SMALL ADVENTURE TOUR OPERATORS OF WESTERN BELIZE

Green Valley Tours in Western Belize/San Ignacio

This tour operator accepts travel agent bookings. The girl will call Floyd on the telephone.

WELCOME TO THE SMALL TOUR OPERATORS OF THE TWIN TOWNS OF SANTA ELENA AND SAN IGNACIO IN WESTERN BELIZE.

This web page was prepared by Ray Auxillou of Falconview Hacienda in Hillview/Santa Elena, Western Belize. Prices can change without notice and the information was accurate as of mid January 2005, as given by tour operators at that time.

( This is a Belize Development Trust volunteer project, to aid small tour operators of Western Belize )

There are FIVE Tour Operators in Western Belize twin towns straddling the Macal River as it flows out of the Belize Alps and the Macal River Gorge.

They are GREEN VALLEY TOURS found opposite the open air market in a small wooden building. Owned by Floyd Rojas and his wife. Floyd is an ex: Belize Defense Force soldier and loves the outdoors. He is organizing a Jungle Survival course, his specialty. His wife is a school teacher. Their operation offers the 20% commission for booking agents and lodges. They subcontract to jungle lodges and hotels in the rural areas that don't want to actually have the problem of doing expeditions and tours themselves.

DAVIDS ADVENTURE TOURS are locate a hundred feet away from GREEN VALLEY TOURS across from the market. David does not give commissions and caters mainly to walk-in transients.

MAYA WALK TOURS is in a big building across from the famous Eva's Restaurant. Their specialty is the Actun Timichil Muknal tour, but they do the ruins and other destinations as well. They offer no commissions, but will offer a discount on groups to local lodges and hotels.

ANGEL TOURS doesn't seem to have an office? But they have a big sign board up with prices and are said to be booked out of Eva's Restaurant. See Bob!

MAYA MYSTIC TOURS is a general tour operator, but specializes in canoing rivers and rapids This is run by Sandro Requena all year round, and has the equipment. They also offer 20% commissions to booking agents. They are found around the corner from Davids Adventures facing the gazebo band stand in the central parque and taxi and bus station.

EVAS RESTAURANT does not actually do any tours of itself. But they allow small operators to function out of their restaurant and can usually fix the transient walk-in with a trip to ruins, at competitive prices in a hurry. Even if it is only by taxi. Bob knows a number of licensed tour operators who have no official office, but are perhaps taxi drivers most of the time. There are no commissions offered here, but price is negotiable.

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DAVID'S ADVENTURE TOURS
e-mail: davidstours2002@yahoo.com
or: davidstours@belizemail.net
telephone: 804 3674

Barton Creek Cave 1/2 day including entrance fee $$32.50 USA
Caracol ruins far away all day trip $75 USA
Mountain Pine Ridge and Hidden Valley Falls takes one day and is $32.50
Canoeing 14 miles down the Macal River. He has six canoes. 1 day trip ( no price )
Bird watching and the Guacamayo camp ground ( no price )
Xunantanich and Cahel Pech Mayan Ruins 1/2 day at $50 USA. Includes entrance fees.

David's Adventure Tours

Inside view of office opposite open air market.

GREEN VALLEY TOURS

e-mail: greenvalleytours@yahoo.com

telephone: 606 5727

Trips: Barton Creek 1/2 day $32.50 USA

Canoing up the Macal River 1/2 day $20 USA

Inner tube floating on the Macal River, or you rent the tube for $5 USA a day.

Rental Canoes at $10 US a 1/2 day

or $20 USA per day

Mountain Pine Ridge Tour for one day. Includes food and the 1600 ft Hidden Valley Falls. $50 USA

A half day to the Mountain Pine Ridge is $30 USA but unlikely to be enough time.

