Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave Adventure
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 referred to as Xibalba. Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave, commonly known as ATM, is located in the Tapir National Reserve.
While in the cave with your Belizean tour guide, 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 shape the Mayan underworld. Here, the Mayas made offerings that included food, blood, and human sacrifices. These offerings were made to please the gods, since the gods could be good or bad to them. Xibalba was the fearful world beneath the face of the earth, a parallel unseen world where kings and shamans could enter to communicate with the gods.
