Belize Adventure: Explore Maya Temples & Wildlife

Embark on a full-day guided tour of the Lamanai Temples and River Cruise in Belize City. Explore ancient history, encounter wildlife, and enjoy panoramic views on this small-group adventure.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Lamanai Archaeological Reserve - Following pickup, you will embark on a drive with your guide, who will provide commentary along the way. Then, you will board a boat for a sightseeing river ride, where you’ll get to observe birds, orchids, water lilies and possibly crocodiles. You will pass near the Amish community of shipyard, before you arrive…
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • Bring refillable water bottles
  • Luggage storage while on tour
  • Driver/guide
  • Lunch
  • National park fees
  • Water taxi pickup and drop-off at water taxi or city area hotel
  • Transport by air-conditioned minivan
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Rain or shine, Belize offers a wealth of Maya sites, diverse cultures, ecosystems, and wildlife, including birds. With expert guides, explore parts of Belize City, learning about its people, culture, residences, businesses, and current developments. Pass by the historic old Belize River, rural communities, fruit farms, and ranches. Travel near mangrove…

Location
Baron Bliss lighthouse
Fort Street
We pickup at the San Pedro Express Water Taxi Terminal, Belize City Cruise Port FSTv, Belize mumicipal Airport, Belize City Hotels, aIR bNb, LET US KNOW WHERE YOU ARE STAYING SO WE CAN ARRANGE PICKUPS. the guide will have a V.i.V. sign
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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211jenniferdc
Mar 9, 2025
True Jungle Cruise to Mayan ruins - A true jungle cruise leading to an otherwise very secluded Mayan Ruins. Amazing tour led by Brenda who grew up in Lamanai. Lots of history and culture, very knowledgeable guide. We saw an alligator, bats, monkeys, scorpion, and tons of different birds. Lunch was delicious. Very cool experience.
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Amyhs1587as
Feb 28, 2025
Great tour, excellent guide - We had a great time on our tour of Lamanai! Our guide, Brenda, was very kind and knowledgeable. As local as they come - she grew up right next to Lamanai - she had lots of insight to share and kept a nice pace, letting us all explore and spend time as we wanted. The provided lunch was great and the boat ride was fun to see crocodiles, turtles, etc.
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Trip01087930978
Feb 22, 2025
A trip to the ruins was definitely not ruined - One of the highlights to our stay in Belize. Our guide Brenda, having grown up in Lamanai, was very knowledgeable about the ruins and an ace boat pilot. Our other guide, who took us to the boat, was also very helpful.
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Patricia_k
Feb 11, 2025
Amazing Mayan ruins - Excellent trip. Guide was very knowledgeable about the Mayan ruins and all the trees and flowers . Lunch was very tasty.
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Sopwit
Feb 5, 2025
Highly Recommend! - What a great tour!! We were picked up at our hotel by our driver/guide Fab who gave us a history of the area on the 30+ mile drive out to the boat landing where Amir was waiting to take us up the New River to the temple site. The boat ride took a little over an hour. Along the way, Amir would stop to point out various wildlife including crocodiles and many different types of birds, including a rare sighting of a Jabiru stork, the largest bird in Belize. Once we arrived and Lamanai, Amir gave us an excellent guided tour. He is extremely knowledgeable having guided there for many years. After the tour, we had a delicious lunch of chicken, rice and beans, and plantains before Amir drove us downriver in his boat where Fab was waiting to take us back to our hotel. One of the best tours we have been on!
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Bill_t
Jan 31, 2025
Don’t miss this!! - This was a great tour, starting with being picked up at our hotel, our fantastic driver and tour guide to the boat landing and back, an amazing guided boat ride to the temple site, the guided tour of the site by Amir, and a wonderful lunch at the site before the boat and car ride back to our hotel. There were 4 of us on the tour and we all raved about it. Highly recommend!!
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Mark_s
Jan 26, 2025
Lamani - a trip worth the tine - Lamanai is an unbelievable site. Our guide, Brenda, is from Lamanai and exceptionally knowledgeable and proud of her heritage. She explained all the unique features of the areas with her lifetime of knowledge. The boat ride to/from Lamanai was both enjoyable and informative. I marveled at Brenda’s knowledge of the river. How she knew all the correct channels along the river to take was impressive.
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D9149jdlorrainew
Jan 13, 2025
Lamanai adventure - From Belize City about an hour ride to ruins. Pickups may run late (30-44 minutes) so don’t panic…but host responded to call and inquiry. Had a group of 8 in the van. Rained so jacket or poncho handy. Sell at gift shops when arrive to Lamanai after boat ride. Saw 2 crocodiles, termite nests, herons, many different birds, but could only hear howler monkeys in the distance. Lunch was delicious. Chicken, rice & beans, chips and salsa all fresh and homemade. Drinks provided but take water. Tour guide knowledgeable of history and native to the area. Great experience.
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Sightsee27866943809
Jan 3, 2025
Love, love, LOVED this tour! - The boat ride is very exhilarating and fun. The boat does have a covering to keep you out of the sun/elements. We didn’t see too much awesomeness on the boat ride there a few birds, but we were generally going too fast to see much. The ruins themselves are amazing - they let you climb up them!!!! The tour guide was amazing. The food was amazing. The wildlife was great. We got to actually hear and see howler monkeys up in a tree right by the ruins. We saw iguanas and more birds. The ride back was fine. Our tour guide did find us an alligator on the ride back. Our guide did find us an alligator and we got an amazing video of it sleeping and swimming away.
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Joanne_f
Feb 7, 2025
Skip during rain - The driver was ok... Liked his own jokes but had good info to partake. Brenda, who drove the boat was great. Sadly, mother nature was against us and we had horrible weather conditions. It poured the whole day... We were beyond drenched and because of the weather, no birds or monkeys were to be seen 😞
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