Have your own Transport? Meet us at the Cave parking lot and Tour with us. Avoid the crowds, paddle to where very few know about. Reserve your tour online, the guides reside in various parts of the country and will travel to the Caves only when there is reserved booked tours. Meet us V.i.V. at the Nohoch Che'en archeological site. The safe parking area has restaurants, modern rest rooms and shower facilities. Your kayak guide will provide you with head lamps, helmets, jackets. Bring a non-disposable water bottle. Wear proper footwear with thick soles that will get wet and to walk on gravel path and river crossings. your vehicle is your locker. The guide leads the group thru the forest path, sharing information on local customs and the forest environment. At the Caves entrance, time to paddle, the guides lead you thru the series of caves, observing many formations and scenery that words cannot describe. pass near a water fall inside the caves. Continue paddling thru the caves until arriving at the EXIT where you are now enjoying the sunny forest scenery and continue paddling until you arrive at the parking lot. You have now completed the circuit thru the Maya Under World, "Xibalba".
What good fun. Our guide Abner was the best. Informative, funny, attentive, and just a really nice guy. He did not hurry us and took the time to share his wealth of knowledge of the area, the culture and history. The kayaks and gear were well maintained and comfortable. The experience was one of the highlights of our Belizean visit.
We were lucky enough to catch Abner as a couple. My wife and I are from Montana and frequent boaters. The idea (nothing against tubers, thanks for enjoying things and picking up after yourselves) of tubing is low on my list since we spend our summers on SUPs for simple rivers and kayaks when tibia breakage enters the chat. I'm only mentioning this for others who may feel the same way about tubing in a flotilla. We $aved by getting ourselves to the spot, and had a fantastic guide. Abner took us paddling to the end of the line (3-4 caverns upstream) from the put in. He was knowledgeable about the caves, their history, and generally all of the many questions I had about Belize from his perspective. I/we had a blast and learned a bunch. I cannot recommend this tour enough.
The tour itself was good. Guide was good too. Too much drive time compared to actual kayaking time. The tippers to cruises leave every hour. So be mindful of no time wasted. Guide got down to show a spider and we ended up during school closure time with additional traffic and had to wait over 45 minutes to next tipper.
Abner was fantastic. Very knowledgeable and personable. The kayaks gave more maneuverability than the tubes. His knowledge of the cave system and the flora of Belize was top notch. Highly recommend this tour with Abner.
My wife and I had a great time with our guide Abner. He was there early for our tour and gave us a class in jungle edibles and safety as we hiked to our start point. He was very attentive and made sure we were safe at all times and engaged. Would recommend this tour to anyone . Thx. Randall Jordan
Cave kayaking was such a cool experience! Abner was our guide for our group of 5 and he was very friendly and took his time during the swim stops. We started off hiking through the forest with 3 water crossings before we got to the kayaks. We kayaked through a number of caves, stopped at a couple of spots to swim and jump off rocks (one outside of cave and inside of cave). The scenery was unreal both inside and outside of the caves and the water was beautiful. We did not feel claustrophobic at all as the caves open up after you enter. Kayaking seemed much more adventurous than tubing which was more our pace and we thoroughly enjoyed our tour. Tips: bring and reapply mosquito repellent while hiking to and from cave each time you get out of the water; wear closed toe shoes as it is rocky walking inside the cave and during river crossings.
Had a good time the guide was informative and it was easy to meet up with him. Remember it’s at a preserve so you have to pay per person to get into the park as well.
Better than tubing since you get to go further upstream and see the whole cave. You can control your speed and where you want to go. Usually less people than in the tubing groups.
Wonderful scenery and a great guide. Tour length was just right. Much of the tour was in isolation from other groups, which we preferred. The Bat Room was awesome. Mandatory helmet and life jacket were overkill and uncomfortable.
We had an amazing experience with Abren, our guide! He led us through the forest to the starting point, telling us about different trees and living creatures. We paddled through the cave stopping at wonderful places - underground waterfall, crystalls, swimming hole. At one stop Abren took us for a short walk in the cave. At the end of the trip we paddled on the river to the finish and it was another adventure on the shallow but pretty fast river. We really enjoyed all the wonderful places and our guide. Thank you very much Viv Tours and Abren!
We had an amazing experience with Abren, our guide! He led us through the forest to the starting point, telling us about different trees and living creatures. We paddled through the cave stopping at wonderful places - underground waterfall, crystalls, swimming hole. At one stop Abren took us for a short walk in the cave. At the end of the trip we paddled on the river to the finish and it was another adventure on the shallow but pretty fast river. We really enjoyed all the wonderful places and our guide. Thank you very much Viv Tours and Abren!
