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9-Nights Ultimate Belize: Placencia, Cayo District, and Ambergris Caye — CALL

Avanti Destinations

OFFER ID 1243740

Ultimate Belize
The ultimate Belizean vacation with beaches, Mayan ruins and adventure! Visit two of Belize's most popular beach destinations; Placencia, where you will enjoy the rich Garifuna culture and the mainland's best beaches, and Ambergris Caye, the world's second-largest barrier reef. In between, go inland to the Cayo District and explore Mayan ruins as well as dazzling cave systems.

Includes:

  • All Air and Ground Transfers
  • 3 Nights Placencia
  • Monkey River Tour with Lunch
  • 3 Nights Cayo District
  • Xunantunich Maya Temples and Barton Creek Caves Tour with Lunch
  • 3 Nights Ambergris Caye
  • SNUBA Tour


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Avanti Destinations: Ultimate Belize

Day 1 Placencia
Meet and Greet on arrival at the Belize International Airport. Connect to a short commuter flight to Placencia, south of Belize City. Transfer to your selected hotel.

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Day 2 (Placencia
Explore Monkey River by boat, observing Howler Monkeys, Tropical birds, Iguanas, Crocodiles and many other species of wildlife. Stop at the village of Monkey River to place your lunch order and then drive upriver for 20 minutes and hike trails through the rainforest to view families of Howler Monkeys and several species of flora and fauna with an experienced licenced tour guide. This is a remarkable wildlife trip! On your return down river you will stop in the Village to enjoy your lunch of local Creole food. After lunch your boat captain will take you through mangrove estuaries at the edge of the lagoon which are home to the elusive Manatee.

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Day 3 Placencia
Enjoy a day of leisure or arrange an optional tour.

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Day 4 Placencia, Cayo District
Transfer by minivan 3 hours to the Cayo District to the lively little town of San Ignacio, situated between the Macal and Mopan Rivers. Overnight at your selected hotel.

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Day 5 Cayo District
Today, you will take the Xunantunch and Barton Creek Caves Tour. Full-Day Private Xunantunich Maya Temples and Barton Creek Caves by Canoe: Xunantunich sits just inside the Western border of Belize to Guatemala. Before reaching the entrance of this ancient city, your party will board a 19th century hand-cranked ferry which takes you across the Mopan River. From this vantage point, one gains a panoramic view of the Cayo District and Guatemala. Next, we continue to Barton Creek Cave in Amish territory. Equipped with canoes and high-powered lights we gently paddle into Xibalba (she-bal-ba). As you glide through the cave system you will be dazzled by the glistening crystalline rock formations and awed by the Mayan artifacts secretly tucked away in overhead alcoves.

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Day 6 Cayo District
You will have the day at leisure to relax or book an optional tour.

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Day 7 Cayo District, Ambergris Caye
Mid-morning return transfer via the Western Highway to Belize City. (Note: it is possible to arrange a transfer with a stop for cave tubing and a zipline on the return from Cayo District to Belize City.) Upon arrival, you will take a short 20 minute commuter flight to the seaside village of San Pedro on Ambergris Caye.

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Day 8 Ambergris Caye
If you want underwater adventure without the hassle of becoming a certified diver then SNUBA is for you! Explore clear tropical waters with pristine coral reefs, incredible sea life paired with the most knowledgeable SNUBA guides in the world. SNUBA diving is the safest and easiest way possible to experience the fascination of SCUBA diving with the simplicity of snorkeling. You can SNUBA down to 20 feet with no prior experience! Just bring your bathing suit and grab that underwater camera! Depart aboard a covered, speedboat for a scenic cruise to one of our SNUBA locations (location is dependent on weather and tidal conditions). While underway, your professional SNUBA guide will provide a briefing on the safe use of SNUBA. This tour is fully guided for your safety and entertainment. The underwater portion of the tour is approximately 35 minutes.

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Day 9 Ambergris Caye
Free day to explore San Pedro, Ambergris Caye at your leisure. Optional activities include Snorkel, Barrier Reef Dive, or Reef Fishing.

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Day 10 Ambergris Caye
Morning at leisure. Transfer to the airport to fly back to Belize City to continue to your next Avanti destination.

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Featured Destinations
Placencia

Belize's Placencia Peninsula, like Hopkins, appeals to those who want to combine a mainland vacation with seaside activities. Lying 114 mi/180 km by road south of Belize City, it offers a sleepy, almost South Pacific atmosphere, though a number of housing and condo developments are changing the peninsula, and not necessarily for the better.

You'll find a mix of budget and upscale lodges, some of Belize's best mainland beaches and several good restaurants and bars—hang out there for five days or so. Visitors can enjoy diving and snorkeling, although the reef is 15-20 mi/25-30 km offshore, requiring a long boat trip. Fishing is available, too, primarily for tarpon and bonefish. The area is known for its Creole seafood cuisine.

The peninsula community of Seine Bight is a Garifuna fishing village that experienced some culture shock because of the tourism development in this once-isolated area. After years of hoping, residents got their fondest wish when paving finally began on the 25-mi/40-km road from the Southern Highway to Placencia village.

An international airport just north of the peninsula serves inter-island air traffic as well as private planes.

Most visitors spend their days taking a series of day tours, which can be arranged locally. You can go by boat to Laughing Bird Caye National Park (excellent snorkeling there and at other sites on typical daylong snorkel tours), Monkey River (home of crocodiles, howler monkeys, boas and iguanas) or Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary.

Red Bank, southwest of Placencia, is a mostly Maya village famous among birders as the January-March home of the endangered and beautiful scarlet macaw. Other options include renting kayaks to search for manatees in the local lagoon or renting bikes to visit other parts of the peninsula.

Cayo District
Cayo spans more than 2,000 square miles across diverse terrain, changing from lush river valleys and savannas, to jungle hillsides and rugged mountain ridges. With an estimated population of around 40,000, one of Cayo Districts most important industries is ecotourism. Besides the country's most extensive number of archeological sites and a growing number of comfortable accommodations, Cayo offers visitors the unique opportunity to encounter its physically diverse flora and fauna, with such natural wonders as cascading waterfalls and limestone caves in an intact and relatively undisturbed environment. In fact over 60% of Cayo District has been set aside as either a Wildlife Sanctuary, National Park, or Forest Reserve. To experience Cayo you can hike, canoe, travel by horseback, or tour in the comfort of an air-conditioned van. Whatever your preference, prepare yourself for the ultimate in an "up close and personal" experience you're not likely to forget.
Ambergris Caye

Today Ambergris Caye is a world class destination for diving. Ambergris Caye
also offers a variety of water sport activities from snorkeling to windsurfing,
sailing, fishing, parasailing, jet-skiing even glass bottom boat tours. If you
enjoy nature, there's a new national park at the north end of the island called
Bacalar Chico. The entire area is a protected sanctuary for mangroves, birds
and sea life. "Manatee Watches" are a popular option. You can also rent a bike
and cross the pull ferry and travel north along the beach for several miles.
Along the way you can stop and have lunch at Sweet Basils or drop in for a drink
at Captain Morgans or Mata Chica, film locations for "Temptation Island".


Vacation Details

Valid Date Ranges
10/01/2023 - 12/31/2025
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* This departure has been designated a guaranteed departure by the operator, meaning that the minimum number of guests has been met, although still subject to weather and other conditions.
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