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 to the Van used to transport you to Caves Branch Lodge.
Transfer time is approximately 1.5 hours. A stop at the zoo can be arranged if time permits
(zoo entrance fees are not included) Arrive at the lodge, and check in at the front desk. You are then shown
to your accommodations. Buffet Dinner at the lodge that evening. At this time, you will meet the guide
manager who will assist you with your tour organizing and go over the adventures in more detail.
Day 2: River Cave Expedition
Buffet breakfast at the lodge. The River Cave expedition is always the favorite tour chosen by
families. This tour is a combination of cave tubing and hiking inside the main chamber, with
exploration of the higher chambers in the cave which contain Maya artifacts, pottery and ancient
Maya fire hearths. Your guide will describe a Mayan ceremony for you to better imagine the old
inhabitants of the cave. This tour is a full day tour and includes lunch. Return the lodge and
relax. Buffet Dinner at the lodge.
Day 3: Overnight Honeymoon Cave Adventure
Buffet breakfast at the lodge. Leave the lodger for the Overnight Honeymoon Cave Adventure.
This special trip begins with an hour long hike into the jungle where you will arrive at the
site of the 300ft deep sink hole called the Black Hole. Your guides will help you harness and
provide step-by-step instructions and demonstrations on repelling into the sink hole. The drop
is exhilarating and adventurous. Lunch is set up at the bottom of the sinkhole by the guides.
You will then hike to the entrance of the cave nearby and your guide will lead you a short distance
into the cave itself. You will then follow the marked path into the depths of the cave to the site
that has been set up especially for you in mind. The site is setup with candles, food items, snacks,
champagne and other surprises!! For the rest of the story, you will have to experience it!! Sorry,
we aren't telling!
Day 4: Return to Lodge - Full Body Massage
You return to the lodge sometime the next morning around breakfast time. Take your time at breakfast,
relax and then enjoy the luxury of a full body massage for both of you. Today you can pretty much do
whatever you would like - after that exciting night in the cave.....! Buffet dinner at the lodge.
Days 5: Tikal Full Day Tour
Buffet breakfast at the lodge. The start to an early tour day begins at 5:30am when the tour van leaves
Caves Branch. The drive to Tikal is a very scenic one, as you pass many villages and beautiful landscaped
hills. Near to Tikal is one of the most beautiful lakes in the area of Peten Guatemala. This lake is known
as Lake Peten Itza and is located near the city of Flores and several town are located on it's banks. The
view of this lake is gorgeous and the road to Tikal is through beautiful jungle and you may just be lucky
enough to see some wildlife on the road to the ruins. This tour includes breakfast and lunch, a specialty
guide as well as your own Caves Branch Guide, and park entrance fees. The tour does not include the boarder
exit fees which are payable at the boarder immigration office. (US and Canadian passport holders do not
require a visa to visit Tikal). Buffet dinner upon return to Caves Branch .
Day 6: Horseback Riding
Buffet breakfast at the lodge. Today’s adventure will take you to the Blue Hole Horse Trails, a branch
of the grand equestrian lodge of Banana Bank. This adventure offers you the opportunity to see the jungle
in the most unique way - on horse back. You will have as your guides cowboys who enjoy teaching even the
most inexperienced and first time riders the basics in riding techniques. This trip is a lot of fun!!
Enjoy lunch at the lodger afterwards. Bring along your bathing suites for a swim in the river or at the
Blue Hole swimming area just down the driveway. Your driver will pick you up in the early afternoon and
bring you back to Caves Branch. Dinner that evening is at the Caves Branch lodge.
Day 7: Free Time to Relax
Buffet breakfast at the lodge. Free day for either adding another tour which is not included in this
package, visit the Blue Hole National Park on your own which is located within walking distance from
Caves Branch, or swim in the Caves Branch River and relax for the day.
Day 8: Departure
Buffet breakfast then check out from the lodge. You will be transferred to your next exciting
destination in Belize...
