Yaxha, is more than an archaeological site, because as soon as the visitor arrives, its attention is called between the millenary relics and splendorous green jungle accompanied with the singing birds and observing the turquoise colour of the Yaxha and Sacnab Lagoons. Which means Yax = verde Ha = agua and for Sacnab is Sac = blanco y Nab= flor. The so-called Triangle Yaxha - Nakúm - Naranjo, where you will see the new Mayan cities exhibited to thousands of visitors. The archaeological site Yaxha is located in the Herat of the Mayan Biosphere Reserve (RBM) and declared a Natural & Cultural Monument of the country. The archaeological site Yaxha is located to the north of the Department of Petén, next to two immense lagoons seen from the top of the main Mayan buildings of that city. One of the excellent characteristics is the sequence of the roadways and complex of buildings that mark a North - South axis.

From the lake the Lake roadway ascends that ends in the complex of the astronomical commemoration; to the extreme North, Blom pathway begins and finishes in an open plaza with numerous constructions denominated Grupo Maler located 254 over sea level. This monumental axis has a total extension of 1100 meters from the lagoon up to the North limit of the place. The highest building is an enormous construction with a height of 22 meters, located in the East Acropolis.

Other important groups constitute the complex of twin pyramids, The Northeast acropolis, the West Group and numerous plazas. The investigations carried out, indicate that the place presents an uninterrupted occupation since the Pre-classic era (600 - 300 B.C.), to the Pos-classic (900 A. C.), being the Late classic (600 - 800 A C) the splendour time epoch.

Previous investigations In Yaxha:
1904; the first investigations were carried out (Teobert Maler)
1914 - 1915; Silvanus Morley visited the area.
1958 - 1960; the first regional analysis carried out in charge of William Bullard.
1969 - 1972; a project of isolated excavations began, in charge of Nicholas Hellmuth.
1980 - 1982; A preliminary plan was elaborated in charged of Hellmuth, The Historical Ecological Project of Central Petén (Don and Prudence Rice).
1987 - 1988; There was an interesting analysis on the architecture damages in charge of the National Project Tikal, executing emergency actions mainly on the structure 216.
1998; the excavation works and restoration began in charge of PDS through IDEAH