
BELIZE - Lamanai - Maya Ruins
Lamanai means "submerged crocodile" in the Maya language and it's also the name of the third largest archeological site in Belize : the Lamanai temple complex sits atop the western bluff of the New River Lagoon and is surrounded by pristine rainforest.
Lamanai was occupied continuously for over 3,000 years and it's remoteness contributed to it's continuous occupation, well beyond most other Maya sites, until at least 1,700 AD.
BEST TIME to VISIT
BELIZE
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to BELIZE
from February to April

pretty bird

hawk

bird

bird

Belize - Lamanai mayan ruins - strangler fig tree

Belize - Lamanai mayan ruins - High Temple

Belize - Lamanai mayan ruins - High Temple

Belize - Lamanai mayan ruins - strangler fig tree

Lamanai mayan ruins - Pyramid

Lamanai mayan ruins - Mask

Lamanai mayan ruins - Pyramid

Lamanai mayan ruins - Mask

Lamanai mayan ruins - Pyramid

Lamanai mayan ruins - Pyramid - former bedroom and bed

Lamanai mayan ruins - Jaguar temple

Lamanai maya ruins - Jaguar temple - Mask

Lamanai maya ruins - Jaguar temple

Lamanai mayan ruins - Pyramid - Jaguar temple

Lamanai mayan ruins - Jaguar temple

Lamanai mayan ruins - Pyramid - Jaguar temple

Lamanai mayan ruins - Pyramid

Belize - Lamanai mayan ruins - Stella temple

Lamanai mayan ruins - parrot

Lamanai mayan ruins - Coati

Lamanai mayan ruins - jungle

Lamanai mayan ruins - high temple

Lamanai mayan ruins - High Temple - jungle : view from the top

Lamanai mayan ruins - High Temple - stairs from the top

Belize - Lamanai mayan ruins - Mask Temple

Belize - Lamanai maya ruins - Mask Temple

Belize - Lamanai - lagoon - heron

Lamanai mayan ruins - jungle