cave tubing- is it safe for children (4.5, 9)?

[revital]

do you think we can do the cave tubing in beliz with small children (4.5, 9 and 12)or will it be too dangerous for them?

[LHP]

It truly depends.

If it is during the dry season (hubby and oldest son went in May) then it would not be dangerous. Only you know if periods of "dark" would scare your child.

However, I would not recommend it during the rainy season. Those caves have get swift.

I would recommend an independent tour only because they link the floaters together. On Carnival tours...you are on your own.

If it is the dry season, being on your own means you do all the work (and it is work to paddle through low water). With Yhony, they pull you. In May, there were even some Carnival people trying to grab onto Yhony's group...which of course, Yhony's floaters told them NO WAY.

If it is the rainy season, then the caves get swift and if you are on your own...you can easily go somewhere you don't want to go. Again, an independent tour has you linked so you only go where you want to go!

[revital]

Thank you for your response!
It will be during the dry season (3.4.09). I don't think that periods of "dark" would scare her, but i wanted to make sure that she can't fall to the water or be swept away...

[LHP]

Originally posted by revital:
Thank you for your response!
It will be during the dry season (3.4.09). I don't think that periods of "dark" would scare her, but i wanted to make sure that she can't fall to the water or be swept away...

During the dry season...not to worry!!!

Do double check with any tour operator to see if they have minimum age limits.

I don't remember any age limits, but we were not specifically checking for that.

[Sonny V]

Hello revital, welcome to Cruise-Chat!

Small children (under 10) should have their own vests. Check THIS site out. Reggie's is highly recommended.


Sonny

[revital]

Thank you! This will be our first Cruise, and we are very excited!

We want to take an independent tour. I wrote Reggie's and i am waiting for his answer.

I'll be grateful if other families who did this with Small children can tell me how it was for them (i apologize about my English...)

[tacha]

Thank's for the info... leaving in 14 days so... we had plan on the Cave tubing... a bit scared but...

Can you tell us whe is the rain season in Belize... is it now???

I know they just had a big tropical stop last June but they say that it didn't affect the activity of cave tubing..
does anyone knows about that???