Just off Chiquibul Rd, 2.5 miles north of Douglas D'Silva (Augustine), R铆o On Pools is a series of small waterfalls connecting pools that the river has carved out of granite boulders. It's a beautiful spot: the pools are refreshing for a dip and the smooth slabs of granite are perfect for stretching out on to dry off. It's remote but a popular spot for tour groups on their way back from Caracol.
糖心传媒's must-see attractions
12.85 MILES
Set on a leveled hilltop, Xunantunich (shoo-nahn-too-neech) is one of Belize's most easily accessible and impressive Maya archaeological sites. Getting鈥
18.82 MILES
Once one of the most powerful cities in the entire Maya world, Caracol now lies enshrouded by thick jungle near the Guatemalan border, a 52-mile, roughly鈥
Green Iguana Conservation Project
12.8 MILES
On the lush Macal Valley grounds of the San Ignacio Resort Hotel, this excellent program collects and hatches iguana eggs, raising the reptiles until they鈥
28.72 MILES
The Classic Maya sites of Yaxha虂, Nakum and El Naranjo form a triangle that is the basis for a national park covering more than 37,000 hectares and鈥
20.56 MILES
Remote El Pilar, about 7 miles north of Bullet Tree Falls, was occupied for at least 15 centuries, from the middle Preclassic Period (around 500 BC) to鈥
9.16 MILES
Barton Creek rises high in the Mountain Pine Ridge and flows north to join the Belize River near Georgeville. Along the way it dips underground for a鈥
12.5 MILES
High atop a hill about a mile south of San Ignacio, Cahal Pech is the oldest-known Maya site in the Belize River valley, having been first settled between鈥
12.12 MILES
Created and managed by the Ruiz family, this highly unexpected avant-garde sculpture park is one of the hidden artistic gems of Western Belize. Set in 60鈥
Nearby attractions
2 MILES
In Douglas D'Silva (Augustine), on the way to or from Caracol, look for the signed turnoff to R铆o Frio Cave, less than 1 mile away. The river gurgles鈥
2.89 MILES
The pools at tranquil Five Sisters Falls are only accessible to guests or diners at Ga茂a River Lodge. A cable tram can take you down and back up.
3.07 MILES
The small but powerful Big Rock Falls on Privassion Creek are, for many, more impressive than the Thousand Foot Falls 鈥 not least because you can get up鈥
4. Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve
3.18 MILES
In the heart of the highland area southeast of San Ignacio, 200 sq miles of submontane pine forest forms the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve. The鈥
5.99 MILES
Ten miles off Chiquibul Rd, the Thousand Foot Falls are reckoned to be the highest in Central America, a ribbon of water cascading down a mountainside鈥
6.74 MILES
William Morales' dog was busy chasing down a gibnut (small, brown-spotted rodent) on his lush property one day in 1989, when the dog seemingly disappeared鈥
7.32 MILES
Pacbitun, a small site, 12 miles south of San Ignacio via Cristo Rey Rd, near San Antonio, seems to have been occupied continuously through most of Maya鈥
7.35 MILES
The Garc铆a sisters display and sell a wide assortment of beautiful black-slate carvings. These five sisters developed this craft, which is now widely鈥