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About this trip
Our guide will meet you 8am at your hotel in town and take you for stroll at the San Ignacio Town Market where you will taste some fast food and after this market visit you will go on a short drive to your guided Xunantunich tour
Xunantunich is built upon a ridge overlooking the upper reaches of the Mopan river, it commands a spectacular view of the surrounding countryside. The site core is dominated by the 130 foot high ‘El Castillo”. This adventure includes a guided tour of the site which will often include some of the sites wildlife such as the iconic howler monkeys.
After your Xunantunich guided tour you get to once again enjoy more local food for lunch, and immediately after, your grand finale: AJAW chocolate where you will get to taste fresh organic
cacao fruit, sun dried cacao seeds, roasted cacao seeds, watch how the ancient maya grounded their cacao seeds into 100 % dark organic chocolate and then taste the drink of the gods.
Drink hot chocolate the ancient way and at the end of the session taste modern day 100% organic modern day chocolate made locally
Let us know if any of you has special dietary need: vegan, vegetarian, gluten free or any other food allergy.
Things to bring: ''a big appetite and an empty stomach'', comfortable clothes & footwear to walk & climb structure, any prescribed medication you are presently taking/need.
What’s included
- Authentic Belizean lunch
- Entrance Fees
- AJAW chocolate feesAjaw chocolate experience: history and tasting of organic caao
Available Packages
TOTAL PRICE: $ 155 US PER PERSON
FOR RESERVATIONS: A DEPOSIT OF $ 85 US per person must be paid and the BALANCE
of $ 50 US per person paid cash at pickup time
pickup time starts IN TOWN 8am, with a visit to the san ignacio town market, thereafter,
a short drive to your Xunantunich tour,
after your guided tour of xunantunich, you will enjoy tasting 2 main dishes at a local restaurant before heading over to your grand finale - AJAW chocolate experience, where you will taste organic fresh cacao (when available during fruiting season), sundried cacao seeds, roasted cacao seeds, you get to see how cacao seeds were grounded into fresh organic dark chocolate (you may get to have a go at it), taste the drink of the maya gods - hot chocolate drink the way only a few ancient maya did, and at the end of the session you get to taste the organic modern day version of sweetened dark chocolate.
all in all approx 7 - 8 hours of a unique tasting cultural and archeological tour full of local history
FULL price includes: all entrance fees, tasting food & fruits, guided xunantunich tour, cold waters, transportation to and from san ignacio town, AJAW chocolate session
Things to bring: a good appetite and willingness to enjoy food, comfortable cool clothing and footwear fit for walking & climbing structures.
PRICE for groups of 5 -8ppl each person pays $ 140 US total price
TO RESERVE your tour date we ask for a deposit $90 US payment per person
BALANCE $50 US per person is payable CASH upon pick upon day of tour
our guide meets you 8am at your hotel in town for fast food & fresh fruits tasting at the San
Ignacio town Market followed by a short drive to Xunantunich for your guided tour.
After Xunantunich tour you will enjoy tasting 2 main dishes at Benny's kitchen before heading
over to your grand finale - AJAW chocolate experience, where you will taste organic fresh cacao (when available during fruiting season), sundried cacao seeds, roasted cacao seeds, you get to see how cacao seeds were grounded into fresh organic dark chocolate (you may get to have a go at it), taste the drink of the maya gods - hot chocolate drink the way only a few ancient maya did, and at the end of the session you get to taste the organic modern day version of sweetened dark chocolate.
all in all approx 5 - 7 hours of a unique tasting cultural and archeological tour full of local history.
FULL price includes: all entrance fees, tasting food & fruits, guided of Xunantunich tour, cold waters, transportation to and from hotels IN TOWN, AJAW chocolate session (any hotel more than 3miles out of town will have a minimal extra fee depending on distance out of town and off road conditions)
Things to bring: a good appetite and willingness to enjoy food, comfortable cool clothing and footwear fit for walking & climbing structures.
ANY GROUP larger than 8ppl PLEASE email us for a special discount