About this experience
Perfect for families and cruise ship guests, our tour offers a seamless experience with convenient pickups at cruise ports, hotels, and marine terminals. Explore Belize’s stunning cave systems on luxury tubes with headrests and mesh seating. Our expert guides navigate the caves, sharing historical and geological insights as you float past unique formations and hidden waterfalls. The adventure includes all equipment, a 20-minute guided forest walk, an optional swim, and a delicious, traditional Belizean lunch. With small group sizes, personalized attention, and full licensing and insurance, we provide a safe, memorable, and stress-free adventure.
At a glance
- Duration: 5 hr
Plan your experience
Set aside 5 hr for the experience itself, with additional time to reach your meeting or pickup point.
Before you go
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- bring towels, swimwear, refillable water bottles, single use plastics is not allowed on reserve also bring footwear with thick soles to walk on hiking gravel path and river crossings.
Local guides to help you plan
Cave Tubing in Belize Guide
Plan a Belize cave-tubing day with practical advice on Nohoch Che’en, guided tours, costs, weather, safety equipment, mobility considerations, and St. Herman’s Cave.
Best Belize Cruise Shore Excursions
Choose the best Belize cruise shore excursion for your port, pace and priorities, with practical guidance on cave tubing, Maya ruins, reef trips, Harvest Caye and tender-day planning.
What is included
- Safety equipment (PFD life vest, helmet, headlamp)
- Tube delivery service to the cave entrance (no carrying tubes)
- Pickup and drop-off at Belize City hotels, cruise port (Terminal 1), and water taxi terminals
- Traditional Belizean lunch (rice and beans, stew chicken, coleslaw)
- Luxury inner tube with headrest, mesh bottom, and grab ropes
- Professional licensed cave guide (maximum 8 guests per guide)
Not included
- Water shoe rentals (required; available on site)
- Please bring Reusable water bottles (single-use plastic bottles prohibited in reserve)
- Alcoholic beverages or sodas (available for purchase)
- Gratuities for tour guides and drivers
Itinerary and highlights
Experience an unforgettable cave tubing adventure through the Maya Mountains. Your journey begins with a scenic 37-mile drive to the Nohoch Cheen Archaeological Reserve, where our expert guides will equip you with helmets, lights, and PFDs. After a 30-minute nature walk featuring river crossings, you will relax in a luxury inflatable lounge with a backrest and mesh seating. Drift for an hour through stunning cave systems, observing unique geological formations and a hidden waterfall, with an optional swim in crystal-clear pools. We keep groups small with one guide per eight guests to ensure a personalized experience.
After your float, enjoy a traditional Belizean lunch of rice, beans, and stewed chicken before returning to your pickup point. Please bring thick-soled shoes for the trail and swimwear for the water.
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Meeting and pickup information
- the V.i.V. Transportation and Tour guide will meet you at Hotel or Air BnB , water taxi. On a cruise, proceed thru Terminal ONE EXIT, street side, where you will meet the V.i.V. staff. for cruise passengers the tour starts 1 hour after the ship arrives in port. Terminal 1 Exit. V.i.V.
- we pickup at the Cruise Port, city Hotels, Air BnB, marine Terminal. For Cruisers arriving at Belize City Port, FSTV, the tour starts One hour after the ship arrives in Port. the ship stays offshore, the ship provides small boats that tender passengers ashore, the tenders are included in your cruise ticket, there is high demand to come ashore, so is best you request your tender ticket One hour prior to the ship arrival in Port, there is a line, it is not available the day before, once you get your tender ticket and the ship arrives in port, the tendering happens very quickly, arrive onshore , come thru Terminal ONE to the EXIT where street side you will see the V.i.V. crew. see you soon. after the first hour, the tenders slow down or stop and arriving after they start again means you've missed the tour. Come ashore early and check-in with V.i.V. For guest on San Pedro Ambergris Caye or Caye Caulker, come over to the mainland on the water taxi to participate on this tour. Staying at a Hotel Air ABnB in or near the city, we will pick you up. for cruise passengers the tour starts 1 hour after the ship arrives in port. Cruise ship tenders in Belize typically accommodate between 150 and 250 passengers per vessel. These large, high-speed catamarans, facilitate the 30-minute trip from the ships anchored far offshore to the tourist village. the cruise ships tours arrive within the first wave to shore then independent book tours arrive, making your tour possible. within and hour from the ship arriving in port, you are ashore and ready to explore Belize.
Languages and tickets
- English — Guide
- Spanish — Guide
- Mobile Only
Tour operator
- Tourism Auto Transport Ltd.
Meeting points and locations
Accessibility and practical details
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- children minimum height 40 inches
- bring towels, swimwear, refillable water bottles, single use plastics is not allowed on reserve also bring footwear with thick soles to walk on hiking gravel path and river crossings.
- tennis shoe to walk on gravel path and river crossings
- no flip flops
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Questions about this experience
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For guest on San Pedro Ambergris Caye or Caye Caulker, come over to the mainland on the water taxi to participate on this tour. Staying at a Hotel Air ABnB in or near the city, we will pick you up. for cruise passengers the tour starts 1 hour after the ship arrives in port. Cruise ship tenders in Belize typically accommodate between 150 and 250 passengers per vessel. These large, high-speed catamarans, facilitate the 30-minute trip from the ships anchored far offshore to the tourist village. the cruise ships tours arrive within the first wave to shore then independent book tours arrive, making your tour possible. within and hour from the ship arriving in port, you are ashore and ready to explore Belize.
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