Annemarie Young

We chose to go on the Baboon Sanctuary Tour. It also provides a view of Belize City by bus. With all the warnings that Carnival gave in regards to Belize, we figured booking a shore excursion here would be best. HA! While the tour was well organized, our experience was terrible. Firstly, we were supposed to be on an a/c bus. From what I could tell by the sweat pouring off of ourselves and all of our tour mates, such was not the case. After about 15 minutes of putting along the roads, our bus stalled. The driver tried to get it started back up to no avail. We stood at the side of the road in the extreme heat for well over an hour before a replacement bus came along. We were promised that this bus would have a working a/c system. Guess what…it didn’t. The driver finally got smart on the way back and opened the emergency exits overhead and also the front door. The breeze certainly felt good! Our tour of the Baboon Sanctuary would have been great I’m sure if it hadn’t been cut short. We were rushed through there and only saw five Baboons. All of them were too shy to come down from the trees but there was still plenty of opportunity to take great pictures. If you decide to take this particular tour be warned that Belize is very warm (by our standards) and humid. Dress appropriately and carry plenty of drinking water (you will be given a 500mL bottle at the sanctuary). I would also recommend bug spray. The mosquitoes and fire ants were out in full force that day. I wore sandals without socks and my itching feet regretted it later. Don’t let our bad experience turn you off this particular tour or Belize either. I would love to go back to visit again soon. I was most intrigued by all of the plants that are used for medicinal purposes. I heard from fellow cruisers that the Cave Tubing was excellent. The walk to get to the caves however was about 40 minutes and somewhat strenuous. The tender to and from the ship was fine and there wasn’t a long line.

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