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Belize Botanic Gardens

Drive as above, but turn right at the fork. This will take you to a botanical garden with a walking path of about 3 km. Here you can also find an interesting lodge (see Sleep below).

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Chaa Creek
Follow the Old Benque Road towards the border and then turn left on the Chial Road, drive for 5 km past the airport, and turn left at the fork to get to Chaa Creek. Here you can find two interesting lodging options (see Sleep below), the Rainforest Medicine Trail and the Chaa Creek Natural History Center & Butterfly Farm.
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Cahal Pech
The main attraction in the town. Cahal Pech is a smallish set of Mayan ruins that were abandoned around 800-900 AD. There is an indoor museum displaying artifacts, a site plan, and information on the ruins in a regional context. There are, allegedly, guided tours, but these are unneeded, as the site is easy to traverse. The entire site should take 1-2 hours at most for a thorough exploration. Once at the ruins, the site is fairly flat, but Cahal Pech is at the top of the hill overlooking San Ignacio. The walk uphill to it from the main town is quite exhausting and is difficult even from the San Ignacio Resort Hotel on the hill. If you have any disability, or are in poor physical condition, you will want to drive.
Daily during daylight hoursAdmission is BZ$20 (US$10) for foreigners, BZ$10 (US$5) for residents
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Xunantunich
Maya Ruins
Wear good shoes, bring water and plan to spend about 3-4 hours. There is a free hand-cranked ferry in Succotz over the Mopan River. From there you can easily walk the 1 mi (mostly uphill) to the site. As of Oct 2025, the main Visitor Center near the entrance is closed indefinitely. There's a small Education Center (with a few info boards) and a small Visitor Center (displaying stelae) further up the hill, adjacent to the ruins.
BZ$25 for foreigners; BZ$10 for residents
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Iguana Hatchery
Visit the Iguana Conservation Project and the interpretive Medicinal Jungle Trail at the San Ignacio Hotel. Ranked as one of the best family excursions in San Ignacio.
tour daily at 9AM, 11AM, 1PM and 3PMUS$11.25 pp