Altun Ha
Rockstone Pond, Belize
Altun Ha is an ancient Maya city 50 km north of Belize City, occupied from about 900 BC to AD 1000.
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Belize holds the eastern edge of the Maya lowlands, and unlike the restored, coach-served cities of Yucatan its sites lie in rainforest and along rivers, reached by ferry, boat or gravel road.
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Xunantunich
San Ignacio, Belize
Xunantunich is a Maya ceremonial centre on a ridge above the Mopan River in western Belize, a kilometre from the…
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Caracol
San Ignacio, Belize
Caracol is the largest Maya city in Belize, hidden in rainforest on the Vaca Plateau about 40 km south of San Ignacio.
3 tickets & tours
Lamanai
Orange Walk, Belize
Lamanai is a Maya city on the New River lagoon in northern Belize, reached by most visitors on a boat ride through the…
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Cahal Pech
San Ignacio, Belize
Cahal Pech is a Maya hilltop palace complex on the edge of San Ignacio in western Belize, with 34 structures arranged…
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El Pilar
San Ignacio, Belize
El Pilar is the largest Maya city in the Belize River area, a forested ruin straddling the border with Guatemala 12 km…
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Caracol, the largest, keeps the 43-metre Caana, still the tallest building in the country; Xunantunich is reached by a hand-cranked ferry and has a carved stucco frieze on El Castillo; Lamanai comes by boat up the New River and was lived in for some three thousand years; Altun Ha, nearest Belize City, yielded the largest carved Maya jade head. San Ignacio is the base for the west; December to April is the dry season.