Lamanai River Cruise - from Orange Walk Town, Belize to the Lamanai Maya Ruin
We booked a river trip at Hotel de la Fuentes in Orange Walk. It was one of those days where you run out of SD-Cards quickly. So many animals, birds, sights.
Lamanai (submerged crocodile) is one of our favorite Maya sites in Belize with its very well reconstructed Mask Temple and breathtaking views from the top of the High Temple.
On our way back, we made some new friends - but see for yourself.
Lamanai
Lamanai temple complex sits atop the western bluff of the New River Lagoon surrounded by pristine rainforest. Lamanai was occupied continuously for over 3,000 years and it's remoteness contributed to its continuous occupation, well beyond most other Maya sites, until at least 1650 AD.
When the Spanish invaded northern Belize from the Yucat�n in 1544, one of the most important of the missions they set up was Lamanai, where they had found a thriving Maya community. But the Maya never readily accepted Spanish overlordship, and a rebellion in 1640 left the Lamanai mission burned and deserted. Maya may have continued to live here until the late 17th or 18th century when they were decimated by an epidemic, probably smallpox.
Lamanai, Belize - Mayan Ruins of Lamanai HD (2016)
Lamanai (from Lama'anayin, submerged crocodile in Yucatec Maya) is a Mesoamerican archaeological site, and was once a major city of the Maya civilization, located in the north of Belize, in Orange Walk District. The site's name is pre-Columbian, recorded by early Spanish missionaries, and documented over a millennium earlier in Maya inscriptions as Lam'an'ain. Lamanai is renown for its exceptionally long occupation spanning three millennia, beginning in the Early Preclassic Maya period and continuing through the Spanish and British Colonial periods, into the 20th century. Unlike most Classic-period sites in the southern Maya lowlands, Lamanai was not abandoned at the end of the 10th century AD.
Lamanai Archaeological Site Tour
Lamanai (from Lama'anayin, which is Mayan for submerged crocodile) is a Mesoamerican archaeological site. Once a city of 60,000 people the Maya civilization, the site is located in the north of Belize. This video shows a typical tour.
Belize, Lamanai
Lamanai is located in the north part of Belize in the Orange Walk District. Lamanai is accessible to tourists by organized day boat trips from Orange Walk Town along the new river. The first description of these ruins were made in 1917 and the site began archeological excavation at the site in 1974 under David M. Pendergast of the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada), which continued until 1988. This city is known for the Maya Civilization, and has been documented over a millennium earlier by the Maya inscriptions.
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Lamanai, Belize - Monkeys at the Mayan Ruins of Lamanai HD (2016)
Lamanai (from Lama'anayin, submerged crocodile in Yucatec Maya) is a Mesoamerican archaeological site, and was once a major city of the Maya civilization, located in the north of Belize, in Orange Walk District. The site's name is pre-Columbian, recorded by early Spanish missionaries, and documented over a millennium earlier in Maya inscriptions as Lam'an'ain. Lamanai is renown for its exceptionally long occupation spanning three millennia, beginning in the Early Preclassic Maya period and continuing through the Spanish and British Colonial periods, into the 20th century. Unlike most Classic-period sites in the southern Maya lowlands, Lamanai was not abandoned at the end of the 10th century AD.
Lamanai, Awesome Mayan Archaeological site
Lamanai submerged crocodile is a Mesoamerican archaeological site, and was once a major city of the Maya civilization, located in the north of Belize, in Orange Walk District.
Going there by boat will take a few hours to reach but you will experience an awesome view of the Belize new river and its plants and animals like Iguanas, birds and crocodiles. After reaching Lamanai, aside from the temples and ruins, youll get to see howler monkeys and local trees growing and they say, if you get lucky you may spot a Jaguar.
Lamanai Archaeological site tour from Belize City
Lamanai Belize Tours excursion from Belize City
From Making Belize 02/16
Lamanai Temple Tour - Belize
Updates video:
Pacz Tours do tours from San Ignacio town to Lamanai Temple - Mayan Ruins is the Orange Walk District.
Belize was home to the Great Maya Civilization, who built Lamanai Ruins home of the Jaguar Temple :
Lamanai, Belize 2017
Boat-trip on New River from Orange Walk Town to the Maya ruins of Lamanai, Belize, 2017
Lamanai, Belize
Lamanai is a Mesoamerican archaeological site, and was once a major city of the Maya civilization, located in the north of Belize, in Orange Walk District.
Lamanai Series Three- The Temples of Lamanai
Lamanai was occupied continuously for over 3,000 years and it's remoteness contributed to it's continuous occupation, well beyond most other Maya sites, until at least 1,650 AD. The vast majority of the site remained unexcavated until the mid-1970s.
Lamanai. History. Belize.
Lamanai Ruins and Boat Ride 2011
Eco Tours, Ltd. was hired to take my family and eight other tourists to visit the ruins of Lamanai in the Orange Walk district in Belize. It was a fantastic experience and we were treated well by Eco Tours. Here's a video showing highlights from our ~1 hr jungle boat ride (both ways) and ~2 hr tour of the Mayan ruins. We also had a short city tour of Belize City on our way to the Orange Walk area. Not included was the 1 hr bus ride to travel from Belize city to the Orange Walk area. The music is from the Gladiator soundtrack.
New River from Lamanai to Orange Walk - June 2016 - Ethnographic Field School in Belize
Traveling back from Lamanai Maya Ruins to Orange Walk Town along the New River - June 2016 - Ethnographic Field School in Belize (
Belize's Land of the Submerged Crocodile
Lamanai, one of Belize's largest Maya sites, sits on the bank of the 30-mile long New River Lagoon in the Orange Walk District. Lamanai features monumental architecture of temples and palaces dating from the Classic and Pre-Classic Periods. Set in tropical forest and providing spectacular views from several of its large temples, Lamanai provides you a unique glimpse into the culture of the Maya and the biological diversity of the tropical rainforest.
Lamanai was occupied for more than 3,000 years, up until European contact. The Archaeological Reserve not only contains a museum with ancient Maya artifacts, but visitors can also see the remnants of two 16th century Spanish churches and a colonial sugar mill established in 1860.
Belize: A Curious Place | Lamanai
They say the journey is as important as the destination. That’s definitely true for the ancient Maya city at Lamanai. #ACuriousPlace
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