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Tour Companies

 

Jaguar Adventure Tours - Offers various excursions throughout Belize.

S & L Travel and Tours - Offers excursions and transportation services.

Yute Expeditions - Offers a variety of excursions.

Belize Travel Points - Offers their services for arranging lodging, excursions, flights, etc..

Pacz Tours - I hear good things about this tour company, which offers excursions to places such as Tikal & Actun Tunichil Muknal.

Beyond Touring - Gives back to the local communities you visit through community development as well as archaeological and biological research.

River Rat Expeditions - Travel agency that is based in San Ignacio. 

Maya Travel Services - Offers a wide variety of things.

Belize Trips - Specializes in building custom vacations and has a U.S. phone number.

K'in Winik Tours - John Chuc speaks English, Spanish, Creole and Yucatec Mayan.

 

 

Lodging

 

Maya Mountain Lodge & Tours - Offers a variety of things for tourists to do around San Ignacio.

Tutzil Nah Cottages - Stay in a Mopan Maya village in the Stann Creek District of Belize.

Cahal Pech Village Resort - Offers lodging and excursions. Located in San Ignacio, beside the Maya ruins of Cahal Pech.

The Trek Stop - Offers budget lodging and is located 3 miles from the Guatemalan border in the village of San Jose Succotz. It is only 1/4 mile from the ferry to Xunantunich.

Clarissa Falls Resort - Offers affordable cabins that are located alongside the Mopan River 5 1/2 miles from San Ignacio.

Venus Hotel - Located in the heart of San Ignacio.

The Aguada Hotel & Restaurant - Offers lodging, excursions & shuttles services. Located in Santa Elena at the foothills of the Maya Mountains.

Parrot Nest Lodge - Stay the night in a thatched tree house away from all the noise. 

Chaa Creek Resort - One of the best in all of Belize.

DuPlooy's Jungle Lodge - Best lodge for birding.

Mystic River Resort - Voted #1 lodge on Trip Advisor.com.

 

Transportation

 

Belize bus blog - Belize bus schedules and travel information.

Discounted Belize Shuttles & Tours - Offers transportation from BZE airport to various destinations across the country.

Crystal Auto Rental - Largest auto rental company in Belize and allows for traveling to visit Tikal in Guatemala.

Pancho's Car Rental - Another car rental company located in Belize City.

Maya Island Airways - Offers flights to destinations all around Belize and even to Cancun, San Pedro Sula, & Guatemala City.

Tropic Air - Offers flights to 9 destinations around Belize.

Belize road map.

Two really good maps of the area. Just click on them to zoom in.

 

 

Some informative links on ruins

 

Caracol, Lamanai, Altun-Ha, Xunantunich, El Pilar, Cahal Pech, Lubaantun, Nim Li Punit

Additional info about the Maya ruins in or near Belize, including an explanation of each site.

 

 

Volunteering opportunities

 

Join an archaeological dig sponsored by the University of Texas.

Join an archaeological dig at Minanha by Trent University. 

Maya Research Program - Join an archaeological dig at Blue Creek or live in a Maya village.

Other volunteering opportunities in Belize.

 

 

Other things to do

 

Belize Tropical Cooking School - Learn how to cook regional Maya or Thai dishes.

Learn about the history of Belize.

Visit the National Zoo of Belize.

Belize River Challenge - This is a canoe race from San Ignacio to Belize City which occurs every year in March.

Fallen Stones Butterfly Farm - Located in Southern Belize.

Green Hills Butterfly Ranch - The largest live butterfly display in Belize and is located in the Cayo District.

A link on Belizean foods.

Community Baboon Sanctuary.

Plan a trip to Belize.

Lots of info for Ambergris Caye.