Altun-Ha

About 31 miles north of

Belize City sits the Mayan ruins of Altun-Ha. The site was first excavated in 1963 and was once home to 10,000 people covering more than 3.1 square miles. The former Mayan city contains two main plazas and around thirteen different structures.

Visitors to Altun-Ha can climb most of the structures and have the freedom to roam around most of the site. Climbing to the top of the Temple of Masonry Altars⁠—the largest temple-pyramid at the complex⁠—offers an amazing panorama of the surrounding ruins and site.

Altun-Ha has not been fully excavated and grass still grows between some of the stones, making Altun-Ha feel lost in time.