Depart From the Ordinary

Explore the partially excavated Maya site via horseback at Buena Vista. This private area is approximately 1000 acres of working ranch in a scenic and productive river valley located in the Cayo District. It is only a 15 minute drive from the twin towns of San Ignacio and Santa Elena or the border town of Benque Viejo.

Caracol is the largest Maya archaeological site in Belize, Central America. In AD 650, the urban area of Caracol had a radius of approximately 10 kilometers around the site's epicenter. It covered an area much larger than present day Belize City (the largest metropolitan area in the country of Belize)...

The name Xunantunich or zshoo-NAN-too-NEECH may prove to be a little challenging to some to pronounce. Our guides often tease that our visitors should just call it Tuna sandwich. Xunantunich was the first site to be opened to the public, when the road and the hand cranked car ferry were completed...