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Community Baboon Sanctuary: Black Howler Haven
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9 Ratings
Belize City
Embark on a sustainable ecotourism adventure in Belize’s Community Baboon Sanctuary. Experience cave tubing and witness the endangered Black Howler Monkeys in their natural habitat.
Embark on a sustainable ecotourism adventure in Belize’s Community Baboon Sanctuary. Experience cave tubing and witness the endangered Black Howler Monkeys in their natural habitat.
Duration:
6 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Nohoch Che’en Caves Branch Archaeological Reserve - The cave tubing experience lasts approximately 1.5 to 2 hours from the site itself. Upon arrival, there is a 30-minute walk through the jungle before beginning the cave tubing adventure. Participants will float for about 45 minutes inside the cave, followed by an additional 20 minutes of open…
- Nohoch Che’en Caves Branch Archaeological Reserve - The cave tubing experience lasts approximately 1.5 to 2 hours from the site itself. Upon arrival, there is a 30-minute walk through the jungle before beginning the cave tubing adventure. Participants will float for about 45 minutes inside the cave, followed by an additional 20 minutes of open river tubing, returning to the starting point of the walk. Please note that the tour requires a one-hour drive from Belize City and a one-hour return drive.
- Community Baboon Sanctuary - Visiting the baboon sanctuary involves a one-hour drive. Upon arrival, a guide will lead the howler monkey encounter, which lasts about 30 to 45 minutes. After completing the encounter, the tour proceeds to the cave tubing site.
What's Included
- Bottled water
- Inner tubes, lights, helmets, and life jackets
- Lunch
- Carry tubes to the entrance of the caves
- In-vehicle air conditioning
- Bottled water
- Inner tubes, lights, helmets, and life jackets
- Lunch
- Carry tubes to the entrance of the caves
- In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
- Alcoholic beverages
- Alcoholic beverages
Additional Information
The Community Baboon Sanctuary (CBS) is a ground-breaking initiative in community-led conservation efforts. Its aim is to preserve the environment of the Black Howler Monkey (locally known as ‘baboon’ in the Creole dialect) and simultaneously support the economic growth of the communities involved. This initiative has blossomed into a unique ecotourism…
The Community Baboon Sanctuary (CBS) is a ground-breaking initiative in community-led conservation efforts. Its aim is to preserve the environment of the Black Howler Monkey (locally known as ‘baboon’ in the Creole dialect) and simultaneously support the economic growth of the communities involved. This initiative has blossomed into a unique ecotourism project promoting sustainability, safeguarding the habitat for the vulnerable Black Howler Monkey and other species, and providing tourists with a unique opportunity to explore the rain forest and observe Black Howler Monkeys in their natural habitat.
- Children should be 40 inches and above to go cave tubing
Location
Belize City
2) Water taxi passengers will be picked up at the arrival section.
3) Belize Municipal airstrip passengers will be picked up at arrival section.
4) International airport passengers will be pick up at the arrival section.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(9 Ratings)
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Melissa_k
Apr 3, 2024
Awesome day in Belize! - We loved spending our day in Belize with Cave Tubing Paradise Tours. Sayid picked us up at the Tourism Village and drove my husband and I to the Baboon Sanctuary, it was going to be a hot day and he thought the monkeys would be more active in the morning. The drive out was long, but he was a great conversationalist and explained many things about his country. Once at the Sanctuary, a new tour guide took us on a short walk while we looked for the family of monkeys closest to the sanctuary. We could hear the monkeys before we saw them and then got a little treat, hearing the family all howl together protecting their territory! After the sanctuary, we drove to the caves and were amazed at the beauty!! The water was soooo clear, soooo blue and soooo refreshing! We swam a little, floated a little and Sayid pulled us through the shallower areas, this was one of the top things I have done so far in my travels and cant recommend it more! When in Belize go on a little adventure and have some fun with these guys!!
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Pamela_m
Mar 25, 2024
Belize relaxing float and baboons - Guides and drivers very informative and took us to an excellent place for lunch. Was very cognitive of our time frame to return to the ship. The cave tubing was a long walk and the guide was so helpful in going at my pace and helped with carrying my gear and tube.
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Q9812iastevena
Mar 4, 2024
Wonderful introduction to Belize - This was a great experience. Nady was a wonderful guide for cave tubing. She was thoughtful and passionate about Belize. Darrin provided a wonderful tour of the howler monkey sanctuary. He was humorous and we had a very enjoyable time with both guides. Would highly recommend both. Our guide Luis made all of our wish list items happen.
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Oscarri4763lj
May 22, 2023
Incredible - The tour guide Eric was amazing, and the whole experience was great. Anyone who is thinking about doing this should.
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Fantasticplacetoeat
Dec 27, 2022
A SIMPLY MUST DO & EXPERIENCE - Not enough EXPLANATORY words to say how GREAT Neidy Lopez (our tubing guide) was for our eventful trip! During the 30 minute or so walking trip--thru the beautiful rain forest--to the "put in" site, a flash flood occurred.
This beautiful, small STRONG lady had a fantastic sense of humor, professional demeanor, and experienced resolve to get us thru the cave! Was an adrenaline trip!! We are very well-nourished people and she pulled us through. . .was absolutely amazing.
WE WILL BE BACK!! WE WILL ASK SPECIFICALLY FOR NEIDY.
I can't believe we didn't take a pic!
The whole outfit was terrific. . .they KNOW what they are doing and it SHOWS!
I would give a TEN star if possible. Was the best excursion we had (and we had many other GREAT ones) during our trip to Belize.
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907juliek
Dec 17, 2022
Wonderful tour and guide - I had wonderful experience on this combo tour! Luis is a very punctual, knowledgeable, easy to deal with guide. While driving to our 2 destinations, he gave plenty of information about Belize in general. The sanctuary is a very unique place; I saw the monkeys really up close. Cave tubing is amazing, and Luis made the experience very relaxing. I highly recommend this company!
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Jtoeman
Jun 14, 2021
Flexible and friendly tours! - Luis and his team kicked off our adventures in Belize and without a doubt set us up for a wonderful vacation. He was flexible with us for planning our activities, which included an airport pickup in Belize City, driving to the Sanctuary, then to the Cave Tubing, then taking us to our hotel in San Ignacio.
As a tour guide, they were great - friendly, knowledgeable, and generally fun to be around. Our stop at the Sanctuary was lovely, we found and took pictures with howler monkeys minutes after arriving, and also got to learn a lot about the wildlife and nature of Belize while there. Also helped us get some cute photos for the kids.
Then through the cave tubing Luis just made it as if it were part of a dream. Other than a short walk through the Mayan jungle, we barely had to lift a finger. He also helped us navigate around some much larger groups so we could still have a quiet and personal experience.
Amazing time, and we were going to book a second day with them, but ended up getting lazy at the beach :)
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Toni
Jan 14, 2025
Price match and Czech reviews before booking something with the monkey sanctuary. - The cave tubing was fun, it’s the second time I’ve done it. Although it’s overpriced, it was still fun to do. The monkey sanctuary only took about 20 minutes so that kind of sucked. But I did get to have a baby monkey sit on my shoulder, which was awesome. And of course customer service was really well.
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