There are as many tour companies in San Pedro Town as there are bars, restaurants, or lodgings.
The day tour from San Pedro Town to the Mayan ruins at Lamanai on the Belize mainland, including drinks, transport , food, a guide and park fee is $150.00 U.S . We are gone an entire day, from 7 in the morning till six in the evening and see Belize by boat, foot and bus.
Our trip starts as a tour boat picks up guests at the end of piers where they are staying. There are twenty of us,this trip, young and old. The boat captain is Erin and our guide is Gustavo.
On the way to the mainland we get educated about mangroves, weather, ecosystems, navigating sand bars, pirates, and answers to any questions we ask.
As often is the case, guests are not asking questions but Gustavo tells us history and habits of those who live here. He makes himself available but not obnoxious. A good guide opens the book and points you to good parts, explains, but doesn’t read the words to you.
Even though this is a Sea-Rious tour we all go home, at the end of the day, smarter than we started and with smiles on our faces.
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alan
on November 24, 2015 at 4:01 pm
150.00 us first off sounds pretty pricy to me…..but I admit everything out there in the world seems pricy to me….and unlike our parents I wasn’t raised or experienced a depression…..not yet anyway! I hope that i never will ….yet fear that it is not very far off! Lol. Liked your Mazatlan reference. …we had a good time down there for a week last winter didn’t we? Might consider trying something like that again? I remember if you sat in just the right deck chair overlooking the pool you could get good Internet access! Lol only in Mexico! BTW, are you going to take advantage of the 36.00 bz Thanksgiving buffet?
not a bad price for all that is involved and very much the going rate. when in Rome you have to do as Romans do. Glad to take the side trip and would do it again but be more knowlegeable about Lamanai.
150.00 us first off sounds pretty pricy to me…..but I admit everything out there in the world seems pricy to me….and unlike our parents I wasn’t raised or experienced a depression…..not yet anyway! I hope that i never will ….yet fear that it is not very far off! Lol. Liked your Mazatlan reference. …we had a good time down there for a week last winter didn’t we? Might consider trying something like that again? I remember if you sat in just the right deck chair overlooking the pool you could get good Internet access! Lol only in Mexico! BTW, are you going to take advantage of the 36.00 bz Thanksgiving buffet?
not a bad price for all that is involved and very much the going rate. when in Rome you have to do as Romans do. Glad to take the side trip and would do it again but be more knowlegeable about Lamanai.