This was amazing! It’s a nice park with good facilities. The walk thru the jungle was beautiful and our guide pointed out lots of neat stuff. The kayaking thru the caves was even better than I imagined! We got to take a quick swim in the refreshing water also. I would highly recommend this tour. Be aware—don’t expect your tour guide to be right on time. Our meeting time was scheduled for 10:00, but our guide did not arrive till almost 11. We did get a message that he was running late. I was a little upset about that, but because the tour was so great, I didn’t care anymore. It was worth the wait!
Had a great time very informative discussion and tour guide ( Fabulous) has great insights and knowledge about local history and culture and was able to share on plants and animals as we travelled through the region and explored the cave system. And as a beginner kayaker it was a very enjoyable experience
A great experience. Caves are beautiful, water is warm, guides are fantastic. Dress to be wet, water shoes are a must. You have a couple of opportunities to swim/jump in water.
Great experience- booked it last minute and the company communicated extremely well- we had a rental so they gave us directions and had a guide waiting- Fred was a fantastic guide, giving informative insight on history, the nature around us and all things “Belize”- the tubing is almost surreal in the caverns… Fred made sure we all were safe and achieved the “whole cave tubing experience”
The guide was a lot of fun. He had a good sense of humor and made the event safe for all.The kayaking was very exciting! Thanks
This was an amazing experience that far exceeded our expectations. Because of the time of year, our group consisted of just my wife, my adult daughter and me. Abner was our guide and he was the best. He was extremely knowledgeable and was a lot of fun. The caves are amazing on kayaks. We didn’t tube, so can’t compare, but Abner said we went deeper into caves and to more places than the tubes can go. The only negative is everything gets wet so you can’t take your cell phone for pictures without a waterproof case or something bag. Highly recommend having one because we missed some incredible photo ops. Highly recommend this experience, especially with Abner.
Our guide Barry was the best of our trip. Very professional, knowledgeable, fun, and safe. He kept the perfect pace for our entire family. 2 adults, and 2 kids (14 & 11). So much information about the area, caves, and country. This was a unique experience for lots of photos & videos.
Favorite part was the section of cave with all the bats flying around but loved all of it. Fun experience.
I can't recommend this enough. Any one of these tours you do really should be with VIV tours. Marco, our tour guide was beyond incredible. We ended up missing our reservation for this kayak tour due to some confusion on our end, and VIV Tours, Marco, Miguel and Narcisco were so helpful and accommodating. They let us join the next tour, which was tubing. I know the kayaking would've been amazing. It sounds like you will visit 3 caves total, and see tons of amazing sights, and formations. Marco takes you on a short hike through the jungle, and he is a Belize native, with Mayan ancestry, so his knowledge of the jungle and Mayan practices is so extensive. He really takes his time if he can tell you're enjoying it. He points out all different kinds of plants, and has so many amazing things to share about the jungle and caves. He truly made our experience one of our favorite things we did on this trip, and we did a ton! Just a side note, as the instructions say, keep driving until you get to the park entrance. There are guys from other less reputable companies that will try and stop you, flag you down, show their badges, and convince you that you're going with them. Just ignore them and drive past. VIV tours is the most reputable and trustworthy of any of these companies that do similar tours. Please don't forget to tip your tour guides!
The trip was well-organized and a lot of fun for our whole family. The guides did a good job of making sure everyone was safe, and enjoyed their trip. Paddling through the caves was an awesome experience.
I recommend this activity over the cave tubing. We rented the car so we drove to the site, which was easy to find. We had a guide for the group of 4 people, so it turned out to be a private tour. We had each single kayak that allowed us to be more flexible as to how each one of us wanted to navigate the river. Our guide Marco was fantastic. He made sure we avoid the crowd as much as possible. He was taking good care of us during the trip, gave us many interesting details about the nature around us while we were walking through the jungle. We were lucky to have him as a guide. We had an opportunity to take pictures and videos, jump from the rock and swim in the river. All this thanks to Marco who was great. Also, bring your water shoes , otherwise you will have to rent for 3 US$ in order to do the activity. The shoes are really necessary because you will be walking across river with rocks
We spent the day kayaking with V.I.V. Tours day at Nohoch Che'en Caves Branch Archaeological Reserve. It was wonderful! The tour guides offer a great experience.
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