Overnight camping at A.L. Ranchito in the Chiquibul Reserve at $45 USA

Trip to the Butterfly Farm and Botanical Gardens at $45 USA

Caracol ruins $75 USA ( a long day and far, far away )

Cahel Pech half day $10 USA ( local trip )

Xunantanich famous hilltop ruins $20 USA

Humming Bird Highway Blue Hole swim at $35 USA and includes St. Hermans Cave. Neat trip!

( These prices are being revised upwards )
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The tour operator Mr. Requena in doorway here!

Maya Mystic Tours will book with agents and hotels to handle their trips.

MAYA MYSTIC TOURS
Run by Sandro Requena operates all year round and offers 20% to booking agents.
Canoeing on the Macal River 1/2 day $60 USA
Tubing on the Macal River and the Mopan river 1/2 day $35 USA
KAYAKING on the rivers at $45 USA

This tour operator has six canoes, 15 tube and 6 kayaks holding two persons.

Barton Creek tour 1/2 day at $40 USA includes the entrance fee.

e-mail: dalesandrorequena@yahoo.com
telephone: 804 0025

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MAYA WALK TOURS
They insist on minimum of two people. No commissions, but they will give a discount on groups.
website: www.mayawalk.com
e-mail: mayawalk@btl.net

Actun Timickal Muknal -- 1 day cave and swim trip with Mayan artifacts left thousands of years as the underground kingdoms of Maya spiritual mythology. $75 USA
Actun Tunichil Muknal - Overnight cave and jungle adventure. $140 USA
Caves Branch inner tube floating $60 USA min 4 people
TIKAL ruins in Guatemal $65 USA, min 4 people
Caracol Maya ruins $60 USA, min 4 people
Barton Creek Canoeing $25 USA, min 4 people
Macal River Canoeing $25 USA, min 4 people
Mountain Pine Ridge trip $25 USA, min 4 people

Angel Tours only has this sign board.

This tour operator has no office but works out of Eva's Restaurant down the street.

ANGEL TOURS or through Eva's Restaurant

website: Evasonline.com

Can book multiple trips through this website for different tour operators, usually small guys with a regular day job. No advance payment, works mostly walk-ins to restaurant, pay as you arrive and on a first come- first served basis. No reservations necessary. He phones around, or sends a messenger to locate someone with a tour guide license.
The Angel Tours sign board says:
Mountain Pine Ridge $30 USA
Caracol $62 USA
Tikal in Guatemala $75 USA
Barton Creek Cave $30 USA
Actim Tunichil Mucnal $80 USA
plus river trips.
e-mail: angeltours03@msn.com
or: angeltours@btl.net

( no commissions offered )

This is a FREE information website to foster the growth of tourism in Western Belize. Many interesting adventurous places have not been developed yet; due to distance, bad roads, or lack of finance. e.g.: The remote SECRET JUNGLE GOLD FIELDS of the Southern Belize Alps, or Maya Mountains. The gorgeous SIBUN GORGE, or the ROARING CREEK GORGE with a couple of waterfalls over a 1000 feet high, the BELIZE ALPS hiking potential and one day, a trail to Victoria Peak from the North approach, or the Caves Branch Gorge, or Mountain Biking Brunton Trail downhill from 3200 ft to 600 ft ending at the campground in De Silva Augustine Forestry village. The area is remote and people are on their own back out there. There is no rescue if you get in trouble. But it sure is rugged and beautiful pristine territory. Floyd of Green Valley Tours wants to organize regular jungle survival courses in these remote areas, where today only British and Local Defense soldiers go and take their jungle training, like he did once in younger years.

There is fantastic potential for sailplanes, gliders, ultra lights, hang gliders and para-gliders on the standing waves doing ridge flying and cumulus thermals, on a sunny day in the remote pine clad Belize Alps; 75 miles away from the twin towns of Western Belize, over rugged dirt logging roads.

of the Tour Operators out of the Twin towns of Western Belize, only two tour operators offer 20% commissions to booking agents. These are MAYA MYSTIC TOURS and the other is GREEN VALLEY TOURS.

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