ACTUN TUNICHIL MUKNAL (ATM) Cave Adventure

ATM Cave Adventure is a very strenuous FULL day Activity!

This is the most expensive inland tour and is only available by special request.

The Mayan temples were symbols of the mountain where the men of corn were made; and, so therefore, the mayas believed that caves were the entrance to the underworld and where the rain god CHAC lived. The ATM cave is so unique in that the archeologist have left the site basically untouched, the same way it was discovered. Although, caves were used throughout the history of the mayas for rituals the Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave (A.T.M. cave) demonstrates the usage chronologically and intensity as the years pasts and the need for rainfall got greater to the point of desperation.

The beauty of this site (A.T.M. CAVE) is that it takes you literally through time feeling and seeing what the mayas must have been experiencing during the drought which is the widely accepted reason for the collapsed of the maya civilization. The teenager's skeleton of the mayan princess is the highlight of this tour.

This is a VERY active tour.

ATM Maya Cave Adventure! - A Full day of active adventure and intrigue.

• 🌸 Leave after breakfast for ATM Mayan Site in our private van
• 🌸 After about 60 to 70 minutes driving we reach our Rendezvous point. get out and Stretch your legs while we wait a bit.
• 🌸 then we Rendezvous with The Shared Specifically licensed Tour Company's group - 60 to 70 minutes driving
• 🌸 Arrive parking lot after a 30 minute bumpy ride into the jungle
• 🌸 Then a 30 minute hike crossing the shallow river several times
• 🌸 Enter the ATM Cave hiking through water and rocks. Time inside cave is Approx 3 hours
• 🌸 The climax is the full skeleton of a 16 year old who was sacrificed for the betterment of the people
• 🌸 Lite Lunch is provided (either vegetarian or regular)
• 🌸 Then you do it in reverse and exhausted but happy
• 🌸 5 p.m. Arrive back to Howler Monkey Resort

 

What to bring for the ATM Cave Maya Adventure:

• 🌼 WATER SHOE is a must have or closed toe shoe you don't mind getting wet
• 🌼 Another must have is a pair of sock
• 🌼 bathing suit
• 🌼 beach towel
• 🌼 change of clothes
• 🌼 mosquito repellent
• 🌼 reusable water container
• 🌼 Personal Medications
• 🌼 Knapsack may be handy
• 🌼 Reef Safe Sun Screen
• 🌼 drinking Water
• 🌼 big serving of your adventurous spirit