DAY
1 : IN/GUATEMALA
-
Arrival at La Aurora Internationa Airport
in Guatemala City
- Meet by our friendly staff and transfer
to your hotel.
- Accommodations in 4 star hotels.
DAY 2 : GUATEMALA
/ ANTIGUA
- American Breakfast
- Transfer to Antigua for a walking visit
of the enchanting colonial city. Built by
the spanish conquistadores, and former capital
city of the country; Antigua was declared
world heritage site by UNESCO in 1979. We
will visit the Central Plaza, The Cathedral,
La Merced Church, and Capuchinas church.
You will walk through it’s cobblestone
streets filled with charming spanish colonial
houses and restored monuments that will
take you hundreds of years back in time.
We will also visit a coffee plantation,
and the Jade Factory.
- Lunch.
- Check in at the hotel and rest of the
day free to visit this enchanting City on
your own. You will be delighted with the
popular CoffeeBars, Restaurants, the handycraft
stores, and it’s many museums. Almost
every building or house has a story to tell
in Antigua. Your guide will be available,
in case you need any assistance.
- Accomodations.
- Lodging.
DAY 3 : ANTIGUA
/ CHICHICASTENANGO / ATITLAN
- American Breakfast.
- Departure to the village of Chichicastenango,
we will visit the most incredible indigenous
market where thousands of people wearing
colourful dresses and costumes gather to
barter, buy and sell their goods from the
nearby local indigenous communities. We
will also visit the church of Santo Tomás,
a place where religious tradition mix with
ancient native rites and indigenous mysticism.
- Lunch.
- Transfer to Panajachel in Lake Atitlan
and rest of the day free, to wander through
the handicraft stores, just enjoy the amenities
of your hotel and/or take pictures and wonder
at the majesty of this lake, regarded as
one of the most beautiful lakes in the world.
- Lodging.
DAY 4: ATITLAN / QUETZALTENANGO
- American Breakfast.
- Departure in a boat ride to the village
of Santiago Atitlan , a small village of
the Tzutujil Maya, noted for its paintings,
sculpture and embroidery. Stop at the local
church where the saints are dressed in colorful
fabric by Tzutujil women, and visit the
home of Maximon, an unusual deity worshipped
by the living Maya.
- Return to Panajachel for lunch.
- Continuation by bus to Santa Catarina
Palopó and San Antonio Palopó
two small towns located on the shores of
the lake, where we will see the colorfull
dresses of the inhabitants of this villages
and have a taste of their daily life. The
road to these two towns has one of the best
views of the lake.
- Transfer to Quetzaltenango, the second
largest city in Guatemala.
- Accommodations, Dinner and Lodging.
DAY 5: QUETZALTENANGO
/ ZUNIL / SAN FRANCISCO EL ALTO / GUATEMALA
- American Breakfast
- Departure to Zunil, an indigenous village
famous for its “Fuentes Georginas”
hot sulphur springs that locals say have
healing powers. Continuation to San Francisco
El Alto, the most picturesque town in the
region. The Market day on Fridays is one
of the most expectacular in the country.
- Lunch.
- Transfer to Guatemala City.
- Accommodations, Dinner and Lodging.
DAY 6: GUATEMALA
/ COPAN
- American Breakfast.
- Departure to the Honduras border and arrival
to the charming town of Copán Ruinas.
- Arrival and lunch.
- Visit of the archaeological site. Renowned
for its sculptures and hieroglyphs, the
ancient Maya city of Copan was a principal
cultural center, advanced in its development
of sculpture, astronomy and hieroglyphic
writing. Explore the Copan ruins with an
expert guide walking among temples, open
plazas, a well-preserved ball court, and
a stunning hieroglyphic stairway featuring
the longest text discovered in the Maya
world.
- Accommodations.
- Dinner at the hotel and Lodging
DAY 7: COPAN
/ QUIRIGUA / RIO DULCE
- American Breakfast.
- Departure toward the Guatemala Border,
we’ll visit the archaeological site
of Quiriguá. Located in the Izabal
Banana Plantation, it reached its peak between
550 and 850 A.D. The ceremonial plaza has
a giant stone, carved in 771 A.D. from sandstone,
measuring 35 feet long by 5 feet wide and
is the largest block of stone ever quarried
by the ancient Mayas. .
- Lunch in Río Dulce.
- Arrival to the hotel. Accommodations.
- Dinner and Lodging.
DAY 8: RIO
DULCE / LIVINGSTON / RIO DULCE / FLORES
- American Breakfast.
