Xunantunich Tours

Xunantunich Mayan Ruins Tour from San Ignacio

Three hours at Xunantunich is the most time at the ruins any departure here gives you, and it is the only strong option that does nothing else with your day. Hotel pickup within ten kilometres of San Ignacio, a professional local guide, bottled water and every tax and handling charge are covered in the fare. Morning or afternoon departures both run, which matters on a hilltop with no shade at midday. Lunch, food and drinks are excluded and the stated maximum is 45 travellers, so it is a coach rather than a minibus.

1. Hotel pickup in San Ignacio, or the Cayo Welcome Center
2. Cross the Mopan River on the hand-cranked ferry
3. Three hours at Xunantunich with a local guide
4. Climb El Castillo for the Guatemala border view
5. Return to your San Ignacio pickup point

From $85 per person

Xunantunich and Cave Tubing Combo Tour from San Ignacio

Pickup at half past seven, twenty minutes to Xunantunich, two hours at the ruins, then the drive out to the Jaguar Paw caves for lunch and two to three hours of tubing. Every entrance fee, the tubing equipment, water and a Belizean lunch are included, and the group is capped at sixteen. Nine to eleven hours is a long day, and it is the most-booked shape of day here. One caution before you book: the listing offers free cancellation at 24 hours in one field and calls the tour non-refundable in another, so confirm the terms first.

1. Hotel pickup in San Ignacio Town at 7:30am
2. Twenty-minute drive to Xunantunich
3. Two hours at the ruins with your guide
4. Drive to Nohoch Che'en, the Jaguar Paw caves
5. Belizean lunch at the cave tubing park
6. Thirty-minute walk in to the tubing start
7. Two to three hours tubing through the caves
8. Return to San Ignacio

From $165 per person

This listing publishes two cancellation policies — confirm the terms before you pay.

Private Cave Tubing & Xunantunich (Mayan Ruins) From Placencia

Placencia to the Cayo District and back is ten hours of your day, and this is the best-reviewed way to spend them. Air-conditioned transport collects you from where you are staying at seven, and the fare covers lunch, parking, and the helmets, headlamps and life jackets for the cave. Xunantunich in the morning, limestone caverns by tube in the afternoon, with a minimum of four travellers per booking and a cap of fifteen. If you are based on the southern coast, this saves you relocating for a night.

1. Pickup from your Placencia accommodation at 7am
2. Drive west by air-conditioned vehicle
3. Guided visit to the Xunantunich ruins
4. Lunch included on the road
5. Helmets, headlamps and life jackets issued
6. Float the cave system by tube
7. Return to your Placencia accommodation

From $250 per person

From San Ignacio: Xunantunich Mayan Tour & Optional Combos

Start with the cheapest guided way onto the ridge and add to it only if you want to. A two-hour guided walk through the plazas of Xunantunich comes with hotel pickup from San Ignacio, entrance fees and an English and Spanish-speaking guide. From there you choose: cave tubing, river tubing on the Mopan, horseback riding along an old Maya trail, or nothing at all and back by lunchtime. Four to eight and a half hours depending on what you pick, with free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

From $70 per person

Xunantunich horseback riding tour

Ride to the ruins along the Mopan River instead of driving to them, and take your horse onto the hand-cranked ferry to cross. Five hours from a 7:30 pickup inside San Ignacio town, with bottled water, a riding helmet, the Xunantunich entrance fee and a local guide included. Riders are matched to horses at St Leonard's stable and no experience is needed, with a weight limit of 245 pounds and a group capped at fourteen. This one is non-refundable, so be sure of your date before you book.

From $125 per person

Non-refundable — this fare cannot be changed.

Xunantunich Maya Temple and Jungle River Cave Tubing Combo Tour

Ten minutes in the Maya village of San José Succotz, three hours at Xunantunich, four hours in the caves: the fullest version of the combination and the most time at the ruins of any of them. Pickup within ten kilometres of San Ignacio, park entrance fees, equipment, towels, bottled water and lunch are all in the fare. Seven to eight hours, with a 40-inch height minimum on the tubing leg and a stated cap of 45. Bring a complete change of clothes and you will get more out of the afternoon.

From $155 per person

Horseback Ride to Xunantunich Maya Ruins

Follow the Mopan River and a private organic farm on horseback, cross on the ferry, then walk the ruins on foot with a guide. Four hours from a 7:30 start at MayaWalk's office on Burns Avenue in San Ignacio, with local taxes, national park fees and round-trip transfers to the stables covered. You spend an hour and a half at Xunantunich, so this is the ride first and the archaeology second. Riders must be three or older, under 250 pounds, and the group is capped at fifteen.

