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Every day
Schedule
6:45AM, 7:15AM
Languages offered
English & Spanish
Duration
8 hrs
Transportation
Included
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Cave Tubing and Belize Zoo PhotoCave Tubing and Belize Zoo Photo

This tour introduces you to Belize’s wildlife. You’ll explore jungle rivers and take an educational trip to the Belize Zoo.

Your tour begins with a boat ride up the New River. Guides serve breakfast as you keep an eye out for crocodiles on the riverbanks. After you arrive at the dock, you’ll take a bus to the Belize Zoo, which provides shelter for monkeys, exotic birds, as well as some of Belize’s extremely rare big cats, like jaguars, ocelots, and cougars.

After the zoo, your tour continues to the Caves Branch River. Once you arrive, you’ll have a picnic lunch. Then you’ll take an inner tube out on the river—as you float through the caves you’ll illuminate their interiors with your trusty headlamp.

What to Bring

Bathing suit, comfortable water shoes, sunscreen, and bug spray.

What's included

Guided tour, equipment, and lunch.
Cave Tubing and Belize Zoo

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