Ruins with children

[dln54]

I am going to Belize and Costa Maya in December with my seven year old grandson. Which ruins would you say would be better?

[misguidedangel]

I would suggest Altun Ha in Belize. It is a smaller Maya ruin site and it took us an hour on the road to get there. Some of the other ruins are two or more hours on the bus. A seven-year old has a tolerance level that might not bode well with a 2hour+ bus ride to the site..

 

The site itself is quite nice. It is an easy walk, and not too spread out, so a seven-year-old will do OK. You can also climb three of the pyramids, and there are two that are smaller and one that is much taller!

 

I am not sure about the ones in Costa Maya, so I can't comment on them. Belize is beautiful and THEY SPEAK ENGLISH!!!!!!!!!

[traveljunky99]

Hey misguided angel. Your post helps. I too will be traveling with 2 young kids and decided on AltuHa. Who did you use to do this tour? I was wondering if we could just a get a local guide and do the tour.