Barton Creek Cave
Maya Cave Experience
Barton Creek Cave is a wet natural cave in Mountain Pine Ridge.
The Cave offers a canoeing adventure into the Maya underworld.
This Cave is considered one of Belize's most fascinating natural and cultural wonders and used by the Ancient Maya people for ceremonial purposes.
The journey to the Cave brings you through the Mennonite Community of Upper and Lower Barton Creek, and you might be able to observe their traditional lifestyle from afar.
The trip leads along an intense and bumpy dirt road and includes crossing a shallow creek.
The surroundings of the Cave are lush tropical landscapes.
You will enter the Cave via canoe and travel around one mile along a twisty river deeper in the Cave, flowing through the vast and beautiful cathedral-like chambers of the cavern.
Your guide will point out the extraordinary stalactites and stalagmites along with Maya pottery and human sacrificial remains scattered on the ten high ledges.
The water here is cool and fresh. It springs up from underground rivers and through the limestone of the Cave system.
You can go for a bit of a swim in the clear pools after your tour if you like.
Optional Add-ONS
After a delicious picnic lunch, spend your afternoon at:
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Rio on Pools. Natural swimming pools featuring mini waterfalls cascading over rock formations.
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Alternatively, you can visit Green Hills Butterfly Ranch with around thirty native species. Apart from the butterflies, the 100-acre property is also home to a rich biodiversity of Flora and Fauna such as ardency flowers, bromeliads, heliconias, orchids, hummingbirds, agoutis, margays, jaguars and much more. In addition, birders enjoy this pristine rainforest which is home to about 300 species of birds.
Barton Creek Cave Tour is for all ages and activity levels. The same goes for the afternoon optional add-ons.
What to bring:
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Sunscreen
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Mosquito spray
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Water bottle
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Swimwear and water shoes
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Change of clothes
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Personal items
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Camera
