Best of Guatemala
Experience the highlights of beautiful Guatemala from touring Antigua, a charming colonial style city, Lake Atitlan, Chichicastenango, the largest live indigenous market in America and the history of Mayan civilization at Yaxha and Tikal.
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Description
DAY HIGHLIGHTS OVERNIGHT Day 1 Welcome Guatemala Hotel - Posada Don Rodrigo Day 2 Pacaya Volcano Hotel - Posada Don Rodrigo Day 3 Antigua Guatemala Hotel - Porta Antigua Day 4 Lake Atitlán Hotel - Porta Antigua Day 5 Chichicastenango Market Hotel - Biltmore Express Day 6 Yaxha Sunset Hotel - Gringo Perdido Day 7 Tikal Hotel - Casona del Lago Day 8 Guatemala - OUT Inclusions:
Meals
7 breakfasts, 3 lunches
Transport
Private vehicleBoatFlight Flores – Guatemala
Trip Staff
Local guides, drivers, boat crew
Accommodation
Hotel (7 nights)
Included activities:
- Antigua Guatemala Walking tour
- Pacaya Volcano
- Atitlan Lake
- Chichicastenango day market
- Yaxha Sunset
- Tikal full day tour
Admissions at the parks
According itineraryDoes not Includes:
Lunches and Dinners
Gratuities to guides, drivers, porters
Beverages
Telephone calls
Exit fees
Travel insurance.To bring
Comfortable clothes, sunscreen and sunglasses.
Itinerary
Day 1 Arrive to Guatemala – Antigua Guatemala
Meeting upon arrival, transfer to your hotel in the colonial city of Antigua Guatemala. (1hr) the country’s original capital, declared a World Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO in 1979.
Meals Included: None Accommodations: Posada de Don Rodrigo or SimilarDay 2 Pacaya Volcano B
Free morning to explore for your own. Afternoon you will be picked up at your hotel lobby and be taken on an adventure to the most active volcano in Guatemala, with an altitude of 2500 mts. above sea level. With an impressive view of Laguna Calderas also Agua, Fuego and Acatenango volcanoes. If active, you will get to see the lava eruption from a safe distance.
Meals Included: breakfast Accommodations: Posada de Don Rodrigo or SimilarDay 3 Antigua Guatemala B
Today you will take a half day walking tour of Antigua. (3-4hr). the tour takes in the main square, Palace, Cathedral, La Merced Church & San Francisco Church. Afternoon transfer to Atitlan Lake.
Meals Included: Breakfast Accommodations: Porta del LagoDay 4 Lake Atitlan B L
Today take a scenic boat ride across Lake Atitlan to the village of Santiago where you’ll be visiting the Maya god Maximon and learn about the spiritualism and beliefs of the T’zutujil Maya. Also visit San Juan La Laguna, a village famous for its attractive murals on every side of the streets.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch Accommodations: Porta del LagoDay 5 Chichicastenango Market (Thursday and Sunday) B
Morning transfer to Chichicastenango 1hrs approx. the colorful indigenous market and the church of Santo Tomás, where ancient Mayan rites and mysticism are mixed with traditional religion, afternoon transfer to hotel at Guatemala City.
Meals Included: Breakfast Accommodations: Biltmore ExpressDay 6 Yaxha Sunset B L
Fly to Flores, when arrival transfer to hotel, afternoon you will visit Yaxha National Park (approx. 1hr). Enjoy a guided tour of this atmospheric lakeside site ending with refreshments & wonderful views at sunset over the rainforest canopy from atop the main temples.
Meals Included: Breakfast, Pic Nic Lunch Accommodations: Gringo PerdidoDay 7 Tikal B L
Explore the amazing Mayan Temple site at Tikal where huge Mayan temples rise above the jungle canopy and monkeys and tropical birds are abundant in the surrounding rainforest. After lunch, guests will fly back to Guatemala City and transfer to your hotel.
Meals Included: reakfast, Lunch Accommodations: Biltmore Express or SimilarDay 8 Guatemala - OUT B L
This morning our driver will transfer guests to the airport in plenty of time to catch your international flight onwards.
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