Altun Ha

Phenomenal Mayan city. It is being well preserved and still has ongoing excavations. I wouldn’t miss an opportunity to visit this site. Walk through and explore ancient history today. Get a guide. They are I helpful and share knowledge and wisdom.

Great place to see the ruins. Not a ton of walking and have bathroom and some shops there on the property. If you forgot something to drink they do have coke products in glass or plastic containers. It wasn't crazy busy when we were there.

Wonderful Mayan Ruins in easy reach of Belize City. There are guides available on the parking lot if you want a guided tour. I’d recommend arriving early - the cruise ship buses begin arriving around 10 am. We arrived at 8:30 and pretty much had the place to ourselves for some incredible photo ops. Also, the birds are more active and easy to spot early in the morning. We saw several of the national bird, the Keel-billed Toucan, and the Collared Aracari.

This was such an awesome experience. The first part of the ruins there was a huge iguana sitting up top waiting to say hello once we got up the many steps. The view(s) are simply amazing and photos don't do it justice in my humble opinion. You can take a guided tour for the Altun Ha's history but we decided to watch some YouTube videos on it first before we went so that we could explore at our leisure. Be aware that there is a row of gift shops and tables at the exit and the vendors are eagerly awaiting you ;). There's also a couple of little restaurant/bar setups and we had a couple of meat pies and Belekins during a brief rain shower. Even that was a wonderful experience. Highly recommend to anyone visiting the country and it's only an hour north of Belize City (the closest ruins to Belize City). Enjoy!

Altun Ha is a well preserved Mayan ruin that are really worth a visit. Entrance fee was $5 and free for locals. We were permitted to go up on the ruins. Our taxi driver took us there directly from the airport. It was about a 30 minute drive at 3:30pm on a weekday and then all the way to our hotel in Belize City - about 50 minutes.

An excursion from a cruise took us here. The site was OK and somewhat crowded. A much smaller ruins than many we have visited . It has a little restaurant where we ate 'stew chicken' and drank the local Belikin beer. Both are a favorite of ours in Belize.

The place was easy to find and was actually quiet. It was a rainy day, and I had the whole place to myself. I was able to walk around and climb to the top of the monuments. The information area was extremely informative. I was very happy to be able to have such access to the ruins.

What a beautiful historic Mayan site. Small museum, great shops. Look for Eleanor and her sister in the middle. We visited via Exotic Excursions River, Lunch and Altun Ha Tour.