We very much appreciated and enjoyed our tour. Altun Ha was very interesting and the drive was lovely.
Private tour in Belize City Griffith E
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Hello and welcome to the beautiful country of Belize. My name is Griffith, I'm a tour guide with 20yrs. experience in the Belize District area. I'm 69yrs. old married for 40yrs, with 2 children and 8 grandchildren. I was born and raised in Belize City surrounded by Belize's rich culture and history. By profession I was an Electrical Technician. I studied Electrical and Mechanical Engineering in Belize, worked for the local Electricity company for 26 yrs, 10 of them as a supervisor. In 2001 when the Cruise Ship port in Belize City was opened, and ships started to make frequent visits to my country, I took the tour guide training, got my license and started to do tours part time. I soon realiszed that I love meeting new people and love telling them about my beautiful country. So I gave up electrical work and started guiding full time, which I have enjoyed ever since, and I have been able to share my knowledge and experience with travelers from all around the world. Belize is a small country on the east coast of Central America, Bordered in the North by Mexico, West and South by Guatemala and the east by the Caribbean Sea. Being a former British Colony, makes us the only English speaking country in Central America. One of my country's greatest assets is the friendliness of its people, which visitors quickly find out shortly after arriving. We are a unique country, with a wide variety of ethnicity, customs and cultures, which sometimes cause Belize to be referred to as a melting pot. My recognized ability to communicate with people from many different countries, backgrounds, cultures and customs, have enabled me to lead tour groups with success. My main objective is to play a more significant role in promoting Belize especially through tourism, by utilizing my vast experience and knowledge to offer travellers a unique and exclusive glimpse of my country, accompanied by me as their personal tour guide in Belize. Being flexible, having fun and making sure that my travelers get the best experience during their vacation and leave with pleasant memories of my country, is my primary motivation and goal. I provide all tours in the area of the Belize District and can also customize tours to any other part of the country. The more popular tours are City Tour, City and Country, Maya sites, Cave Tubing, and Zip Lining. My tours are all informal so no tour is conducted the same way twice. I customize my tours to meet the needs and interest of each individual visitor. I take this opportunity to personally invite you to visit my country, of which I'm so proud. Take one of my tours, which are all very interesting and informative. And as we say in Belize, "COME HAVE AN UNBELIZEABLE EXPERIENCE" - Tour Guide training course, offered by the Belize Tourism Board, the department of the government that runs Tourism in Belize. - Certificate from workshop on wildlife conservation and adaptation of animals offered by the Belize Zoo in 2015 - Certificate from workshop on Caribbean Taxi Pride & Service excellence, offered by The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association in 2005. - Certificate for Specialized Manatee Tour Guide Training Course. Offered by the Belize Tourism Board in 2005. I have no restrictions on any of my tours. My knowledge and experience enables me to meet all my guests' needs and/or requests.
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This tour takes you approximately 30 miles out of the city, passing through several rural communities, into the jungle, where some indigenous Maya built a structure around 200BC. This later grew into a small, but very rich and important commercial and cerimonial city, which flourished until 900AD, during the great Maya Collapse. During excavation the carved Jade Head of the Maya Sun God "Kinich Ahau", the largest Jade object ever found throughout the entire Maya World, was found at ALTUN HA. In addition you also get, in chronological order, the History and Culture of Belize, with special emphasis on the Maya, especially the ones that occupied This city. The passion that I have for my country and it's diverse cultures, along with the fact that my mother in law is full blood Yucatec Maya, who are direct descendants of the Mayans who occupied this site, is one of the reasons I love this experience and I enjoy imparting my knowledge and experience to my guests, the way I do to my children and grandchildren.
We very much appreciated and enjoyed our tour. Altun Ha was very interesting and the drive was lovely.
Griffith is an excellent guide! He is very knowledgable and happily shares his love of Belize with his guests. He is a meticulous planner and organizer. He designed the perfect tour for us and then was able to reorganize it because I'd forgotten to include a must-see. He also deals incredibly well with changes and complications brought on by the chaos of international travel. We were delayed by one and a half days due to storms and he still managed to get most of our tour in. Highly recommend!!
We thoroughly enjoyed our tour with Griffith. He has a wealth of knowledge of all things to do with Belize. He gave us an indepth tour of Belize City and explained the various cultures and people that make the country so vibrant. Altun Ha was amazing and much more expansive and impressive than pictures portray. We got so much more out of the experience having our own experienced guide! The lunch provided was also authentic and very good. Would highly recommend this tour with Griffith.
Griffith was a fantastic guide! His knowledge of the Altun Ha ruins was top notch, and he is super friendly and personable. Highly recommend!
Highly recommend Griffith as a tour guide in Belize. Not only is he incredibly knowledgeable about his lifelong home, his personal experiences come out through his narratives. He shows you many things that other tour guides may gloss over. If you are looking for an opportunity to be truly introduced to this beautiful country, definitely book your tour with Griffith. We enjoyed the city tour the Altun Ha history and walkthrough, the fantastic Belizean lunch, but most of all getting to know Griffith!
We had a great time. They went out of their way to accommodate us and what we wanted to do. You could tell that Griffith was very passionate about his City and very knowledgeable. We were late getting there, and he was extremely patient and accommodating.
Tour starts with a North Side City Tour and a drive through the countryside. Approx. 1hr, 15mins Arrive at site. Use of restrooms and stretching legs, applying sun screen / bug spray ( if necessary ) 15 mins. Visit Site. Guided Tour of Altun Ha 1 hour. Lunch, at a restaurant at Altun Ha 1hour Depart Site, return to City. Finishing with a Southside City tour, which passes through the commercial center of the city, just before ending up where we started. Approx. 1hr, 30 mins.
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