- Departure by boat for a tour of the Río
Dulce River. Visiting the Castillo de San
Felipe: an old Spanish fortress built in
the 16th century by the Spanish armada,
to defend the merchant ships from the pirates
of the Caribbean, the birds’ island
is a small bird sanctuary in the river very
spectacular, the Golfete, and the town of
Livingston: a Garifuna village founded by
descendants of Black African slaves brought
to the Caribbean shores by the English and
French settlers.
- Lunch.
- After returning to Río Dulce, we’ll
take our bus and head to Flores, Petén,
in the heart of the Mayan world.
- Accommodations.
- Dinner and Lodging.
DAY 9: FLORES
/ TIKAL / FLORES
- American Breakfast.
- Transfer to Tikal National Park. Located
in the middle of one of the thickest jungles
in Central America, Tikal is famous for
it’s colossal sky-reaching Mayan pyramids.
This site, also declared world heritage
patrimony by UNESCO, boast more than 300
separate constructions: temples, shrines,
ceremonial platforms, residences, ball-courts,
terraces, causeway and plazas. See the Great
Plaza, the Temple of the Great Jaguar, the
Temple of the Mask, and many, many more.
- Camping Lunch at the site.
- Transfer back to your hotel. Rest of the
day free.
- Lodging.
DAY 10: FLORES
/ CEIBAL / COBAN
-American Breakfast
- We will take the road to Sayaxche, and
continue to Ceibal Archaeological Site.
Ceibal is famous for its well preserved
sculptures of the late Classic Maya era.
- Camping lunch at the site.
- Arrival to Cobán. This town is
located in the heart of Guatemala’s
Tropical rain forest: Alta Verapaz. . The
favourite place of bird-watch specialists,
and botanist, it has all the necessary ingredients
for a first class ecological adventure.
- Dinner at the hotel and lodging.
DAY 11: COBAN
/ LANQUIN / SEMUC CHAMPEY / COBAN
- American Breakfast.
- Departure to a day of ecological exploration,
starting at Lankin Cave. Located in a spectacular
setting, complete with the rushing Cahabón
river underneath, this breath taking cave
is a must see for every tourist: huge chambers
filled with stalactites and stalagmites
can be walked with the help of a local expert
guide. Lankin cave was used by the ancient
Mayas as a sacred place, it has a sacrificial
altar 500 meters into the cave. Very close
to Lankin we find Semuc Champey one of the
most beautiful spots in Guatemala, its name
means “Waters hidden in the depths
of the stones”. Semuc consist of a
series of Turquoise pools carved into the
rocks naturally by the strength of the Cahabón
River’s current.
- Camping lunch at the site.
- Return to the hotel. Lodging
DAY 12: COBAN
/ GUATEMALA CITY
- American Breakfast.
- Early departure to the Mario Dary preserve,
also known as “El Quetzal” Biotope.
It was created to protect the resplendent
quetzal, Guatemala’s national bird.
There we will find trails and nature paths
through an exquisite cloud forest environment.
The exuberant flora of the cloud forest
ecosystem is as awesome as it is lush. Prepare
yourself for a wonderful experience as you
tread on the paths through a misty, bromeliad-laden
forest.
- Continuation to Guatemala City.
- Lunch.
- Check in at your hotel.
- Rest of the day free.
- Lodging.
DAY 13: GUATEMALA
/ OUT
- American Breakfast.
- Transfer to the airport to take your flight.
- End of our services
OUR PRICE
INCLUDES:
Transfers Airport / Hotel / Airport.
Lodging in 4 star category hotels.
Entrance fees to all sites according to
the program.
Meals according to the program.
American Breakfast every day.
A professional driver/guide in your language
(Spanish, English, French, Italian)
Transportation in comfortable tourist buses
with A/C.
Boat transfers in Lake Atitlan and Río
Dulce.
Bell boys tips at hotels.
OUR
PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE:
Flight tickets from/to your country.
Airport Taxes.
Tips of Guides and/or drivers.
Beverages.
Insurance.
Personal expenses (phone calls, laundry
service, etc.).
Other services not specified in the program.
HOTELS:
ANTIGUA: HOTEL VILLA COLONIAL
4* OR SIMILAR
ATITLAN: HOTEL LA RIVIERA DE ATITLÁN
4* OR SIMILAR
GUATEMALA CITY: HOTEL CROWNE PLAZA 4* OR
SIMILAR
COPAN: HOTEL MARINA COPAN 4* OR SIMILAR
RIO DULCE: HOTEL MANSION DEL RIO 4* OR SIMILAR
FLORES: HOTEL PETEN ESPLENDIDO 4* OR SIMILAR
COBAN: HOTEL PARK 4* OR SIMILAR
