cave. Cardinal made sure that we arrived back to our port on time. We were not rushed. It was truly a beautiful day!! Our favorite excursion.

Response from Host, Oct 2025

Thanks for the review, and thanks for choosing us, the Guides and staff that makes all the difference.

Bullying, Lying, and Wasting Time. Not on Ship time.

LYNN_C, Sep 2025
Avoid at all costs. Especially if you’re on a cruise. We were told to be here at 7:15am ship time. When we called, the operator was still asleep. It’s now almost 10am and we’re still stuck waiting while they make excuse after excuse. Their “reason”? They’re stalling to sell more seats at the dock, stringing us along with lies about people “coming on the next tender.” Not true. The tender unloads and leaves. They’re just wasting paying customers’ time to squeeze in extra bookings. We were promised a 5-hour tour. Another lie. It’s really 1 hour there, 1 hour back, and 2 hours sitting in the cave because it’s “not busy.” “It’s 3 hours when it’s busy.” Meanwhile, other companies were already taking their guests out. By the time we finally get there, it will be jam-packed—after we lost half our day sitting around. And if that’s not enough, the operator himself is macho, rude to women, aggressive, and a bully. Poorly organized, run and extremely rude. AVOID THIS OPERATOR! Don’t know how they got positive reviews. Viator did a less then zero effort helping us.

Response from Host, Oct 2025

Sorry to hear you had miscommunications on your arrival in Belize, Please note that all tours start one hour after the ship arrives in Port, this gives everyone that pre books ample time to come ashore and check-in with staff, the staff has a sign at the EXIT of terminal one, street side, with you're name on it. Reserve early, come ashore, check-in and tour. we have shared transport tours and also listed online are Private Tours. with several ships in port we have limited spaces are available. Reserve early. thanks

Abnar was AMAZING! He was...

Melinda_M, Aug 2025
Abnar was AMAZING! He was knowledgeable and incredibly kind. Not only did he drive us to and from the park, he shared knowledge of the city and the local culture. The caves were awesome but our guide made this an experience we will never forget.

Response from Host, Sep 2025

thanks for the review and thanks for choosing us. just a reminder for others wanting to experience the caves in Belize. Reserve Online, all tours start 1.5 hours after the ships arrive in port. meet your guides at the EXIT of terminal one, street side and checkin with our staff. Tourism Auto Transport. they all have signs and Ids. awaiting your arrival, see you soon. thanks for choosing Belize

We all really enjoyed...

Matt_W, Aug 2025
We all really enjoyed cave tubing. Wasn't too sure what to expect, but so glad we did it. It's about an hour's drive from the cruise port. The walk through the rainforest and gentle trip through the caves on our tubes with helpful and knowledgeable guides was amazing and unlike anything else we experienced during our cruise. Highly recommended.

Response from Host, Sep 2025

thanks for the review and thanks for choosing us. just a reminder for others wanting to experience the caves in Belize. Reserve Online, all tours start 1.5 hours after the ships arrive in port. meet your guides at the EXIT of terminal one, street side and checkin with our staff. Tourism Auto Transport. they all have signs and Ids. awaiting your arrival, see you soon. thanks for choosing Belize

Naz and Cardinal were...

Janet_P, Jul 2025
Naz and Cardinal were amazing guides. We had a great time with them. Very entertaining and knowledgeable about the island. Highly recommend!

Response from Host, Sep 2025

thanks for the review and thanks for choosing us. just a reminder for others wanting to experience the caves in Belize. Reserve Online, all tours start 1.5 hours after the ships arrive in port. meet your guides at the EXIT of terminal one, street side and checkin with our staff. Tourism Auto Transport. they all have signs and Ids. awaiting your arrival, see you soon. thanks for choosing Belize

Abner was a great tour...

Stacy_P, Jul 2025
Abner was a great tour guide. He communicated with us and met all our needs on this trip. Cave tubing was awesome and relaxing. I would do it again upon my return. Thank you, Abner!!😁

Response from Host, Sep 2025

thanks for the review and thanks for choosing us. just a reminder for Cruise Passengers wanting to experience the caves in Belize. Reserve Online, all tours start 1.5 hours after the ships arrive in port. meet your guides at the EXIT of terminal one, street side and checkin with our staff. Tourism Auto Transport. they all have signs and Ids. awaiting your arrival, see you soon. thanks for choosing Belize

Wonderful Tour! MUST GO!

kelby_g, Jun 2025
Perhaps the best tour I have ever taken. Was amazed at the size and length of the cave. It rivals even Mammoth Cave. Our tour guide Abner was absolutely brilliant. Very knowledgeable and brought the experience alive. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO CARRY OUR OWN TUBES like other tours. I can not recommend this tour enough. Take about $30 for lunch at the site, it was great. So glad we chose this tour over the one offered by the cruiseline.

Response from Host, Jun 2025

thanks for the review, and thank you for choosing Belize.

Amazing experience

Danielle_M, Jun 2025
Incredible cave tubing experience!! Really a great way to experience the country of Belize. Includes an hour drive each way and then a 2 hour walk/cave tubing experience. The guide pulls you through the cave the whole way. The group was perfect size of 6 people - not too big and we loved that.

Response from Host, Jun 2025

Awesome, thanks for choosing our Cave tubing trip and thanks for the review.

A good journey

Sherley_M, Jun 2025
This was a really fun excursion. The Cave was relaxing and picturesque. I'm glad this tour group had our tubes ready for us at the cave, we didn't have to carry down the path. It was nice to go through creeks and along side the mountain, it feel like I was hiking. It made it worth it when you get to the cave as the water is sooo refreshing. If your not used to walking a lot, you may need to reconsider

Had a good time floating...

