San Ignacio (Cayo) Sights

  1. Cahal Pech

    Cahal Pech is Mopan and Yucatec Mayan for 'Place of Ticks', a nickname earned in the 1950s when it was surrounded by pastures full of tick-infested cattle. Today it's a pleasantly shady site with plenty of trees. Though architecturally less impressive than Xunantunich, Cahal Pech is the oldest known Mayan site in the Belize River valley.

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  2. Xunantunich

    Belize's most accessible Maya site of significance, Xunantunich (pronounced shoo-nahn-too-neech), is reached via a free hand-cranked ferry across the Mopan River at San José Succotz. Climb to the top of El Castillo, the largest structure set 40m (130ft) above the main plaza, to enjoy a spectacular 360-degree view.

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