Its network of five marked trails makes it easy to spend an entire day exploring the ruins as well as the flora and fauna of the largely undisturbed jungle. The recent development of this site makes a fine addition to the extensive list of Maya ruins in the area, including Caracol, Cahal Pech, and Xunantunich, making the Cayo District the destination of choice for archaeology buffs.
Visitors walk along jungle trails amid the ruins.
Here you can view a scale model of the site, and purchase local handicrafts. The West sector is located in Guatemala. Current excavation and development are focused on the North and South sections, here in Belize, full scale investigation having begun in 1993. Controlled excavations and trenches dug in the past by illegal looters have revealed rooms exhibiting beautiful masonry, corbel vaults and monumental stairways, using a high quality, locally quarried limestone. There were large areas of fertile soil scattered about the area, where it is believed that nearby residents grew cash crops, such as cacao, tobacco and cotton.