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8-Hour Tour Of Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave From San Ignacio
  • Tour Category

    Group Tour

  • Tour Types

    Archeology, Walking, Cave

  • Duration

    8 Hours

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

    English, Spanish

Description

Embark on this tour to explore the wonderous Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) Cave after a short swim and hike. Appreciate human skeletons, Mayan artifacts, and geological formations like sparkling stalactites, stalagmites and flowstones in the cave. Then, discover the site where Mayans made offerings, including food, blood, and human sacrifices.

Highlights
  • Explore geological formations like sparkling stalactites
  • Discover the hidden cave and see the human skeletons
  • Wander around the Actun Tunicil Muknal cave
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    • Start on the route to this sacred place with a short swim across the Roaring River, followed by a 40-minute hike leading you to the cave's main entrance. The Mayan underworld was one of the three main layers, which they refer to as Xibalba. Actun Tunichil Muknal cave, commonly known as ATM, is located at the Tapir National Reserve.

    • While in the cave with your Belizean tour guide, you enjoy amazing geological formations such as sparkling stalactites, stalagmites and flowstones. 

    • Explore the hidden chambers that reveal ancient Mayan artifacts, human skeletons and geological processes that have helped to shape the Mayan underworld. Here, the Mayas made offerings that included food, blood and human sacrifices. These offerings were to please the gods since gods could be good or bad to them. Xibalba was the fearful world beneath the face of the earth. The parallel unseen another world where kings and shamans could enter to communicate with gods.


What's Included
  • Lunch

  • Entrance fee 

  • Water

  • Rum Punch 

  • Equipment ( headlamps, helmet, personal floating device)

  • Snack 

  • Bilingual Belizean tour guide 

  • Transportation from San Ignacio & Back

Know before you go

Things to Bring: 

  • Complete change of clothes 

  • Pair socks 

  • Closed toe footwear 

  • Towel 

  • Mosquito repellent

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
Standard
1 To 4 USD 95 Per Person

This is a group tour

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USD 95 / person