Belize City: Cave Tubing & Swimming with Pickup

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Duration5h

GroupUp to 24

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PickupAt your hotel

An Hour Floating Through Belize's Underground Cave System

You're picked up at the cruise port or hotel, driven inland to the cave entrance, fitted with helmet and lights, then float for an hour through underground formations while a guide explains what you're seeing. An optional swim in the cave pools happens mid-float. After floating back out, you change, eat a local lunch, and return to port or your hotel. The whole day takes several hours, and groups stay small enough that you're not jostling with dozens of other tourists.

Step-by-step itinerary

Cave tubing and lunch in Belize

Meet at Belize Cruise Port or hotel
Drive 37 miles to cave site
Receive helmets, jackets, and lights
Walk 20-30 minutes to cave entrance
Float through cave system on tubes
Optional swim in cave pools
Walk to van, get towels and dry clothes
Enjoy local lunch with rice, beans, and chicken
Return to port or hotel

The Experience

The van picks you up at the cruise port, your hotel, or the airport—wherever you're staying in Belize City—and drives 37 miles inland toward the Maya mountains. Staff loads the tubes into the vehicle, and you head toward the cave entrance. The walk in takes about 30 minutes on a gravel path with river crossings, so wear shoes with thick soles that can handle getting wet. It's not hard, just uneven ground and water underfoot, nothing steep. Once you reach the cave entrance, that's when the actual cave tubing in Belize begins.

You get fitted with a helmet, jacket, and headlamp—the light matters because inside the caves it's dark—and then you're handed a luxury tube with a mesh bottom, cup holders, grab handles, and a head-rest. The guide maneuvers your group through the cave system, floating downstream past huge rock formations, a small waterfall, and pools of crystal-clear water. Groups stay small, no more than 8 people per guide, so it doesn't feel crowded. If you want to swim, there's an optional stop at one of the cave pools before you continue floating. The whole float lasts about an hour, and the guide points out the geology and history as you drift through—it's the kind of thing where you're learning without it feeling like a lesson.

After you float back downstream and climb out, it's a short walk to the van. You get towels, change into dry clothes, and then eat lunch: rice and beans with stew chicken and coleslaw, a proper local dish. The tour wraps up with the drive back to the cruise port or your hotel. Children need to be at least 40 inches tall and must be with an adult, and the whole operation is licensed and insured. If you're arriving by ship, the tour starts about an hour after your vessel docks, which gives the crew time to get everyone organized.

What’s included

Complimentary pickup from Belize City cruise port, hotels, marine terminal, or municipal airport.
shared transportation to and from the cave site.
helmet, jacket, and headlamp for each person.
luxury tube with mesh seating, cup holders, grab rope, and head-rest.
staff delivery of tubes to the cave entrance.
guided float through the cave system for approximately one hour.
optional swimming in cave pools.
local lunch of rice and beans with stew chicken and coleslaw.
use of changing rooms, showers, and restrooms.
towels provided after the float.

Good to know

Easy physical levelNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problems

Operated by Tourism Auto Transport Ltd.

Is this one for you?Book this if you're on a cruise stop or staying in Belize City and want a guided cave experience without arranging transport, equipment, or logistics yourself—the pickup and small group size mean you show up and float, no planning required.