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 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 Mayan Site, Orange Walk District, Belize
Lamanai (meaning submerged crocodile) was once a considerably sized city of the Maya civilization, located in the north of Belize, in Orange Walk District.
To get to Lamani, we took a 20 minute flight from San Pedro, Ambergris Caye to Belize City. From Belize City, we were driven for about 1 hour to the town of Orange Walk where we boarded the boat. The boat-ride took us deep into some of the thickest parts of the Belizean jungle. We saw many species of birds and several monkeys but we didn't see any crocodiles as the weather was too cloudy and cool (only 75 degrees ;-)
The further up the river you travel the more narrow it gets. The foliage also gets more and more dense and at times, the trees above provide plenty of shade. After about an hour, the river opened up into a huge lagoon, and there it stood, as if rising out of the water above the palm trees, Lamanai!
Lamanai Eco Adventures Air Tour Series
We offer two options to reach our tour facility for guest coming from Ambergris Caye. Choose by boat or plane. Here's a look at a flight departing from and returning to San Pedro. Prebook your adventures today. Visit us online at LamanaiEcoAdventures.com
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.
Lamanai Tour
Lamanai Eco Adventures, tours to Lamanai Maya Ruins
Lamanai Maya Ruins Aerial View- Tours by Lamanai Eco Adventures
Aerial View of Lamanai Maya Ruins. Original video provided by Wes Coughlin.
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.
Backpacking ORANGE WALK - Lamanai Tour Maya-Ruins (Belize) ||02 Mayan Circle||
next stop: 03 Caye Caulker, Belize! :-)
previous stop: 01 Tulum, Mexiko
TRAILER 'MAYAN CIRCLE':
Orange Walk is a small and non-touristic town in the countryside of belize. It's a good starting point to visit the Mayan-Ruins of Lamanai.
The 'Mayan Circle', Backpacking route through Central America's beautiful countries Mexico, Belize and Guatemala. Playlist:
Welcome to: North Belize - Orange Walk - Lamanai Mayan Ruins
Characteristic pictures depicting the beautiful and suggestive surroundings of Orange Walk (Belize). Wild nature, old mayan ruins in an untouched rural area.
Lamanai Mayan Ruins & Boat Ride on the New River in Belize
We booked a tour with Elio Avila of Lamanai Belize Tours to go check out the Lamanai Mayan Ruins which is located in the jungle near Orange Walk. Our guide Julian picked us up from our hotel and drove us to Orange Walk where we then took an hour long boat ride down the New River to the Lamania Mayan Ruins to which we were allowed to explore the impressive Mayan monuments and even climbed the High Temple for spectacular views! If you ever get to Belize City, this is definitely a must do tour, so worth the one hour drive and the one hour boat trip to get there. Getting there is half of the adventure!
Sitio maya No. 72. Lamanai, Belice
Gran sitio maya con ocupación desde el preclásico hasta más allá de la llegada de los españoles, se encuentra a orillas del New River, antiguamente llamado tzulú Nikú, el río de las muchas caras. El nombre es el original desde época prehispánica y significa cocodrilo sumergido. Sus grandes edificios se yerguen entre la selva y cuentan con mascarones protegidos actualmente con reproducciones de fibra de vidrio. Para llegar se recorre una hora en lancha desde Orange Walk.
Lamanai Outpost Adventure Belize
We made a great entrance to the Lamanai Outpost via the 26 mile boat trip up the New River just beyond the Lamanai Mayan ruins archaeological site. More adventures and encounters continued with crocodiles, howler monkeys, fire ants, snakes amidst the jungle. Huge thanks to our wonderful guide George who shared his experience and love of this amazing place.
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.
Lamanai Archaeological site tour from Belize City
Lamanai Belize Tours excursion from Belize City
From Making Belize 02/16
Lamanai Mayan Ruins Tour in Belize with Pacz Tours
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Lamanai archaeological site was once a major city of the Maya civilization, located in the north of Belize, in Orange Walk District. Lamanai Mayan Ruins tour features a riverboat ride, rain forest, monkeys, exotic birds, and other wildlife.
Lamanai Mayan Ruins Tour
Price: $165USD - Included: Professional Guide, Lunch, Entrance fees & Taxes.
Duration: Full day
Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Departure: 7:00AM Meet in-front of Pacz Office
What to Bring: Sunscreen, Bug spray, Bottle water.
Responsible Travel: Engage in local interaction and understanding of the local way of life.
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 Eco Adventures Mayan Temples Complex
Join us as we explore the Lamanai Temples Complex; The Jaguar Temple, Mask Temple, The Ball Court and Stella 9.
Lamanai Eco Adventures Air Tour Option Series
Have a look at this shorter episode of our virtual tour by air departing and returning to San Pedro. Prebook your Lamanai Adventure today. Visit us online at LamanaiEcoAdventures.com