Belize Cave Tubing

Did you know that Belize is riddled with caves, many of which have underground rivers flowing through them that you can tube? Cave tubing is now becoming quite a popular attraction in Belize. One such caving river is the Cave Branch River, where you can float through caves that are a couple hundred thousand years old.

TravelBelize.org lists numerous licensed cave tubing tour operators, including:

Alux Eco Tours, 501-614-4551, email: markmcf@btl.net
Irie Belize Adventure Tours, 501-222-5821, email: raspeggy@hotmail.com
Fun Day Adventure Tours, 501-520-7040, email: bensadventures@yahoo.com

What might you experience on a Belize cave tubing adventure?

Check out this video of a cave tubing trip we found on YouTube.

We have also included a first-hand written account from writer Robert Jacob on his cave tubing experience.

Cave Tubing In Belize
By Robert Jacob

Our cave tubing excursion in Belize started with an hour long bus ride from the ship. We had a woman narrating along way telling us lots of stories.

Our first stop was at a restaurant where we could rent lockers to store the stuff we wanted to keep dry and/or safe. They supplied us with headlamps. They were cheap headlamps, and I missed the better quality headlamp I had back home with a halogen bulb.

We were loaded back on the bus for another short ride to take us to the river. When we got off the bus, we were given inner-tubes, and life-vests. A short walk later and we were crossing the river using a rope to steady ourselves. This also where the cave tubing trip would end.

We hiked through the Belize jungle for about half an hour. We passed through a small cave where we saw tiny fruit bats hanging from the ceiling. I also tripped over rock, and gashed my hand on a thorn covered tree.

When we reached the river, people took pictures. The water was a beautiful emerald green. We climbed on to our inner-tubes, and began to float down the river. It was only a short distance to where we entered the limestone cave.

The water was very slow moving, so we used our arms to move us along. But over all the float trip was very casual. At points, I hooked my feet over the edge of my wife’s tube, and towed her along with me so she could relax.

After a while, we exited the cave into the bright sunlight. We were surrounded by jungle again. The people from the cave tubing trip had gotten spread out now. The water was moving a little faster now, and we floated more casually without paddling as much. Soon we arrived at the spot in the river where we crossed using the rope. I exited the river, but my wife got stuck in a whirlpool. One of the worked helped get her out.

We boarded the bus, and were taken back to the restaurant. We got our clothes and stuff from the lockers, and changed into dry clothes. They gave us lunch which consisted of fried banana, rice and beans, roasted chicken, potato salad and a fruit drink. I didn’t like the fried banana, but the rest of the food was fantastic! We relaxed here for about an hour, before board the bus back to the ship.

I whole heartedly recommend trying cave tubing if you get down to Belize.

Rob Jacob loves to travel and runs a travel related blog at http://www.TravelWithRJ.com

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