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Cave Adventure: Explore Xibalba's Hidden Chambers
Embark on an exciting cave-tubing adventure in Crystal Dry Cave. Swim in crystal clear spring-fed water, explore the mysterious formations of Xibalba, and enjoy a delicious lunch. Book now!
Embark on an exciting cave-tubing adventure in Crystal Dry Cave. Swim in crystal clear spring-fed water, explore the mysterious formations of Xibalba, and enjoy a delicious lunch. Book now!
Duration:
5 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Nohoch Che’en Caves Branch Archaeological Reserve - The staff provides tubes with mesh seat bottoms and headrests for guests, and for cruise passengers, the tour begins one hour after the ship docks. This adventure is perfect for active families, featuring tubing, swimming, and walking inside a magnificent crystal cave. Participants will enjoy the…
- Nohoch Che’en Caves Branch Archaeological Reserve - The staff provides tubes with mesh seat bottoms and headrests for guests, and for cruise passengers, the tour begins one hour after the ship docks. This adventure is perfect for active families, featuring tubing, swimming, and walking inside a magnificent crystal cave. Participants will enjoy the deluxe cave-tubing experience, viewing impressive columns, ancient broken pots, a stunning frozen crystal waterfall wall, and a rock formation resembling a jaguar, among other captivating crystal formations. The journey from the port to the cave area takes about an hour, followed by a 20-minute hike through a forest path. Guides expertly navigate the tubes through the caves, highlighting the formations along the way. The tubes are spacious, equipped with mesh seat bottoms, all-around tow ropes, backrests, and cup holders. Each participant is provided with a life jacket, helmet, and headlamp. At the waterfall, some standing and walking inside the caves is necessary to fully appreciate the formations. After exploring this extraordinary cave system, the float continues to the cave’s exit, followed by a 10-minute float on the open river, concluding near the parking area. It’s then time to return to the water taxi, cruise port, or hotel.
What's Included
- Complimentary Pickup at Belize City Hotels, Cruise Ports, water taxi terminals, municipal airstrip
- Tourist Guiding Service and Driver
- Lunch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Use of tubes, helmets, jackets, lights
- Tube portage
- Complimentary Pickup at Belize City Hotels, Cruise Ports, water taxi terminals, municipal airstrip
- Tourist Guiding Service and Driver
- Lunch
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Use of tubes, helmets, jackets, lights
- Tube portage
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
The expansive network of Massive Huge Caves features stunning natural formations. Some sections can be explored by using tubes to reach remote chambers rarely seen by others. Another branch of caves is accessible by swimming in crystal-clear pools and walking along uneven paths, eventually leading to crystallized walls, gigantic columns, and ancient…
The expansive network of Massive Huge Caves features stunning natural formations. Some sections can be explored by using tubes to reach remote chambers rarely seen by others. Another branch of caves is accessible by swimming in crystal-clear pools and walking along uneven paths, eventually leading to crystallized walls, gigantic columns, and ancient pottery fragments. The guide provides helmets, lights, and jackets. The walk to the cave entrance takes about 25 minutes at your own pace. Enjoy swimming in the pristine, spring-fed water. The guide assists everyone in getting onto their tubes, showcasing various crystallized formations found in Xibalba Dry Cave and Crystal Clear Pools, the Maya underworld. The journey passes near a waterfall inside the cave and concludes at the cave’s exit, with the float continuing downstream to the parking area. Then, it’s time for a siesta. Join this unique adventure!
- All children heights MUST be advised at time of booking
- minimum child height 50 inches and minimum age 13 years
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Terry_e
May 9, 2026
The BEST cave tubing experience and guides!!! - We had the best time on this cave tubing experience. Tubing through the caves and after under the trees was awesome, but even better were the guides who provided a lot of interesting information and most importantly went above and beyond to help our group. My mom was having a tough time making the walk to the starting point for the cave tubing and one of the guides took her in a kayak to meet us at the starting point so she didn't have to cross three small rivers lined with small rocks. Thanks guys. YOU ROCK!!!
