San Ignacio, Belize

Our final day on Caye Caulker was pretty relaxed, and we mainly spent time down by the Split, although the weather was a bit mixed that day!

The Lazy Lizard

We left the island yesterday morning. It's just an hour water taxi to Belize City, then we got in vans for our journey to San Ignacio. Half of the group went cave tubing on the way, whilst the other half of us stopped at Belize Zoo. The Zoo was really interesting, and our driver for the day gave us a great guided tour. It is a very natural zoo, and none of the animals were taken from the wild as it is more of a rescue centre. It was great to see some of the animals from the region.

Tapir

 Black Howler Monkey

It was just about an hour from here to our home for the next two nights. We are staying at Trek Stop, which is just about 6 miles away from San Ignacio and it is an ecolodge where we are staying in small cabins. There is good home-cooked food available on site, as well as frisbee golf and really nice grounds. It's pretty buggy here though!

Home for the next two nights!

Today some of our group have gone caving, but a couple of us decided to stay here and visit the Xunantunich ruins which are just a short walk from where we are staying. There is a hand powered ferry that takes you over the river and then an uphill walk to the ruins. We were able to climb a couple of the ruins, and there were great views over the area from the top of the largest ruin, El Castillo.

Tomorrow we are heading into Guatemala. We're having a 5am start to visit the ruins of Tikal on our way to Flores for the night!