MARK_F, Jun 2025
Had a good time floating in the cave. We were also able to do some exploring and swimming in the caves.

Best excursion ever!

Krista_B, Apr 2025
Best excursion ever! Showed up as promised, delivered the trip of a lifetime. We had Abner, Naz and Tracy as our guides and they were incredible. Very informative, funny, caring and thorough. Highly recommend!

Great Excursion

Steve_N, Mar 2025
It is a bit of a walk to get to the tubing area but very scenic and not difficult for average hikers. Alex and Fred were excellent guides, very informative and helpful. Highly recommend the experience.

Unhappy

Gail_W, Mar 2025
That aside from an hour+ ride to get there - then a minimum oh another half hour.+ walk open stones!!!!!!!!!’ What was billed as EASY was very hard walking!!!!!!! That’s no t a short walk! The cave part was fine but could have been longer for all the time it took to get there The driver and guide. Fred and Alex were fine Alex tried to be helpful but the walk was the walk.

Response from Host, Mar 2025

the walking is the same all have ever done to get to the caves, recent review by other seniors : Fun for seniors and juniors Tripadvisor review: Cave Tubing Family style I am a senior who was traveling with my 16-yr-old grandson. I was worried that this might be difficult for me, but I actually had little trouble. There is a bit of a walk before getting to the water, so anyone with mobility issues should be aware. This excursion was my favorite, and I know my grandson enjoyed it too. Amazing tour! Don't have to carry tubes and get to swim and explore cave! Better than other tours! Book this one!!! They will show you the best time!! ****if you can do the walk, we will do the float and tour****

Very good , guid was very...

Pravin_P, Mar 2025
Very good , guid was very experience and kanwlagable and very important is he was very good with kids .

There was a long drive to...

Brian_M, Mar 2025
There was a long drive to get there, but wonderful experience and guide was great and very knowledgeable. .

Excellent choice!

Heidi_C, Mar 2025
Great experience. Our guides were extremely knowledgeable and friendly. The exclusion was better than expected.

Tubing fun

Bridgett_B, Mar 2025
This was a fabulous experience for me & my 83 yr old mother. Hiking though the forest then viewing the caves.

A must do in Belize!

Kayla_Z, Mar 2025
Amazing tour! Don't have to carry tubes and get to swim and explore cave! Better than other tours! Book this one!!! They will show you the best time!!

Cave Tubing

ed_f, Mar 2025
This one of those excursion that you have to go. It’s about a 45 minutes to an hour drive to the cave. Our driver Abner got us there pretty quickly and Naz our tour guide is very informative. Once you got there is a 25 minutes hike all the way to the top of the mountain entrance and the fun begins. The cave is magnificent and Naz & Abner guide us through the cave while you and your family relax and absorb the beauty that the cave has offer. I spotted a bat flying around the cave and while the water is called, you get used to it and after few minutes inside you don’t even feel the cold of the water. It becomes very refreshing. I opted not to take my phone and just enjoy the cave and when we exited the cave, you come through a forest green surrounding and a sound of birds all around you. At the Naz I jumped into that cold river flow and what a refreshing experience. I’ll do it again if get a chance to go back..

Amazing Adventure!!

David_G, Feb 2025
We loved the tubing experience!! Freddie (our guide) and Naz (our driver) were great!! We learned a lot about Belize while traveling to the tubing site; were provided with life vests, helmets, and headlamps, before getting into our tubes. We had a little walk thru the forest to get to our tubes, but there were things to see and learn about along the path. Once in the water, the tour just got better … floating on the river thru the underground caves was amazing!! We would recommend this tour to folks who are looking for a great day and a wonderful adventure. Thx Freddie and Naz!!

Nightmare

shar7222, Feb 2025
I suffered a life threatening anaphylactic allergic reaction from part of the begonia plant our tour guide broke off and told us to eat. My tongue and face instantly swelled, I had a severe rash on my back and chest and couldn’t breathe. The tour guides and supervisor Marcia refused to take me back to the ship where I knew I could get epinephrine. I finally convinced a tour person by offering her $50. I didn’t have cash on me and Marcia refused to pay for transport so we had to pull over so I could fill this girl’s gas tank. The ship’s doctor gave me a shot and high doses of Benadryl and steroids and I was fine. I honestly feel like this could have ended very tragically for me. I would book an excursion from the cruise and definitely wouldn’t touch or eat anything I didn’t know. Their guide gave us begonias to eat which from reading could be toxic and were extremely uncaring and flippant about my health. It was extremely scary!

Response from Host, Feb 2025

Thanks for the review, however missing parts include that the tour guide did give you first aid benadryl even thou at the time you said you had a reaction but no visibility of it and the guide did accompany you back to parking lot and offered an ambulatory service and you refused, and offered to take you to the clinic 5 minutes away and you refused, so no one really could ascertain if you had any medical issue or anxiety, the supervisor arranged for another guide to bring you towards the port and you said you gave them 50.00 we did not ask for it, you gave it. and midway our supervisor met you and brought you to the port while you sat comfortably in phone just casually chatting on the phone and no signs of any medical issue, and again refusing medical checkup at the hospital and then returning to the ship. yes the guides for the past 30 years offered jungle treats , sugar cane, begonia, cashew, banana, even termites to guest, some partake, others don't, along the forest walk and can be read in previous reviews for the 30 years and no one has had a reaction, until you say you did but not visible show. anyway, we no longer offer the jungle treats, we do however still talk about the plants and we use them in our culture. this tour sells out quickly and we offer limited spaces. reserve early. thanks

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