Long popular with adventure travelers and eco-tourists, San Ignacio has been an inexpensive and charming place to stay in Belize. Now that many cruise lines have added Belize to their ports of call, San Ignacio has become more popular as an extended trip. From San Ignacio, you can reach Tikal in less than two hours. You can cross the border into Guatemala for some day shopping. Or you can stay right in San Ignacio and enjoy river rafting and swimming, caving, and hiking. And there are more easily-accessible Mayan ruins around San Ignacio than almost anywhere else in Belize.

Here on this page you can enjoy some of the sights of San Ignacio. You'll find it a charming and friendly place. And you'll find out for sure that the Maya didn't disappear from Central America when their major cities fell into ruin. They're alive and well in and around San Ignacio! • More»»»