mountain pine ridge tour
mountain pine ridge photos
About mountain pine ridge
The Mountain Pine Ridge is the largest reserve area in Belize with approximately 1,504,000 acres. The Pine Ridge has a mixture of Honduras Pine, broadleaf forest and low grass land. This Tropical forest are home to some macaw parrot, tapir, jaguar and many other wildlife. The only Jaguar reserve in the world is part of the Mountain Pine Ridge.
In addition, the pine ridge many beautiful crystal clear water spring, caves, rivers and many more. Caracol which is believe to be the largest Mayan site in Belize is on the very edge of the Mountain Pine Ridge.
Tour starts from San Ignacio at 8:30 A.M we do drive for 1 hour 15 min through a beautiful Pine forest to our first stop, which is the Rio Frio Cave, where we explore for 45 min.
We then drive for 20 min to the Rio-on pools where we have lunch & swim in the natural granite pools. We spend about 1 ½ hour. There, the last stop is 20 minutes’ drive from there, at the Big Rock Waterfalls, where we spend 1 hour swimming under an 80 foot waterfall. Tour gets back to San Ignacio at 5:00 p.m.
Tour info
- Price: Includes: Guide, Transportation, Food, Entrance fees and Taxes.
- Duration: Full Day
- Tour leave: 7:30 AM
- Difficulty: Moderate
What to bring
- Hiking shoe, Change of Cloths, bug spray