Top Experiences in Blue Hole National Park

St. Herman's Blue Hole National Park is located on the Hummingbird Highway 12 miles from our beautiful Capital Belmopan. Blue Hole National Park covers over 500 acres of dense tropical rain forest and some of the birds we see are: White Hawk, White Neck Jacobin, Black Cheeked Woodpecker, Royal Flycatcher, Salty-Tail Trogon, Dot Winged, Antwren, White Necked Puff bird, Blue Ground Dove, Golden Hooded Tanager, Crimson Collared Tanager, Spot Breasted Wren and Wedge Billed Woodpecker.

Our Mayan Ruins and Inland Blue Hole tour starts off with a scenic drive from Hopkins to San Jose Succotz in Cayo District. This 2 hours drive will take you on the famous Hummingbird Highway, through the capital city Belmopan and San Igancio Town, then on to San Jose Succotz, where we will be crossing over a river on a hand-cranked ferry to access Xunantunich Site.

After the Xunantunich Site, your guide/driver will take you to experience an authentic Belizean lunch at Hode's Place in San Ignacio Town.

After lunch, we will head to the Blue Hole National Park for a refreshing swim in the Blue Hole cenote, a one-hour drive from San Ignacio.

Your guide/driver will also give you the option to stop at gift shops near the ruins and stop at Country Barn Ice-cream on the Hummingbird Highway.

Tour Duration Time 8 to 9 hours:
Travel Time (round-trip) - 4 hours
Xunantunich Mayan Ruins - 2 hours
Hode's Place (lunch) - 1 hour
Blue Hole National Park - 1 hour

See some of Belize's top natural attractions on this day tour from San Ignacio to Blue Hole National Park and Crystal Cave. You'll experience the underworld of the ancient Maya as you go spelunking in the crystalline caverns, learning about this ceremonial site where the Maya people practiced sacrificial and sacred rituals. After venturing into the cave chambers, you'll have the chance to cool down in the waters of the Blue Hole, an inland jungle cenote (not to be confused with the country's offshore Great Blue Hole). Lunch is included.

Visit one of the most impressive Ancient Mayan temples on a day trip combined with a refreshing cave tubing experience at St. Herman's cave.

This is an all-inclusive package that includes transportation from/to Hopkins, guided tours, drinking water, lunch, park admissions, and a stop for a swim at the Inland Blue Hole.

Climb to the top of these high temples learn about this Ancient civilization, and look for local animals including birds, coatimundi, spiders, and howler monkeys. After visiting the Mayan temples, drive to the cave tubing area. Float relaxed inside these dark chambers on this full-day adventure away from the visiting cruise passengers to Belize.

Take an air conditioned van on a beautiful ride through the jungles of the Maya mountains on your way to the ruins. After the tour of the site, you can shop for cultural gifts and souvenirs at "The Orange Gallery".

Then a stop at one of our favorite local restaurants for authentic Mayan cuisine before a stop at the Blue Hole for a swim in crystal clear waters. (Not the Blue Hole that Scuba divers visit in the ocean)

Crystal Cave is one of the largest cave systems in Belize. It is located in the Blue Hole National Park and is known as the Mountain Cow Cave managed by the Belize Audubon Society. Your trips commence at 7am with a 1.5-hour scenic view drive from San Ignacio to the Blue Hole National Park. The National Park consists of natural wonders and caves with ancient Mayan fragments ready to be explore. When entering the Crystal Cave, you will be captivated by its sparkling formation, beautiful stalactites and stalagmites. Before venturing, guests will relish a hearty Belizean Cuisine then proceed with the tour. Be sure to listen to the techniques given by your guide to make your tour easier and more fun and keep a watch for the scattered array of cultural and sacrificial human remains. You end your day with a dip in the cool waters of the inland Blue Hole.

Our cave tubing tours are totally private, away from the crowds, away from the visiting cruise passengers to Belize!! Imagine yourself floating, relaxing in a very peaceful atmosphere with your private tour guide. Tour groups are small to provide visitors with an up-close and personal encounter with nature – not to mention some magical memories to take away. Our guides will take you on a journey of a lifetime. Don’t take our word for it check it out for yourself! No previous caving or cave tubing experience is necessary. The ability to swim is an advantage but not necessary.

Experience this exciting, 5 hour hiking tour of Saint Herman's Cave and the Blue Hole! Following a hotel pickup at 8:30am, or port pickup from your cruise liner, you meet your guide and drive west for 1 hour and 30 minutes. On this adventure, you will hike through the jungle, Saint Herman's cave which contains stalagmites and crystal formations, view beautiful orange orchards, and swim inside the Blue Hole, a natural sunken, collapsed cave system about 30 plus feet deep, giving it a blue color. Drinking water, gear and snacks are included, and the tour concludes with a drive back to your hotel or cruise liner in Belize City.

Xunantunich is a spectacular ruin perched atop a hill overlooking the Mopan River and the Cayo District, near the border with Guatemala. Cross the Mopan River west of San Ignacio on a ferry to reach Xunantunich or Maiden of the Rock. The main pyramid known as El Castillo is one of the tallest buildings in Belize rising 130' above the jungle canopy. The reward for climbing to the top with your licensed guide is a spectacular view of the Cayo District and Petén Guatemala.

If an active adventure in Belize is what you’re looking for, head underground to the Crystal Cave, located in Blue Hole National Park. An expert guide will take you spelunking (cave exploring) after a hike through the lush tropical forest amid a rugged limestone landscape. Inside, you will spot caverns adorned with crystalline formations, you’ll find artifacts—including pottery, beads and obsidian blades—from the ancient Maya, who considered the cave a sacred passageway to the underworld (known as Xibalba). Your day trip from San Ignacio includes lunch, a swim in the cooling waters of the inland Blue Hole and round-trip hotel transport.

Actun Tunichil Muknal is known as the ATM Cave is one of Belize most sought after Adventure in our country. The tour is not just an adventure but one of the most interactive Maya history Cave Adventure available.

This tour starts with a slow drive through Belize City, pointing toward the historic nature of the city's life and culture. 

The first stop of the tour will be at the In-Land Blue Hole National Park, a 25-minute drive from Belize City. You will spend one hour swimming and hiking at the park. Afterwards you will head to Belize's capital city, Belmopan for a city tour that will take you to the main attractions such as the parliament and the national university.