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Sara
Mar 30, 2026
Fun Day trip - We arranged for our guide to pick us up at the water taxi and dropped us off at Cahal Pech in San Ignacio, and on the way we added a side trip to the Belize Zoo. This was a fantastic day trip and our guide added to the experience by pointing local birds and other things along the road. The Belize Zoo was a fantastic addition and gave us an opportunity to stretch our legs as we walked through the exhibits. The cave tubing was so much fun. The walk to the departure point on the river is a bit of an adventurous hike, but I am so glad I did it. The cave tubing is relaxing and so much fun.
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Neil_e
Jan 21, 2026
Crystal cave tubing. - Naz was a great guide. He pointed out things on the drive and all thru the tubing. There were only 2 couples so we got lots of attention. The walk and tubing was easy. All necessary equipmemt was provided. The optional walk in the cave is harder, rocky and uneven but not slick. Good water shoes are a must.
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Stephanie_o
Mar 3, 2025
Amazing Adventure - Tour operators were quick to get us on our way once we arrived on shore. We had one of our best excursions to date with Fred. The walk through the jungle with the river crossings was fun. Fred was very knowledgeable about many of the jungle plant, tree, and animal species. We learned a lot. We didn't have to carry our tubes since they were already waiting for us at the entrance of the cave. It was just two of us, so Fred guided us through the water with ease. The adventure really started when we parked our tubes inside and hiked over the cave rocks and swam in the water towards the back away from the river route. That's where we saw even more formations including the "waterfall" and some old cave pottery which is scattered throughout. Fred made sure he gave us a personalized, unique, and fun experience. After hiking through the cave, we finished off the rest of the river tubing. If we could, we would give Fred and this experience more than 5 stars. The facilities at the park entrance include clean bathrooms, food, drinks, and souvenirs to purchase. Be sure to wear good water shoes for this one. Thank you, Fred! You were fantastic!
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Luiz_c
Nov 28, 2024
Beautiful caves and tubing experience - Fred and Alex were great! Extremely knowledgeable, patient and friendly. Had a phenomenal time. Gorgeous tour and very private. Highly recommend!
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Dona_h
Apr 13, 2024
Great trip - We had Jr. As our guide and he was excellent!! We really got to enjoy our time and the cave! Would recommend!!
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Janeen_z
Feb 7, 2024
Your was beautiful. Guide abdur jr was incredible - We had a fantastic time. The trip went so fast. Our guide was incredible. Abdur junior. We felt so thankful to have had the Mayan caves and history shared with us. WE would do it again
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Natalie_a
Feb 1, 2024
Cave floating in Belize - Best tour ever. You get to see so much more of the cave. VIV is a fantastic company. Fab is the best guide, he is very knowledgeable and fun.
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Anya_n
Jan 23, 2024
Absolutely incredible - Fab was absolutely wonderful. I’ve done this tour before with my mom on a different company, and had an amazing experience just floating through the cave. THIS was above and beyond that. We went swimming in multiple spots in the beautiful crystal clear turquoise waters, and I swear Fab knew everything about any question you threw at him. He was so watchful that we saw many iguanas and when I voiced I was hopeful to see monkeys, he found them for me. He knew so many many facts about the cave and took us exploring up it. It was a phenomenal experience and I was very impressed. His passion about the cave shows in how much he loves the area and showing others it. Absolutely amazing.
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Lisa_c
Nov 12, 2024
Good Tour - bad business practices - Tubing in the caves and seeing the different formations. We were picked up from outside the Carnival port by Abner of V.I.V. and then driven about an hour to Nohoch Che’en Park to tube. We requested a stop for water which we paid $5 for a 1.5liter bottle. At the park, we rented Crocs for $3 each and then were handed tubes and helmets. This was surprising to me as I had specifically booked this tour because tube portage was included. I didn’t complain to Abner because he would have had to carry 3 tubes but I feel this was deceptive. We crossed 3 rivers, then tubed, swam and climbed through the different caves to see the sparkling ones and the pottery artifacts. We then leisurely floated back to the start and carried our tubes back to the storage locker. It was a fun tour and I learned quite a bit, however, when I went to write this review, I found the same exact tour with the same exact company for $50 less a ticket on Trip Advisor. So now I feel deceived and ripped off.
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