While in San Ignacio we spent a half day tour with a guide canoeing through Barton Creek Cave. It's a beautiful drive out to the cave, through the Belizean Amish community and then down through several citrus farms where you can see them actively harvesting the oranges (if you're there at the right time of year, of course). The cave... more

An earlier reviewer wrote that he tried to drive to the cave, but he was not willing to risk his car crossing a stream. In fact, the road he was on is in terrible shape and requires two stream crossings. The good news is that there is another road to the caves. The last bit of it is steep and... more

The Mayas believed that caves were very sacred places. They were the birthplace of gods and the human race, and were passageways to Xibalbá, the underworld realm of demons, disease and death. Mayas frequently worshipped in these underground cathedrals, performing elaborate rituals and human sacrifice ceremonies to appease the gods. We visited the Barton Creek Cave, where Mayan artifacts and... more

My family went to Barton Creek Cave a couple of days ago. We went with a tour from San Ignacio. The trip to the cave was interesting as we passed orange groves then Amish (or maybe Mennonite) farmers with their horse drawn wagons. Mike's Outpost at the Creek is a lovely thatched building with Mango the pet monkey who was... more

I was really thrilled with this area and cave -- the river flows through the heavy jungle and the water is a beautiful green. My husband and two kids went to ATM Cave the day I went to Barton Creek cave -- I am rather claustrophobic and couldn't handle squeezing through tunnels and being some 3 hrs back in the... more

Let this be a cautionary note to any traveller who might be attempting to drive themselves to this site. You have to ford a river to get to the caves. I chickened out after I walked part way across and saw some major rocks under the water. While braver souls, and local guides may feel comfortable driving their vehicles across... more

we used belizean sun tours to go to guatemala, then the next day to barton creek cave. a man named Ted was our guid who coordinated everything for us with the guides, i HIGHLY recommend Ted as your coordinator-- he is super nice, a cool guy to talk to, and gave us everything we needed advice wise and information wise.... more