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Daily Itinerary

Please Note: This Day to Day itinerary can be changed slightly depending on the time of year you visit. Additional activities can be added upon request. We want to ensure that your vacation meets all your expectations. Changes or additional activities may affect package pricing.

Day 1: Arrive in Belize

You are personally greeted at the Belize International Airport by a representative of Adventures in Belize. Your representative will direct you over to the local airline desk where you will board your flight to Punta Gorda town. At the Punta Gorda airport you will be met by a representative of the lodge who will drive you to the Sun Creek Lodge. Your accommodations are in a cabana with welcome drinks. Dine tonight at the lodge.

Day 2: Full Day Maya Ruins Tour - Lubaantun and Nim Li PUnit

Full Breakfast at the lodge. You will leave the lodge for a full day trip to the maya ruins of Lubaantun and Nim Li Punit. Lubaantun is located about 25 miles from Punta Gorda town and about 1 1/2 miles from the village of San Pedro Columbia and is the largest maya site in Southern Belize. It is well known for the unusual style of construction. All structures are made of limestone blocks with no visible mortar biding them together. The strength of each structure lies in every hand-cut stone, which was carefully measured and shaped to fit snugly next to each neighboring block. You can enjoy a nice lunch and then go on to the maya ruins of Nim Li Punit. This site lies approximately 3 miles of the Southern Highway, near the villages of Indian Creek and GOlden Stream. Nim Li Punit is one of the smaller maya sites, well known for the large amount of stele found there. Nim Li Punit inherited it's name from a carving on the longest of the site's twenty-six stele, depicting a figure wearing a large headdress. In the Maya Kekchi language, Nim Li Punit means "the big hat". Return to the lodge in the late afternoon. Relax in one of the hammocks until dinner time. Dinner at the lodge.

Day 3: Full Day Maya Ruins Tour - Uxbenka and Rio Blanco National Park

Full Breakfast at the lodge. You will leave the lodge for a full day trip to the maya ruins of Uxbenka. The name - Uxbenka, translates as "ancient place", is an early classic ceremonial site. The site is very small compared to Lubantuun or Nim Li Punit. This maya site perches on a ridge overlooking the foothills and valleys of the Maya Mountains. The Blue Creek Canyon can be seen in the distance. The ancient Maya practice of transforming hills by facing and terracing is particularly striking here. Enjoy a delicious lunch and then head over to the Rio Blanco National Park which is about 6 miles sough of San Antonio, just past the village of Santa Cruz. Declared a protected are in 1992, this 500-acre preserve has been designated an Indigenous Peoples Park - since it is managed and controlled by the local village people from both Santa Elena and Santa Cruz. The Rio Blanco flows through wide, shallow pools and gentle cascades formed of smooth slabs of mudstone and sandstone, before pouring over a 15 foot ledge into a deep pool. A smooth stone ledge at the end of the trail from the parking lot, covered with a layer of scattered snail shells, rises steeply about 20 feet above the pool. This is a favorite jumping sport for local thrill seekers. Beware that the climb back up is not as easy and the drop down. Return to the lodge in the late afternoon and dinner that evening at the lodge.

Day 4: Full Day Canoe trip on the Rio Grand

Full Breakfast at the lodge. Your third day of adventure is a Canoe Trip along the Rio Grande. Catch a glimpse of various bird species including the Montezuma's Oripendula, King Vulture, White-necked Jacobin, Red footed Honeycreeper, Red-lored Parrot, Brown-headed Parrot and the Crimson-collared Tanager. The Rio Grande is a brackish tidal river that drains from the Maya Mountains to the Gulf of Honduras. Return later that day and relax before dinner that night at the lodge.

Day 5: Departure

Full Breakfast, check out and ground transfers from the lodge into town where you will be taken to the Punta Gorda airstrip for your flight to your next Belize destination!