Cahal Pech Village Resort

San Ignacio

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Atop Cahal Pech hill, half a mile up from the town center, you can enjoy San Ignacio's finest views from this upscale family resort. The resort has 21 bright, tile-floored, air-con rooms, nine family suites and 27 dreamy thatch-roof cabañas dotted around the property. The amazing two-level cascading pool (nonguests BZ$10) is a great place to cool off.

The onsite restaurant serves good international, Belizean and Maya food with a view. The resort also has its own onsite tour service, booking trips to Caracol, Tikal, Xunantunich and anywhere else in Belize.

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

  • View of west facing frieze of Mayan temple in Belize.

    Xunantunich

    5.9 MILES

    Set on a leveled hilltop, Xunantunich (shoo-nahn-too-neech) is one of Belize's most easily accessible and impressive Maya archaeological sites. Getting…

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    Caracol

    26.9 MILES

    Once one of the most powerful cities in the entire Maya world, Caracol now lies enshrouded by thick jungle near the Guatemalan border, a 52-mile, roughly…

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    Green Iguana Conservation Project

    0.61 MILES

    On the lush Macal Valley grounds of the San Ignacio Resort Hotel, this excellent program collects and hatches iguana eggs, raising the reptiles until they…

  • Sunset from top of Temple 216 at Yaxha site.

    Yaxhá

    22.11 MILES

    The Classic Maya sites of Yaxhá, Nakum and El Naranjo form a triangle that is the basis for a national park covering more than 37,000 hectares and…

  • East Acropolis & Structure 216

    East Acropolis & Structure 216

    22.01 MILES

    Near the site entrance is the high point of Yaxhá (literally): Structure 216 in the East Acropolis. Also called the Temple of the Red Hands, because red…

  • North Acropolis

    North Acropolis

    22.2 MILES

    The trio of pyramidal temples at the North Acropolis are built atop older structures dating back to 100 BC. Comprising of seven platforms, the…

  • Nakum

    Nakum

    21.85 MILES

    This impressive sight is also impressively hard to get to, requiring 4x4-only driving or horses. Nakum was a significant port on the Holmul river, a…

  • Barton Creek Cave

    Barton Creek Cave

    9.84 MILES

    Barton Creek rises high in the Mountain Pine Ridge and flows north to join the Belize River near Georgeville. Along the way it dips underground for a…

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1. Cahal Pech

0.16 MILES

High atop a hill about a mile south of San Ignacio, Cahal Pech is the oldest-known Maya site in the Belize River valley, having been first settled between…

2. Green Iguana Conservation Project

0.61 MILES

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4. House of Culture

0.78 MILES

In the former hospital behind the town hall, the House of Culture has regular art, history and cultural exhibitions, as well as being a local meeting…

6. Branch Mouth

2.06 MILES

Branch Mouth is the meeting place of the Mopan River, coming from Guatemala, and the Macal River, flowing down from Mountain Pine Ridge. The confluence of…

8. Chaa Creek

2.58 MILES

Set along the banks of the Macal River, beautiful Chaa Creek is a 365-acre nature reserve offering extensive facilities to lodge guests and nonguests…