
Voyzo runs 6 tours in Belize City, covering 5 top attractions. A private tour means your own guide, driver, and vehicle and an itinerary built around your group rather than a fixed bus schedule.
Private Tours
A private vehicle and driver take you through Belize City's historic core, then out to the Altun Ha Maya ruins to climb the Temple of the Sun God at your own pace.
Private Tours
Climb the ancient temples of Altun Ha, then float on an inner tube through the Nohoch Che'en cave system's underground river, all in one private day trip from Belize City.
Private Tours
A private guide takes you from the Altun Ha Maya ruins to the Community Baboon Sanctuary, a community-run reserve where black howler monkeys live wild in the tree canopy.
Private Tours
Trade an inner tube for a sit-on-top kayak and paddle the Caves Branch River into the Nohoch Che'en Caves Branch Archaeological Reserve with a private guide.
Private Tours
A private SUV limo takes you point to point for a full day combining the Xunantunich Maya ruins, cave tubing through an underground river, and a rainforest-canopy zipline.
Private Tours
Drive through Belize City's historic 'Old Capital' district, then visit the Altun Ha Maya ruins, in a private, air-conditioned vehicle sized for groups of up to 14.
Private tours in Belize City are matched to your party size — here's the fleet we draw from for this region.
| Vehicle | Model | Capacity | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private Car / SUV | Toyota Land Cruiser or similar 4x4 SUV | Up to 5 guests | A comfortable, air-conditioned private vehicle for couples, small families, or solo travelers, well suited to Belize's mix of paved highways and unpaved jungle roads. |
| Passenger Van | Toyota Hiace or Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, air-conditioned | Up to 12 guests | Air-conditioned seating for small and mid-size groups, ideal for multi-day itineraries covering jungle lodges, Maya sites and beach stops together. |
| Mini-Coach | Coaster-style mini-coach | Up to 25 guests | A larger air-conditioned coach for bigger family groups or corporate travel, still run as one private tour with your own driver. |
Popular stops our guides build into Belize City itineraries — tap any attraction to learn more.
Altun Ha Maya Ruins
Belize City
An ancient Maya ceremonial and trading center about 50 km (30 miles) north of Belize City, Altun Ha's plazas are dominated by the stepped stone pyramid known as the Temple of the Sun God (Structure B-4). Archaeologists recovered a carved jade head here — reported at the time as the largest carved jade object found at a Maya site — during a 1968 excavation. The site is compact enough to explore in an hour or two and remains one of the most-visited Maya ruins in Belize.
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Museum of Belize
Belize City
Housed in a former colonial-era prison in downtown Belize City, the Museum of Belize traces the country's history from the ancient Maya through the colonial period to independence in 1981. Exhibits include Maya jade and pottery, colonial-era artifacts, and a display on Belize's postal and stamp history. The building itself, with its original cell blocks still visible, is part of the exhibit.
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St. John's Cathedral
Belize City
Built by enslaved and free laborers between 1812 and 1820, St. John's Cathedral is described as the oldest Anglican church in Central America and among the oldest buildings still in use in Belize City. Its red-brick walls were made from bricks originally used as ballast on British ships. Miskito kings were crowned in the church in the 19th century, a rare piece of Central American royal history.
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Swing Bridge
Belize City
A hand-cranked steel swing bridge spanning Haulover Creek in the heart of Belize City, connecting the city's north and south sides. Installed in 1923 and still manually operated to let boat traffic through, it's believed to be one of the few surviving manually-swung bridges of its kind still in daily use anywhere in the world, and remains a working landmark rather than a museum piece.
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Community Baboon Sanctuary
Belize City
A grassroots conservation area near Bermudian Landing, about an hour from Belize City, where local landowners voluntarily protect forest habitat for Belize's black howler monkeys — locally nicknamed 'baboons' despite not being baboons at all. Established in 1985, it was one of the first community-led wildlife sanctuaries of its kind in Central America, and its howler monkey population has grown substantially since.
Most cruise ships calling on Belize anchor offshore from Belize City, tendering passengers in — the city itself is a transit and excursion hub rather than a beach destination, with the reef and cayes reached by a separate boat trip.
About 50 km (30 miles) north of the city, Altun Ha is the most-visited Maya ruin reachable from Belize City, small enough to explore in a couple of hours and often paired with cave tubing or a wildlife stop.
Floating on an inner tube through an underground river cave, most often at the Nohoch Che'en Caves Branch reserve, is one of the most-booked activities out of Belize City for a reason — it's genuinely unique to this part of the world.
Belize City sits near sea level in the tropics — expect heat and humidity year-round, with a rainier season roughly June through November and hurricane risk during the same stretch.
Belize City's water taxi terminals are the main way to reach Ambergris Caye (San Pedro) and Caye Caulker, a common add-on for travelers splitting time between the mainland and the islands.
Belize City is a working port town, not a resort — colonial-era wooden buildings on stilts, a hand-cranked swing bridge over Haulover Creek, and a genuinely lived-in downtown that most visitors pass through on their way to the reef or the jungle rather than lingering in for long. It served as the country's capital until Hurricane Hattie devastated it in 1961, prompting the government to build inland Belmopan as the new capital — Belize City remains the country's largest city and its commercial and cruise-port hub even without the title.
Voyzo's private tours in Belize City are driver-led day trips — a private vehicle and guide for your own group to reach the Altun Ha Maya ruins, Belize's signature cave-tubing routes, and the Community Baboon Sanctuary, all without sharing a shuttle bus schedule with strangers.
Tell us your group size and dates — we'll take care of the rest.