LAMANAI MAYA RUIN AND NEW RIVER TOUR
Lamanai is located on the New River Lagoon and
was once the largest Mayan ceremonial site in
Mesoamerica. A forty-five minute water taxi into Belize
City, and an hour's drive from BelizeCity, along the
Northern Highway brings you to your destination, the
Toll Bridge on the New River (at Tower Hill). Here you
board a riverboat for a leisure tour of this beautiful
river, with its mix of rainforest and mangroves, orchids,
and prolific bird life. Enroute you can see elusive
crocodiles, turtles, and birdlife - hawks, kites, falcons,
and dainty jacanas. The river is lined with hardwood
trees with lots of orchids and bromeliads. Once on the
shores of the New Rier Lagoon, you will be served a
Belizean style lunch under the shade of cabanas. You
will then explore the ruins of Lamanai -- Mayan for
submerged crocodile. Huge masks depicting dead
rulers and gods seem to materialize out of the rain
forest, amid the chatter of bird life and haunting call of
the howler monkeys. You will visit the "Temple of the
Masks", one of the tallest Mayan structures; the stucco
mask of the Sun God "Kinich Ahau"; an elaborate
carved stellae; and the "Temple of the Jaguar Masks".
Your guide will point out the Copal and Ramon trees,
which were of great importance in ancient times. The
jungle trails between the temples provide more
opportunity for spotting birds. Toucans are frequently
seen and troops of Howler Monkeys inhabit the park
area. Following the tour, you will have an opportunity
to visit a small on-site museum that offers and array of
interesting "finds". You are returned by boat to Tower
Hill, and then board the van to Belize City.
Lamanai Maya Ruin & New River
Full Day Tour
Requires a boat ride into Belize City.
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LAMANAI MAYA RUIN AND NEW RIVER TOUR
Lamanai is located on the New River Lagoon and was
once the largest Mayan ceremonial site in
Mesoamerica. A forty-five minute water taxi into Belize
City, and an hour's drive from BelizeCity, along the
Northern Highway brings you to your destination, the
Toll Bridge on the New River (at Tower Hill). Here you
board a riverboat for a leisure tour of this beautiful
river, with its mix of rainforest and mangroves, orchids,
and prolific bird life. Enroute you can see elusive
crocodiles, turtles, and birdlife - hawks, kites, falcons,
and dainty jacanas. The river is lined with hardwood
trees with lots of orchids and bromeliads. Once on the
shores of the New Rier Lagoon, you will be served a
Belizean style lunch under the shade of cabanas. You
will then explore the ruins of Lamanai -- Mayan for
submerged crocodile. Huge masks depicting dead
rulers and gods seem to materialize out of the rain
forest, amid the chatter of bird life and haunting call of
the howler monkeys. You will visit the "Temple of the
Masks", one of the tallest Mayan structures; the stucco
mask of the Sun God "Kinich Ahau"; an elaborate
carved stellae; and the "Temple of the Jaguar Masks".
Your guide will point out the Copal and Ramon trees,
which were of great importance in ancient times. The
jungle trails between the temples provide more
opportunity for spotting birds. Toucans are frequently
seen and troops of Howler Monkeys inhabit the park
area. Following the tour, you will have an opportunity
to visit a small on-site museum that offers and array of
interesting "finds". You are returned by boat to Tower
Hill, and then board the van to Belize City.
