July is approaching quickly and this page explains a bit more about what we need from you before your arrival in Belize.
There are three steps we’d love for you to complete in the next few days (Sunday June 19 deadline):

Step 1: Submit your remaining balance

Step 2: Submit your flight information and transportation selection

Step 3: Select your excursions

AM - Xunantunich

This tour is for our more adventurous guests who are excited to learn about one of the most amazing Maya Archaeological Sites in Belize: Xunantunich whose name derives from the Yucatec Maya language and means “Stone Woman". We'll leave early (~7am) for this tour and drive up the gorgeous Hummingbird Highway to reach the Cayo district in the West of Belize. Here, you'll learn all the details of how Xunantunich came to be, the history, culture, rituals, and evolution of Maya society in the jungles of Belize. This tour also includes the guide’s expertise in the natural world -- identifying plants, birds, and other animals of interest to daily life of the ancient Maya (and Belizeans today).

— Lunch at local restaurant in San Jose Succotz —

PM - Cave Tubing:

We'll travel to the Mayan Underworld with our afternoon of cave tubing to experience another fantastic piece of what Cayo District has to offer: cool waters and stunning cave formations. You'll be led by our expert cave guides who will share the details of the geological formations, natural world, and Maya mythology relevant to the caves and rivers of western Belize. Also, this is a hell of a lot of fun: you're floating downstream enjoying the beauty of the limestone formations, as well as plants and animals we might meet along the way.

Tour includes: transportation, lunch, snacks, water, entrance fees, towels, headlamps (if needed), inner tubes for river, and a professional and passionate tour guide. Some minor restrictions on age / mobility based on climbing ruins and comfort in the caves/tubing: easy - moderate activity levels.

AM: Village visit with Garifuna community of Seine Bight

This tour begins with a 10 min trip south from the Naia to nearby Seine Bight where we'll spend a morning with a Garifuna family to learn about the history, culture, food, and music that's unique to their community and heritage. Our main activity is to work directly with the family to prepare our own lunch -- the famous dish of the Garifuna, called "The Hudut". This dish consists of pure coconut milk from the dry coconuts and fresh snappers from our beautiful Caribbean sea, oregano leafs, whole habanero peppers, black pepper and salt. The meal is served with boiled green and ripe plantain pounded together like mashed potatoes. Once the meal is done then we go ahead and enjoy our lunch prepared with the help of our host family.

— Lunch with our host family in Seine Bight —

PM: Horseback riding in the Belizean jungle

Once we finish our lunch, we will travel to a nearby ranch to meet our partners for the afternoon activity: horseback riding in the jungles of Belize. Each guest will learn the basics about their horses and embark on the trail ride through shallow streams, across citrus groves, and on jungle pathways. There will also be the opportunity to swim in some of the rivers and jungle pools along the way. 

Tour includes transportation, lunch, water, entrance fees, towels, and a professional and passionate tour guide.  No restrictions on age / mobility -- easy. Guests on this excursion will be asked to submit basic height/weight estimates for horseback riding to pair guests with best animal for their frame.

AM: Ziplining at Mayan Sky Canopy Tour

For our guests who want a full day of adrenaline and enjoying the natural beauty of inland Belize we invite you to join our tour guides on a zip lining / river tube adventure. You'll be enjoying the Mayan Sky Canopy Tour which consists of 11 decks and 7 zip lines which provides views previously only accessible if you were an iguana or a bird! Enjoy the stunning scenery of the Belizean jungle from the sky as you fly through the air on the zip lines.

— Lunch at local Belizean restaurant —

PM: River Tubing on the South Stann Creek river

After we finish our lunch we'll head to the banks for the South Stann Creek river for our afternoon fun: floating downstream and splashing around! The river will take us through class 1-2 rapids (low key), and includes a couple of areas where we can hop off, swim, and stop to have a cold beer along the way. This is the perfect way to spend an afternoon in Belize this July!

Tour includes: transportation, lunch, water, entrance fees, equipment for zip lining and river tubing, towels, and a professional and passionate tour guide. Easy - Moderate activity level.

The Gladden Spit promontory is one of the most beautiful areas of the Belize Barrier Reef. Together with the Silk Cayes (islands), this area measures approximately 40 square miles (105 square km) and is now called the Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve (GSSCMR) which is a protected marine area under Belizean law.

Gladden Spit itself is one of the only three atolls found outside the Pacific Ocean. The “Spit” as it is known by local fisherman is the tapered end of a long atoll that has a steeply sloping shelf that quickly plunges to a depth of 2,000 meters.

AM: morning guided snorkel tour

We’ll dive in with our guides (after a short introduction on how to use your fins and snorkel gear) to explore the stunning reef surrounding the island. You’ll learn about the wide variety of corrals, reef fish, and deeper water species who make the Gladden Spit / Silk Cayes protected area their home.

For three months out of the year, whale sharks come to Gladden Spit and Silk Caye Marine Reserve, a protected area where sharks, rays, fish, turtles and other marine life call home. Nesting terns call the Cayes home as well. Schools of fish spawn in these waters, and the food source attracts the whale sharks for feeding. The spawning happens around the full moon during March to June. The fish release enormous numbers of eggs that attract the whale sharks.

For those of you interested in scuba diving you’ll continue on past the shallow reef to enjoy the drop off areas just outside the Gladden Spit area. Although we’re outside of Whale Shark high-season, this end in June, we may get lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the biggest fish in the ocean! Note: if you plan to dive please let the Hankinco Adventures team know so we can collect the diving surcharge (above the cost of the snorkeling excursion).

— Beach BBQ lunch (vegetarian options available) —

PM: afternoon guided snorkel tour & Turtle Alley

After a second guided snorkel tour in a new section of the reef you will arrive at “Turtle Alley”. Here you will have a close encounter with a variety of huge loggerhead turtles, rough-tail stingrays, snappers, barracudas, nurse sharks and eagle rays that frequent the area. This is an excellent chance to get up close and personal with these amazing sea creatures.

Tour includes: transportation, beach towels, park fees, high-quality snorkeling gear (swim fins/masks), a Belizean beach BBQ lunch (veg/GF options available), rum punch, water, life jackets, snorkeling guides, and boat captains. There are no restrictions on age/mobility for this tour. Don’t forget your sunscreen!