Actun Chapat Cave Tour in Belize with St. Leonards Tours
Belizing.com teamed up with St. Leonard's Tours in Belize for an exciting cave tour of the Actun Chapat and Actun Halal caves in Western Belize. Actun Chapat refers to the “Cave of the Centipede”. Experience this amazing cave tour with us as we are guided by master cave explorer Mr. Rodolfo Juan of St. Leonard's Tours as he takes us on a journey to Xibalba, the Maya Underworld. This is one of the most amazing experiences in Belize. Mr. Juan is a treasure trove of knowledge about these caves. You will have the time of your life on this adventure. Nestled within the private property of Cave World Adventure, the cave is one of many activities in the area near the village of San Jose Succotz. Actun Chapat is host to the famous curtain room which are folds of limestone sheets coming off the roof of the cave and making the shape of falling curtains. Book this tour today and let's go Belizing!
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Exciting visit to the Actun Chapat Caves
Tour guide Joseph Panti leads our team through the beautiful jungle and into the largest cave Actun Chapat at the Cave World Adventures in the San Jose Succotz area in the Cayo District.
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GHOST HUNTING IN ACTUN TUNICHIL MUKNAL!
Actun Tunichil Muknal, also known as Xibalba, is located near the San Ignacio district of Belize. It was used by ancient Mayans for sacrifices. In the cave there are several skeletons, ceramics and stoneware. The cave is about 3 miles long but tourists only get to see a third of it. Archaeologists have access to the rest. The cave's upper passage called The Cathedral (which you see in this video) is located about 1/3 of the way in.
This truly was the coolest thing I've ever done. I'd love to go back and explore it again! I went with a tour group called Pacz tours. They were great and I'd definitely recommend them!
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Day 3 in Belize- Actun Tunichil Muknal ATM Cave
Our journey to the Mayan Underworld...Actun Tunichil Muknal aka ATM) Cave- this was the most incredible day....
Belize ATM Cave - Actun Tunichil Muknal - The Crystal Lady in ATM Cave
Actun Tunichil Muknal “The Crystal Lady in ATM Cave” or ATM Belize as it is locally known is located in the heart of the Belizean Rainforest, in the Cayo District. From the parking area there is a 45 minutes hike to the cave.
This cave offers a unique, eerie experience as it was once use by the Ancient Maya. It hosts a variety of skeletons, the most famous is the Crystal Maiden ,ceramics and stone tools.
The most interesting of which, is the skeleton remains of a teenage boy which have been calcified and have a sparkling appearance. It also hosts a variety of bats, spiders and aquatic animals. You will learn the history of this cave and the rituals that were conducted in the cave. From bloodletting to human sacrifice, and other rituals that occurred in the cave over one thousand years ago.
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Exploring Actun Tunichil Muknal (Part 1)
Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) is one of the most impressive caves in Belize. It is a notable Maya archaeological site that includes skeletons, ceramics, and stoneware.
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The Crystal Maiden | Actun Tunichil Muknal Caves | ATM Caves
The Crystal Maiden can be found in the ATM caves- also known as the Actun Tunichil Muknal Caves which are thought to be the entrance to hell.
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Lost and Found Park Rangers Blame It on the Rain
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The combined effort of the Belize Defense Force, the Belize Police Department and the Forestry Department led to the successful location of two park rangers who had gone missing on Monday evening in the Chiquibul. Luis Ramirez and Elroy Villanueva became disoriented and lost their way from a camp at the Caracol Archaeological Site. And after numerous searches, on Wednesday afternoon around one-thirty p.m., they were found two point five kilometers northwest of Caracol and four kilometers east of the Guatemalan border. News Five visited with the rangers at their respective homes in Succotz and Lucky Strike earlier today. News Five’s Duane Moody has their story.
Actun Tunichil Muknal
An adventure into a cave in Belize where Mayans conducted special rituals including human sacrafice.
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Fossilized skull - inside Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) cave, Belize
A mayan victim? Accident? Who knows - fossilized skull in the Actun Tunichil Muknal cave system in Belize.
