Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
03/25/2019
The Tau Witz Trail is marked as it leaves the Mayflower Mayan Ruins and heads off.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
03/25/2019
The first half of the trail is flat jungle.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
03/25/2019
At a signed fork, the Tau Witz Ruins are up the right fork while the Bird Trail follows the left fork.
Shaun Hunter
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03/25/2019
From the trail fork, the route climbs about 80 feet in a quarter-mile.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
03/25/2019
The Tau Witz Ruins are very easy to miss on first pass, though the stela, a gravestone of the ancient world, makes their location visible.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
03/25/2019
A stela, an ancient gravestone, hidden among the Tau Witz Mayan Ruins.
Shaun Hunter
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03/25/2019
The trail was marked with orange trail tape on our visit, although this tape may change in the future.
Shaun Hunter
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03/25/2019
Looking at the undeveloped ruins from the stela.
Shaun Hunter
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03/25/2019
Standing beside the ruins, which have been overgrown with jungle flora.
Shaun Hunter
Photo Date: 
03/25/2019
Retracing the route out, hikers can return the way they came or make a longer loop out of the trail by continuing down the Bird Trail.