We just got back from a 6-day cruise on Royal Caribbean, and one of the definite highlights of our trip was our cave tubing trip with Dennis from ExploreBelizeCaves.com. We booked through him online after reading all the good reviews, and I can tell you that the reviews were right on. We paid less than half of what the people who booked through the cruise line did and we got to do TWO caves instead on just one like they did! That was at least an extra 30 minutes of tubing. He was very friendly, courteous and informative, answering all our questions about Belize, the local wildlife, etc. I can not say enough good things about our experience with Dennis and EBC. If you're going to Belize and looking for something really fun to do, do the cave tubing, and by all means, book your excursion with explorebelizecaves.com!

Used Denis Perez for our recent Norwegian cruise and stop in Belize. First of all, the value is unbeatable. The cruiseline was offering the cavetubing/ziplining tour for $139 - Denis charged us $85 ($35 for him plus $50 for ziplining). Secondly the cruise had age restrictions of kids 10 and over (we had a 6 and 8 yr in our party plus a 3 y o who did cave tubing - all loved it).
Most importantly it was a fantastic experience. Denis is extremely reliable in terms of calling and emailing back very promptly when you contact him from US. He gave very clear instructions as to where to meet him and held up a sign with our name (I saw someone write that they never found him - hard to believe!). We proceeded on our own pace, everything was done for us to get the most out of the experience. He told us a lot about the country during the drive. Since we had 5 kids in our party there were two guides accompanying us on the tubing part - felt very taken care of and safe.
Best of all, Denis had a big jug of rum punch for us to keep the tour even more fun.
Highly recommend this excursion.

My 16 year-old son and I recently enjoyed the zip-line and cave-tubing combo with Explore Belize Caves while we were on a Royal Caribbean cruise. I booked with Dennis and his company based on previous tripadvisor reviews, and we were definitely not disappointed! I reserved the tour with Dennis through his website. He immediately emailed and then called me to confirm. The cruise ship charged $40 more per person for the same excursion, and the many passengers were herded onto a bus. We, on the other hand, were met personally by Dennis and his assistant Luis. After waiting a while for the other six people from our ship who had booked with him, Dennis sent us on with Luis while he continued to wait at the terminal for the others. My son and I had a fantastic, personalized experience with Luis, who told us a lot about the country and his own life. We "zipped" right by the long line of folks waiting with the other cruise passengers for the zip line, and Luis did a great job of taking us through the caves. Afterwards, we stopped for a delicious and inexpensive lunch. We were back in plenty of time to get to the ship. RCCL tip: You CAN get on an early tender if you have a tour booked, even if it isn't through the cruise ship. Just take your email confirmation from Dennis and get in line--you don't need a special tender ticket. I highly recommend that you choose Explore Belize Caves!

I recently booked an excursion with Explore Belize Caves on April 1st with Dennis and he was very professional and great to work with. He was very responsive via e-mail and even called me to answer some questions I had. I had read his reviews on Trip Advisor and his company stood out to us as the best and we are glad we went with him.

We were on the NCL Sun and we met him at Terminal fairly easily. While we were waiting on a few other folks, Luis took us on a quick driving tour of Belize. After we had eveyone we venured about an hour in to the mountains. Dennis had some great stories and Mayan folklore on the way up.

At the tubing site, Luis then took as on an awesome hike through the jungle -- about 45 minutes. He was an outstanding guide, growing up about a mile away and was very personable and had a good sense of humor. He pointed out various flora and fauna including wild pinapples, bananas and other plants and trees. He also took us in a cave where we saw some bats.

When we reached the river to begin tubing, he tied our four tubes together. There was only us and another couple. This was another awesome thing about EBC-- there were only four of us and Luis; no big cruise groups and we had Luis as our personal guide. Going through the first cave was very quiet and peaceful. At the second cave we rean in to the cruise ship tour of about 20 people set loose on there tubes not knowing what to do or how to go. It was great to be a part of the EBC group as we cruised thourgh the cruise group. In the second cave we hit some rapids and saw a waterfall.

It was a great experience. In the end we did not get time for lunch, but it was all fine. We made it back to our ship no problem.

I highly recommend Dennis and Luis with EBC.