From $145 per person

Private (Group) Cave Tubing + Xunantunich from Placencia

Book the vehicle for your own group and the price per head drops as the party grows. Ten hours from a Placencia pickup covering Xunantunich, the cave system by tube, lunch, parking fees, and the helmets, headlamps and life jackets. The minimum booking is six travellers and the cap is ten, which is the tightest group size of any cave-tubing day here. Infant seats are available and infants travel on laps, so it works for families travelling together.

From $260 per person

Xunantunich & Cave Tubing Day Trip from San Ignacio

Two activities for the price most operators put on one, and the shortest drive to the caves of any combination here. Your day runs from a 7:45 collection inside San Ignacio town limits to two hours at Xunantunich with a local guide, then four hours at the Nohoch Che'en caves floating a tube through the river system. Wheelchair access, stroller access and infant seats are all stated, which almost nothing else here offers. It covers the guide, the pickup and water; gratuities and out-of-town collection are excluded.

From $75 per person

Xunantunich and Cahal Pech from San Ignacio

Two Maya cities in one morning, ten minutes apart and about two thousand years apart in founding. You get an hour at hilltop Cahal Pech above San Ignacio, an hour at Xunantunich across the Mopan River, and an hour over lunch at Benny's Kitchen in between. Bottled water, a professional local guide, private vehicle transport and pickup from selected San Ignacio hotels are included. Five to six hours in total, capped at fifteen, and not available to cruise passengers because the driving time will not fit a ship's call.

From $165 per person

Xunantunich Day Trip from Belize City

Cross nearly the width of Belize on the George Price Highway, through Creole villages, Mennonite farmland and Belmopan, to reach Xunantunich from the coast. Six to eight hours with hotel pickup and drop-off, an air-conditioned vehicle, a local guide and lunch included, and two hours at the ruins once you are across the river. It is the only departure here that states wheelchair access, stroller access and service animals together, with a cap of fifteen. This fare is non-refundable and cannot be changed, so read that before booking.

From $200 per person

Non-refundable — this fare cannot be changed.

Private Xunantunich Mayan Ruin with local Lunch from Belize City

Set your own pace at Xunantunich with a guide and a vehicle that belong to your party for six hours. Collection is from Belize City hotels, Airbnbs, the airport or cruise terminal one, and the fare covers bottled water, a local lunch, air-conditioned transport and all fees and taxes. Two hours at the ruins, then fifteen minutes at the Belize sign monument on the way back. A minimum of two travellers applies and the listing notes stroller access but not wheelchair access.

From $200 per person

Xunantunich Maya Ruins

Hopkins is two scenic hours from the Cayo District along the Hummingbird Highway, and this is the one departure that makes the trip privately. Seven hours with a licensed guide to your party alone, an air-conditioned vehicle, bottled water, an authentic Belizean lunch and all fees and taxes included. You cross the Mopan on the hand-cranked ferry and spend two hours at Xunantunich, with the mile uphill from the river walkable or driveable. Infant seats and stroller access are stated; wheelchair access is not.

From $190 per person

PRIVATE Xunantunich Ruins & Cave Tubing from Placencia (Luxury)

Seven and a half hours rather than ten, which on a Placencia departure is the difference between a long day and an exhausting one. Your guide meets you ten to fifteen minutes before a seven o'clock departure, and the fare includes lunch, bottled water, air-conditioned transfers, all fees and taxes, and the helmets, tubes, life jackets and headlamps. Two hours at Xunantunich and two and a half at the Nohoch Che'en caves. Guides are offered in German, Italian, French and Spanish as well as English.

From $299 per person

Double Activity Limo Tour: Xunantunich Ruins & Cave Tubing Adventure

An SUV limousine, a private guide and private driver, and a day that pairs Xunantunich with cave tubing. Eight hours from a six o'clock start, with breakfast, lunch, soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, bottled water and the cave tubing equipment included. Two hours at the ruins, three at the caves, and the group is your own party with a minimum of four. Note that the tour begins in Belize City and getting yourself there from the cayes is not covered, and children must be 48 inches to tube.

From $240 per person

Xunantunich Cave Tubing and Zip line from Ambergris caye

Leave San Pedro before six and you can reach Xunantunich, a zip line and a cave tube run in a single eleven-hour day. National park fees, a driver-guide, a local guide, light refreshments and the round-trip shared transfer on the water taxi are all in the fare. There is no island hotel pickup: you make your own way to the water taxi terminal and meet your guide outside the Belize City exit. The cap is 31 travellers and the dress code is given as smart casual.

From $388 per person

Private Tour to Maya Sites Xunantunich and Cahal Pech

Three hours at Xunantunich and two at Cahal Pech, privately, is the most unhurried version of the two-site day available. Pickup around the Cayo District, an air-conditioned vehicle, water and all fees and taxes are included, and you agree the start time with the operator rather than taking a fixed one. Wheelchair access, stroller access, service animals, infant seats and no age restriction are all stated, which makes it the most openly accessible option available. Lunch is not included and pickups outside the district are quoted separately.

From $175 per person