Nim Li Punit ~ Maya Archeological Site ....

Take a boat across Placencia lagoon, where you will meet your van and licensed guide. The first stop is Nim Li Punit, a small Mayan archeological site discovered in 1976 and known for it's stelae. Nim Li Punit is from the Late Classic Period.  The site features the tallest remaining carved stelae found to date in Belize. (Second-tallest in the Mayan world).  Carvings on the tallest stelae, shows a person wearing a very large headdress. The Maya name for the site, Nim Li Punit, translate to mean "Big Hat".

Burning Copal

This site is partially cleared with work still in progress. Excavations so far have revealed twenty five stelae. Stelae are stone slabs set within ceremonial centers depicting aspects a rulers life. Buildings stones were cut and placed without mortar, similar to Lubaantun. Mayan Ball Court After visiting this site, some tours from Placencia travel to Blue Creek Cave for a hiking and caving adventure experience. Another option is to visit Lubaantun, where the famous crystal skull was found.

Blue Creek Cave

The Maya name is "Hokeb Ha" or
"Where the water enters the earth". This very large cave begins near the village of Santa Cruz, where the river rushes under ground, resurfacing five mile later near the village of Blue Creek. The cave is classified as a wet cave with dry routes.

Headlights in place, life jackets on, you will hike/swim to a waterfall inside the cave. You have entered the mysterious underworld of the Maya.
Enjoy the cave's colossal beauty as you float out the cave.

Lubaantun ~ Maya Archeological Site

The largest Maya archaeological site in the south and one of the last major settlements built in Belize, prior to the collapse of the Maya. This short lived Late Classic site,
first reported in the 1800's and formally investigated in 1903, was built and occupied from 730 AD to 890 AD.

Structures were constructed of cut stone, fit without the use of mortar. These "pyramids" served as platforms for the more detailed perishable buildings on top. The largest rises 36 feet above the plaza floor. There are eleven major structures grouped around five main plazas and three ball courts. A controversial Crystal Skull was found here in 1926.

A carved whistle fashioned after a Maya women grinding corn with child. This once common "Maya whistle toy" was crafted by the site caretaker from photos of artifacts taken at the site.  

Carved Whistle 
next  to cut Stone