Caracol Ruins | Tourist Attraction

August 5th, 2023 by 2marmosetsautourdumonde

Long drive but road isn’t too bad. We made it all the way with our 2WD Chevy express during the rainy season but pretty dry day. The last 10km are where the road isn’t the greatest and narrow but doable.

Very nice ruins to visit. Cash only 15$B per person. They allow dogs !! On leash of course.

Last entrance at 2PM and the site closes at 3PM

March 24th, 2023 by martin.koci1

Lets skip those absolutely no added value comments like omg what a beautiful ruins (capslock, really?) and get to the only one important point.

Last entrance is at 2pm and you must leave the ruins by 3pm latest. This rule is not new, is the same for many years and is being enforced. Therefore no late afternoons, no sunsets. 2 hours I would count as minimum to see everything without rush, so you need to be there at 1pm.

Everything else is simple, entry to NP is only a registration check point, entrance is 15BZ per person to ruins itself, you can walk on the huge and very impressive main pyramid. Only cash accepted. Very nice and clean toilets. The day we visited, all tours came before lunch to see the ruins, then enjoyed lunch and left, therefore after midday you will likely have the place all for yourself.

Road is easy, doable in any small sedan in dry perion, in wet after some rain maybe 4x4 might be necessary, hard to say, but no steep parts, nothing and lot of cars passing around, so very easy and safe.

February 7th, 2023 by souldope_overlanding

Yes they are working really hard to make the road clean and safe for all kind of vehicles- still not (yet) recommend for vans
It is well maintained- nothing to compare to 1000 foot road- the paved part is the worst

The sight is awesome and OMG WHAT A BEAUTIFUL place/ruins

January 25th, 2023 by mwavesdave

The drive alone makes this an adventure. While they are actually working on widening the road, and paving it, I think it won't be as cool.

November 24th, 2022 by birdbox-van.de

Road to get there is tough, especially if it rained recently! 4WD and high clearance would be a good idea! We barely made it with a 2WD Chevy van anyway. Entrance still 15BZD. Not many people around. Ruins a very nice. The road is under construction at the moment. The road workers said it should take 2 years more to be done.

March 13th, 2022 by Improbably Adventuring

still 15 bz entry. They're now working on a tarmac road all the way, right now construction goes to a few miles past pine ridge Lodge. with slight rain this surface became quite slippery so motos take care, past that all else is as described.

February 28th, 2020 by fruit_loop

Nice ruins and we think the rough way to here is really worth it. We started from Pine Ridge Lodge and had about 2h. Everything as described below. The road was slippery because it rained a little the day before, but when you go slowly it‘s not a problem. Still we made it without high clearance but we had 4WD. The roughest part was about 0.5km before you made it to the paved road to reach the ruins.

January 3rd, 2019 by Baluaufweltreise.wordpress.com

With our big truck we needed 3,5 hours from the Western Highway to Caracol.
The dirt road to Pine Ridge Lodge is worst (1h), the part to the Checkpoint is ok (45 min) and from there to Caracol has good and worst parts (1 h+45 min).
Entrance Fee BZ$ 15,00/person
Impressive ruins.

January 3rd, 2019 by Einmalrundum

Entrance still 15 BZD pp. Beautiful ruines, the best we‘ve seen in Belize actually. Mitary
convoy leaves check point at 9:30 and drives back at 14:00, no need to drive with them if you don’t want. Just sign in & out in the book.
The road is in an ok-condition, took us about 2.5h from the highway to the ruins in total. No 4x4 needed, a couple of stretches quite rough though. Everything changes when wet, can get muddy and slippery easily.

October 12th, 2018 by facebook.com/2MsOnTheRoad

We enjoyed the ruins very much. $15 BD/pp. There were only 10 visitors that day including us and two tourist guides.

March 8th, 2018 by keeponexploring.com

Great place, but 3.5h to reach it with our IVECO 55S18W 4x4 and 5.75 tons. 4x2 will do well if not raining.

December 19th, 2016 by blog.ginareist.com

The way is also with two-wheel drive at rain possible , no fear, and if assistance is needed enough people pass by

You can easily loose the 100US $ with tour operators save and drive yourshelf

April 21st, 2016 by schweinzkopf

It's a long drive in but the road is in decent shape. The last 15 to 20ish km are paved. There is a military escort that leaves at 9 and returns at 2 but you are not required or needed to travel with them just make sure to get in early as they don't like to let people in past the checkpoint after 12ish. The cost for the ruins is only 15 Belize even know people online and lonely planet say it's 30 Belize. It is well worth the drive and the price as it is a very large site with many excavated ruins that you can climb. As well as a few tombs that you can go into. The ruins is set in the jungle with howler monkeys and lots of other wildlife. The gps is about 2 km off as we logged it on our way out