ATM Cave & Xunantunich with Mayawalk Tours | Belize Travel Vlog Days 4, 5, and 6
In this vlog (3 days worth) we ride horses to the Xunantunich ruins, tour the ATM Cave in Belize, and travel for 12 hours from Belize to Tulum, Mexico!
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Reasons Why You Should Take A Tour Of The ATM Cave in Belize
Caverns and skeletons and mysteries, Oh, My! Experience an underworld you must see to believe.
Unless you’re an archaeology buff with a vested interest in Central American societies like the ancient Maya, you’ve probably never heard the name Dr. Jaime Awe. This homegrown archaeologist has become something of a legend in his homeland Belize, having been the first to seriously explore the Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) Cave in 1993.
Dr. Awe’s initial work so pleased the Belize government and authorities on primitive Mesoamerican societies, he was granted permission to helm the Western Belize Regional Cave Project between the years of 1993 and 2000. Today’s visitor can thank this archaeologist for the ground-breaking exploratory efforts he undertook at a sacred site that remains “a work in progress” to this day.
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Xunantunich - Belize
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Xunantunich (Mayan pronunciation: [ʃunanˈtunitʃ]) is an Ancient Maya archaeological site in western Belize, about 70 miles (110 km) west of Belize City, in the Cayo District. Xunantunich is located atop a ridge above the Mopan River, well within sight of the Guatemala border – which is a mere 0.6 miles (1 km) to the west.[1] It served as a Maya civic ceremonial center in the Late and Terminal Classic periods to the Belize Valley region.[2] At this time, when the region was at its peak, nearly 200,000 people lived in Belize.[3]
Xunantunich’s name means Sculpture of Lady in the Maya language (Mopan and Yucatec combination name Xunaan(Noble lady) Tuunich (stone for sculpture)), and, like many names given to Maya archaeological sites, is a modern name; the ancient name is currently unknown. The Stone Woman refers to the ghost of a woman claimed by several people to inhabit the site, beginning in 1892. She is dressed completely in white, and has fire-red glowing eyes. She generally appears in front of El Castillo, ascends the stone stairs, and disappears into a stone wall.[citation needed]
The first modern explorations of the site were conducted by Thomas Gann in the mid-1890s. Gann moved from Britain and served as the district surgeon and district commissioner of Cayo, British Honduras, starting in 1892. He chose this area to settle in because he had an interest in Mayan archaeology, and he wished to be able to explore the (at the time) unknown wonders of the indigenous people.[4] Gann’s successor, Sir J. Eric S. Thompson, implemented a more methodical approach, and was able to establish the region’s first ceramic chronology.[5] The main recent archaeological teams to work at Xunantunich and the surrounding region are the Xunantunich Archaeological Project (XAP) and the Xunantunich Settlement Survey (XSS).
In 1959-60, the Cambridge Expedition to British Honduras arrived in the colony and its archaeologist member, Euan MacKie, carried out several months of excavation at Xunantunich. He excavated the upper building on Structure A-11 in Group B and a newly discovered residential structure, A-15, just outside the main complex. Using the European method of detailed recording of the stratigraphy of the superficial deposits (the masonry structures themselves were not extensively cut into) he was able to infer that both buildings had been shattered by a sudden disaster which marked the end of the Classic period occupation. An earthquake was tentatively proposed as the cause; it is inferred purely on the basis of the excavated evidence, and also on the very damaged state of the top building of Structure A-6 ('El Castillo'). He was also able to confirm the later part of the pottery sequence constructed by Thompson. The detailed report by MacKie is Excavations at Xunantunich and Pomona, Belize, in 1959-60. British Archaeological Reports (Int. series), 251, 1985: Oxford.
Farmers that fed the people living in Xunantunich typically lived in small villages, divided into kin-based residential groups. The farms were spread out widely over the landscape, though the center of Xunantunich itself is rather small in comparison. These villages were economically self-sufficient, which may be the reason why Xunantunich lasted as long as they did; they were not dependent on the city to provide for them.[3] Settlement density was relative to soil quality, proximity to rivers, and localized political histories. Since the farmers were long established on their plots of land, they would not want to be involved with a polity that was under constant upheaval due to invading forces and more.[6] Other nearby Maya archaeological sites include Chaa Creek and Cahal Pech, Buenavista del Cayo, and Naranjo.[7]