Shore Excursion: Cave Tubing and Zipline Adventure from Belize City

I was unable to attend as the trip was in Belize City and I was not aware at the time that I booked this trip that we would be a 5 hour drive away. Be more careful than I for those booking.

Good equipment. Nice runs. Fun group of people running the show. Good all the way around. They picked us up at the ship and took us up into the hills to a well put together facility. I recommend it.

I am woefully late in writing this review of the tour we took in late August this year. Our tour guide was Paul (Rivero?). When you book this tour be sure to ask for him - he is the best tour guide on the island!Instead of boarding a tour bus at the cruise port with 50 other people the four of us (me, adult daughter and 2 grandsons) got into Paul's SUV and we on the road and at the river before the big buses probably even left the cruise port! We grabbed equipment and walked the path to the put-in point, crossing the river three times on the way. Prepare to be wet even before you get on to your tube! Paul was kind enough to carry my tube for the second half of the hike as he could see I was getting winded.Paul tied our tubes together and floated us down the river, pointing out interesting things along the way. Once we exited the cave we kept floating for quite some time on the shallow and very serene river. The cruise ship busloads of people who would follow us much later had to exit the river at the very end of the cave and didn't get the entire experience we got with Paul.After we floated we headed for the zipline. I was traveling with 10 and 12-year old grandsons who I am thinking are getting too old to want to keep traveling with Grandmom for much longer. I am a large woman and was hoping there might be a weight limit on the zipline which would give me an excuse to wait for them at the end. But no such luck! So this large lady strapped into a harness and zipped through the forest with them. The guides were very friendly and attentive. They don't mention weight, they refer to it as "momentum". By the end of the thrilling experience I realized it is not my grandsons who are getting too old, it is me!After these two aspects of our tour we asked Paul if he would stop at a local restaurant where we could taste some local specialties and he was happy to oblige. He brought us to a little place on the side of the road where I would never have considered stopping if I were on my own. We had a delicious meal and tasted the local beer before Paul brought us back to town where we could do some souvenir shopping before getting back on the ship.Note: bring money to tip the zip-line guides and be sure to give a generous tip to your driver!