El Pilar

Magical experience -- read up on Archaeology under the Canopy beforehand

A few weeks ago, my wife and I visited El Pilar with a small group and our two-and-a-half month old son and it was a magical experience! I'd highly recommend reading beforehand on "Archaeology under...

Maya Site With Less Traffic Than Most

The archeological site of El Pilar covers some 120 acres and is at the center of the 5,000-acre El Pilar Archeological Reserve for Maya Flora and Fauna. The temple at El Pilar is three times larger th...

Interesting to see unrestored ruiins -- slow and bumpy 8 mile drive, warned of crime.

I found it really interesting to walk through this mostly unrestored and unexcavated site. It does have maintained trails that make it easy to walk through and around the ruins. Due to some crime ...

See it as it was discovered.

We visited this ruins after we went to two other guided ruin tours. This give us a different perspective of what the archeologists have done. It had a view over the canopy of the forest. We saw both h...

DO NOT VISIT El PILAR!

El Pilar is a fantastic site, much more important to Maya history than most other sites in the San Ignacio area. It is also the only major site that is not excavated, which makes it very interesting. ...